The prelude's longest piece was from Bach's prelude and fugue in D major. The offertory was a piece I prepared based on "My faith has found a resting place," related to the receiving of members immediately before that. You can find that hymn in the green spiral, #43. Hymn watchers are noticing a bit of a comeback for this one by Eliza Edmunds, a Philadelphian from the cradle to the grave. Her years are 1851-1920. She is also known as the author of: More about Jesus would I know; When we all get to heaven; and Will there be any stars in my crown. The music comes from a Belgian opera composer, Andre Gretry (1741-1813)--we're talking powdered wigs and Haydn and Mozart and Thomas Jefferson. Never mind the composer, the words seem appropriate to affirming membership and faith.
Interwoven with that were musical quotes from a hymn Ray Denlinger called to my attention the other day: In heaven above, where all is love, where God the.... I was surprised to find that it was written in Swedish for the author's wife's funeral! I've heard it sung by men's quartets.
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