43 When Morning Gilds the Skies

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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!

[2]
Whene er the sweet church bell
Peals over hill and dell
May Jesus Christ be praised!
O hark to what it sings
As joyously it rings
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[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 song they hear
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[4]
Ye nations of mankind
In this your concord find
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let all the earth around
Ring joyous with the sound
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[5]
In heaven s eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let earth and sea and sky
From depth to height reply
May Jesus Christ be praised!

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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!