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"Day by Day (and with Each Passing Moment)" is a Christian hymn written in 1865 by Lina Sandell several years after she had witnessed the tragic drowning death of her father. [1] It is a hymn of assurance used in American congregational singing. Sandell-Berg was a prolific Swedish hymn writer.
The text of "Come down, O Love divine" originated as an Italian poem, "Discendi amor santo" by the medieval mystic poet Bianco da Siena (1350-1399). The poem appeared in the 1851 collection Laudi Spirituali del Bianco da Siena of Telesforo Bini, and in 1861, the Anglo-Irish clergyman and writer Richard Frederick Littledale translated it into English.
"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]
In 2005, the hymn was voted second in BBC One show Songs of Praise poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite hymn. [5] In "Funeral For a Ford", the series 3 finale episode of the British motoring television series The Grand Tour, the song is performed in Lincoln Cathedral at a "funeral" for the Ford Mondeo.
" So nimm denn meine Hände" (So take my hands then) is a Christian hymn often sung at funerals. The text by Julie Hausmann was first printed in 1862. The melody by Friedrich Silcher appeared already in 1843 with a different text.
Rev. Chris Ciampa is unique among Wexner Medical Center's 18 chaplains. Each day, at the psychiatric hospital, he leads patients in sing-alongs.
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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. [2]