Sunday's Hymn: When Morning Gilds the Sky

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.

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.

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.

In heav’n’s eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
The powers of darkness fear,
When this sweet chant they hear,
May Jesus Christ be praised.

Let earth’s wide circle round
In joyful notes resound,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Let air and sea and sky,
From depth to height, reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised.

Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Be this th’eternal song,
Through all the ages on,
May Jesus Christ be praised.

—Translated from German by Edward Caswell

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• And Can It Be That I Should Gain at The Happy Wonderer
• Wonderful Grace of Jesus at The Upward Call
• In the furnace at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 9, 2018 at The Thirsty Theologian

Sunday's Hymn: Jesus Shall Reign

Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
Does its successive journeys run
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till sun shall rise and set no more

Blessings abound where’er He reigns
The pris’ner leaps to lose his chains
The weary find eternal rest
And all the sons of want are blessed

CHORUS:
To our King be highest praise
Rising through eternal days
Just and faithful He shall reign:
Jesus shall reign!

People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His love with sweetest song
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His name

CHORUS

Let every creature rise and bring
Blessing and honor to our King
Angels descend with songs again
And earth repeat the loud amen!

CHORUS

— Original Words by Isaac Watts (1719) / Original Music by John Hatton (1793). New Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Ed Cash

© 2017 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Alletrop Music (BMI) / Adm by MusicServices.org

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• This Is My Father’s World at The Happy Wonderer
• I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say at The Upward Call
• Unity in Christ at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 8, 2018 at The Thirsty Theologian

Sunday's Hymn: Beautiful Savior

Beautiful Savior, king of creation
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I’d love Thee, truly I’d serve Thee,
Light of my soul, my joy, my crown.

Fair are the meadows, fair are the woodlands,
Robed in the flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

Fair is the sunshine, fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky.

Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration
Now and forevermore be Thine!

Listen to the the St. Olaf Choir sing this hymn, which was arranged for them by F. Melius Christiansen, in three different years — 1941, 1983, and 2009. Did you notice that the style of singing changes over the years, , especially in the second verse solo? 

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• Jesus Shall Reign at By Grace Alone
• A Debtor to Mercy Alone at The Happy Wonderer
• O Worship the King at The Upward Call
• Even to your old age I am He at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 7, 2018 at The Thirsty Theologian