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"Lord of all Hopefulness" is a Christian hymn written by English writer Jan Struther, which was published in the enlarged edition of Songs of Praise [1] (Oxford University Press) in 1931. The hymn is used in liturgy , at weddings and at the beginning of funeral services , and is one of the most popular hymns in the United Kingdom .
"On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional hymn composed by Michael Joncas.Its words are based on Psalm 91, [1] Book of Exodus 19, and Matthew 13. [2] Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 [3] or 1979, [1] [4] after he and his friend, Douglas Hall, returned from a meal to learn that Hall's father had died of a heart attack. [5]
In Paradisum served as the inspiration for popular Protestant jazz piece "When the Saints Go Marching In", which share the same first four notes, similar textual meaning, and use during the funeral procession of the body from the church to the cemetery in Black Protestant churches.
"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (O Jesus Christ, light of my life), BWV 118, [a] is a sacred motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.It is known to have been performed at a funeral, and was possibly a generic work intended for funerals. [1]
It was also played at the funeral of William Gladstone. [13] In his book Hymns That Have Helped, W. T. Stead reported "when the SS London went down in the Bay of Biscay, 11 January 1866, the last thing which the last man who left the ship heard as the boat pushed off from the doomed vessel was the voices of the passengers singing 'Rock of Ages ...
The Emory Hymnal: a collection of sacred hymns and music for use in public worship (1887) [464] Selection of Hymns, for the use of the first M. E. Church, [465] Cape May City [466] The Emory Hymnal: No. 2, sacred hymns and music for use in public worship (1891) [467] Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1891) [468]