Why it's a good choice: This wonderful text is ... our minds of everything for a moment and focus on the Lord. The words of this hymn are based on a Middle Irish poem. which was translated into ...

Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...