Posted on 07/23/2004 7:58:20 PM PDT by krb
I am sorry for the vanity, but I hope that by posting it on a Friday night that I do as little damage to the forum as possible.
There was an amazingly beautiful hymn performed at Reagan's State Funeral that I can't get out of my head, one that I wish to add to my personal collection. It is a marvelous performance that culminates with the grand organ adding itself to the youth choir that opened the hymn, adding depth and weight to the life they were celebrating.
Can anyone in freeperdom help me identify it, and possibly point me to a clean MP3 (or other compressed file) version of it?
Here is the link.
BTW, for those Reagan lovers out there, I think you might enjoy this video as much as I do. ;-)
Not taking the time to check the link.
But the most beautiful one to me was the one wherein
JERUSALEM is part of the lyrics.
It's the same one as at the end of CHARIOTS OF FIRE movie.
It's on that CD of the soundscore from CHARIOTS OF FIRE.
Try putting "mansions of the lord" into google
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063WDM/qid=1090638028/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/103-0123721-6590212?v=glance&s=music&n=507846
http://farewelltoreagan.com/
ANTHEM TUNE: JERUSALEM SUNG BY THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR
O love of God, how strong and true, Eternal and yet ever new; Uncomprehended and unbought, Beyond all knowledge and all thought! O love of God, how deep and great, Far deeper than man’s deepest hate; Self-fed, self-kindled like the light, Changeless, eternal, infinite.
O heavenly love, how precious still, In days of weariness and ill, In nights of pain and helplessness, To heal, to comfort, and to bless! O wide-embracing, wondrous love! We read you in the sky above, We read you in the earth below, In seas that swell and streams that flow.
We read you best in him who came To bear for us the cross of shame; Sent by the Father from on high, Our life to live, our death to die. We read your power to bless and save, E’en in the darkness of the grave; Still more in resurrection light We read the fullness of your might.
O love of God, our shield and stay Through all the perils of our way! Eternal love, in you we rest Forever safe, forever blest. We will exalt you, God and King, and we will ever praise your name; We will extol you every day, and evermore your praise proclaim
Horatio Bonar, 1858
Towards the end of the anthem, Mr. Mulroney is led to the landing lectern for his tribute.
IF C-Span ever decides to send me the $27 DVD/CD I ordered of the funeral, I'd be more than happy to help you out.
The song the youth choir sang was not one I recognized. "Eternal Father Strong to Save" was played/song a great deal during the funeral.
I would do better to read all the posts first. You beat me to it.
I hate to do this but here goes:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1962523
The Mansions of the Lord
To fallen soldiers let us sing
where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
to the mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
just divine embrace, eternal light
in the mansions of the Lord
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard to the angels sleep
All through the ages safely keep
the mansions of the Lord
I've got it on my home page if you want to copy it. It's from the movie, "we were soldiers"
Hooahh!
*ping*
I love that song.
Same here. Had to listen to it a few more times tonight.
That hymn was in "We Were Soldiers"? OMG...gonna have to get that one. Thanks!
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