The Methodist Hymnal

32 LAUDES DOMINI 65. 61.

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1. When morn ing gilds the skies, My heart a

JOSEPH BARNBY

wak - ing cries,

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 My tongue shall never tire
Of chanting with the choir,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
This song of sacred joy,
It never seems to cloy,

May Jesus Christ be praised!

4 When sleep her balm denies, My silent spirit sighs,

May Jesus Christ be praised! When evil thoughts molest, With this I shield my breast, May Jesus Christ be praised!

5 Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find,

May Jesus Christ be praised!

Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,

May Jesus Christ be praised!

6 The night becomes as day,
When from the heart we say,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The powers of darkness fear,
When this sweet chant they hear,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

7 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!

8 Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,

May Jesus Christ be praised! Be this the eternal song Through ages all along,

May Jesus Christ be praised! From the German. Tr. by EDWARD CASWALL