Grace and peace, everyone. Here is a funeral-hymn text of mine: "For All God's Children Fallen." It is in 76. 76. D (iambic) and so works with several tunes, most notably PASSION CHORALE, though I also like it with the Norwegian folk melody OSLO.
1. For all God's children fallen
In this, the earthly fight,
We sing with saints and angels
As evening falls to night;
O Jesus Christ, have mercy,
O holy Mary, pray
That soon their souls awaken
To Your unending Day.
2. By water they were baptized,
O Christ, into Your death,
And just as in Your Passion
You drew Your final breath
And rendered up Your spirit
To God upon the Cross,
Dear Lord, commend the fallen
To Him Who knows our loss.
3. For in those very waters
The shadowlands of sin
Are flooded by the glory
Of wondrous Life again;
So sing we Alleluia!
For from that holy tide
The rising Sun bears witness
That God is on our side.
4. O Jesus Christ, have mercy,
O holy Mary, pray
That when our lives are ended,
We wake to endless Day
Beside the faithful risen
In Heaven's Sun to sing
With all the saints and angels
To God, our Lord and King.
(c) 2020 Anna Bendiksen (1969-)
1. For all God's children fallen
In this, the earthly fight,
We sing with saints and angels
As evening falls to night;
O Jesus Christ, have mercy,
O holy Mary, pray
That soon their souls awaken
To Your unending Day.
2. By water they were baptized,
O Christ, into Your death,
And just as in Your Passion
You drew Your final breath
And rendered up Your spirit
To God upon the Cross,
Dear Lord, commend the fallen
To Him Who knows our loss.
3. For in those very waters
The shadowlands of sin
Are flooded by the glory
Of wondrous Life again;
So sing we Alleluia!
For from that holy tide
The rising Sun bears witness
That God is on our side.
4. O Jesus Christ, have mercy,
O holy Mary, pray
That when our lives are ended,
We wake to endless Day
Beside the faithful risen
In Heaven's Sun to sing
With all the saints and angels
To God, our Lord and King.
(c) 2020 Anna Bendiksen (1969-)