When Morning Gilds the Skies

This glorious arrangement of a beloved hymn is an ideal anthem for any choir of unison voices and congregation. Trilled notes, played by the flute or organ, open the piece and symbolize a bird's morning song of praise before the unison choir introduces Joseph Barnby's graceful hymn tune. During the anthem's final stanza, the congregation joins the choir to enthusiastically proclaim, "Be this the eternal song through all the ages long, May Jesus Christ be praised!"