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Mourning 2025: Heavenly Glory
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal arr. Alice Parker
Hark, I hear the harps eternal
Ringing on the farther shore,
As I near those swollen waters,
With their deep and solemn roar.
Refrain:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, praise the Lamb,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Glory to the great I AM.
And my soul though stained with sorrow,
Fading as the light of day,
Passes swiftly o’er those waters
To the city far away
Refrain
Souls have crossed before me, saintly,
To that land of perfect rest;
And i hear them singing faintly
In the mansions of the blest.
Refrain
In Paradisum arr. Grant Reddoch
In Paradisum deducante Angeli:
In tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres
Et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiant,
Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere aeternam
habeas requiem.
May the angels lead you into Paradise.
May the martyrs come to welcome you upon your arrival
And lead you into the holy city, Jerusalem.
May the choir of angels welcome you
And with Lazarus, who once was poor, may you have eternal rest.
Let the Life I’ve Lived Speak for Me Gwyneth Walker
Let the life I’ve lived speak for me
Let the life I’ve lived speak for me
When I come to the end of the road,
And I lay down my heavy load,
Let the life I’ve lived speak for me.
Let the friends I’ve made speak for me
Let the friends I’ve made speak for me
When I come to the end of the road,
And I lay down my heavy load,
Let the friends i’ve made speak for me.
Lay down your burden, and rest with the setting sun.
All the beauty of your life will shine when your day is done.
Let the love I’ve shared speak for me.
Let the love I’ve shared speak for me.
Let the love that I’ve tried to share,
And the burdens I’ve struggled to bear,
All this life of joy and care speak for me.
Let the life I’ve lived speak for me.
dear heart Dylan Tran
Warm summer sun,
Shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind,
Blow softly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light, lie light,
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night.
Vum Vive Vum arr. Kevin Siegfried
from https://www.kevinsiegfried.com/vum-vive-vum
The original tune of Vum Vive Vum dates from 1844 and is a lively example of a Shaker dance song. The use of vocables was a common feature of early Shaker music, particularly in the repertoire used for dance. In Vum Vive Vum, the vocal sounds used represent a uniquely American form of “mouth music”—a style of traditional singing where nonsense words are used to mimic the sounds of an instrument or the rhythms of a dance.
O Nata Lux Morten Lauridsen
O nata lux de lumine,
Jesu redemptor saeculi
Dignare clemens supplicum
Laudes preces que sumere.
Qui carne quondam contegi
Dignatus es pro perditis.
Nos membra confer effici,
Tui beati corporis.
O born light of light,
Jesus, redeemer of the world,
Mercifully deem worthy and accept
The praises and prayers of your supplicants.
Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh
For the sake of the lost ones,
Grant us to be made members
Of your holy body.
A Farewell Elaine Hagenberg
Lyrics by Frances Anne Kemble
Once more, once more into the sunny fields
Oh, let me stray!
And drink the joy that young existence yields
On a bright, cloudless day.
Once more let me behold the summer sky,
With its blue eyes,
And join the wild wind's voice of melody,
As far and free it flies.
Once more, once more,
oh let me stand and hear
The gushing spring,
As its bright drops fall starlike,
fast and clear,
And in the sunshine sing.
Once more, oh let me list the soft sweet breeze
At evening mourn:
Let me, oh let me say farewell to these,
And to my task I gaily will return.
Oh, lovely earth! oh, blessèd smiling sky!
Oh, music of the wood, the wave, the wind!
I do but linger till my ear and eye
Have traced ye on the tablets of my mind—
And then, fare ye well!
Bright hill and bosky dell,
Clear spring and haunted well,
Night-blowing flowers pale,
Smooth lawn and lonely vale,
Sleeping lakes and sparkling fountains,
Shadowy woods and sheltering mountains,
Flowery land and sunny sky,
And echo sweet, my playmate shy;
Fare ye well!—fare ye well!
Unclouded Day arr. Shawn Kirchner
O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies,
They tell me of a home far away,
And the they tell me of a home
Where no storm-clouds rise:
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
Chorus:
O the land of cloudless days
O the land of an unclouded sky,
O they tell me of a home where no storm-clouds rise:
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
O they tell me of a home
Where my friends have gone,
They tell me of a land far away,
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day.
They tell me of a king in his beauty there,
They tell me that mine eyes shall behold
Where He sits in a throne
That is bright as the sun
In the city that is made of gold!
The Glory Window: Stained and Spiralled
Choral settings of William Blake
by Jeremi W. Edwards
O Oriens Melissa Dunphy
O Oriens,
Splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
Veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, ut umbra mortis.
O Morning Star,
Splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
Domine Deus David Caldarella
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Et in terra pax homonibus bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te. Benedicimus te.
Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.
Domine Deus, Rex caelestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
Miserere nobis.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
Suscipe de precationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,
Miserere nobis.
Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen.
Glory to God in the highest.
And on earth, peace to people of good will.
We praise you. We bless you.
We adore you. We glorify you.
Lord God, heavenly King,
God the Father Almighty.
You who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
You who takes away the sins of the world,
Receive our prayer.
You who sits at the right hand of the Father,
Have mercy on us.
In the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken arr. J. David Moore
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, lord, by and by,
There’s a better home a-waitin
If we try, lord, if we try.
I was singing
With my sisters
I was singing
With my friends
And we all can sing together
Cause the circle never ends
Refrain
I was born down
In the valley
Where the sun refuse to shine
But im climbing up to the highland
Gonna make that mountain mine
Refrain
In the sky, lord, in the sky.
Peace I Leave With You Amy Beach
Peace I leave with you,
My peace I give unto you.
Not as the world giveth,
Give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled.
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