When you begin the day,
O never fail to say:
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
And at your work rejoice
To sing with heart and voice:
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
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!'
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!'
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!'
To God, the Word, on high,
the host of angels cry,
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
Let mortals, too, upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this at meals your grace,
In every time and place,
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
Be this, when day is past,
Of all your thoughts the last:
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
When mirth for music longs,
This is my song of songs.
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
When evening shadows fall,
This rings my curfew call,
'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!'
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!'
No lovelier antiphon
In all high Heaven is known
Than, 'Jesus Christ be praised!'
There to the eternal Word
the eternal psalm is heard:
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
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!'
Sing, suns and stars of space,
Sing, ye that see His face,
Sing, 'Jesus Christ be praised!'
God's whole creation o'er,
For aye and evermore,
Shall Jesus Christ be praised!
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!'
Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine:
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
Sing this eternal song
Through all the ages long:
'May Jesus Christ be praised!'
In the New International Version...
In the New International Version...
We also warmly recommend these superb writings, "Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord." by John Charles Ryle, "Bible Reading" by John Charles Ryle, and "A Call To Prayer" by John Charles Ryle, to our readers.You'll find a selection of J.C. Ryle's books below them, on the same pages. They make for some of the most profitable, edifying, encouraging and uplifting Christian books available, and are classics which have stood the test of time!
If you appreciate the writings of the godly Bishop Ryle, you'll certainly delight in those of the great Charles Haddon Spurgeon, whose sermons were flashed around the world by telegraph and reprinted in full the following day in newspapers from New York City to Sydney, Australia! We particularly recommend "All of Grace", "Justification by Faith", "The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit", and "A Revival Sermon".
And how could we adequately describe the preaching of the incomparable Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, whose pulpit ministry in Britain had an effect felt around the world! We warmly recommend his sermons, "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", "God and Mammon", "The Light of the World", "The Salt of the Earth", "Jesus on Prayer". "The Call to Battle", and "A Living Hope of the Hereafter".
And for a moving witness to steadfast Christian faith under persecution, see "The Scottish Covenanters".
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