When Morning Gilds the Skies ============================ m: Joseph Barnby, 1868 w: "Katholisches Gesangbuch," ca. 1744 (vs. 1,2,4); Robert S. Bridges (vs. 3) [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] 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! [Verse 3] Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound: May Jesus Christ be praised! In heaven's eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this: May Jesus Christ be praised! [Verse 4] 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!