When morning gilds the skies my heart awaking cries
by German · translated by Edward Caswall (1814–1878)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 43.
Verse 1
When morning gilds the skies my heart awaking cries, May Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer, to Jesus I repair: May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 2
Whene’er the sweet church bell peals over hill and dell, May Jesus Christ praised! O hark to what it sings, as joyously it rings, May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 3
The night becomes as day when from the heart we say: May Jesus Christ be praised! The pow’rs of darkness fear when this sweet chant they hear: May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 4
Ye nations of mankind, in this your concord find, May Jesus Christ praised! Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound, May Jesus Christ praised!
Verse 5
In heaven’s eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this, May Jesus Christ praised! Let earth, and sea and sky from depth to height reply, May Jesus Christ praised!
Verse 6
Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine: May Jesus Christ be praised! Be this th’eternal song through all the ages long, May Jesus Christ be praised!