Croft & Purcell: 'Funeral Sentences' State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
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Published 2022-09-21
William Croft (1678–1727) ：
I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. [John 11: 25–26]
I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. [Job 19: 25–27]
WE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. [1 Timothy 6: 7; Job 1: 21]
Henry Purcell (1659–95) :
THOU knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears unto our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen.
William Croft :
I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. Amen. [Revelation 14: 13]
All Comments (21)
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Just noticed that at 6:31, the Royal Spider is making his way over the card atop the flowers on the casket. A very nice touch of nature.
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Such beautiful and heavenly music. So fitting for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. May She Rest In Eternal Peace, Light and Joy Unending. With deepest admiration and respect from the United States. 🙏
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I just noticed the lettering on the glass door: He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, so appropriate for her Majesty, who lived a life of faith.
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The Duke of Kent was there for ERII father's funeral. Watching him outlive her..😢
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Today, I am in memory and with my heart and prayers with the queen. The first anniversary of her funeral. Just one year ago, and I feel like parting away with the music and the pictures from Westminster Abbey. God, haev mercy with your creation and with us
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Thank you for posting this. Everything is just so beautiful: the ceremony, the music, and the choir.
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This piece leaves me breathless
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Absolutely beautiful capture of this part of the funeral
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So Sad and Beautiful. Love the Music, Voices and the Perfection of the ceremony.
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Such powerful lyrics For all the excess of this world We all die leaving nothing but memories Of our actions as mortals
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The moment when the Cross is raised and it sounds 'I am the Resurrection' is pure poetry. Britons and the BBC do it better than anyone else.
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Thank you for posting it with the words. It is worth knowing them for my spiritual meditation
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What I liked about the service was that, after all the ceremony and grandeur, when the coffin was lowered into the vault, the crown, orb and sceptre were removed and the staff of office of the Lord Chamberlain was snapped in half, signifying that our Queen was to face her Maker as an ordinary mortal; the royal symbols are not buried with her as with pagan monarchs.
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The words of the Burial Sentances are well worth reading... They are from the Church of England Book of Common Prayer 1662. What ever your religion..and whether you believe in God or are religious or not. They are applicable to all life, they are amongst the most well thought out words regarding death that I have ever come upon.. And if you can blend God and Nature as being entities of the the same real and etherial form then the words really do apply to all... Yes all... All life.. Whether human or not, whether you believer or not.
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By the Way This Hymn is Stunning !!
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I really love how while the Queen's casket is passing the choir, they sing Amen
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Thank you for showing this beautiful sentence . And we could have a sense of feeling on these words with the subtitles you offer and the translations you provide. We are now in a deep sorrow caz we may have had the same loss that in this kindom had happened 2 months ago. My eyes always tear when the chorus sings. Everything is like in a nightmare, How I wished to wake up and Her Majesty is still in there.
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But it so happens that greatness reveals itself to us all at once, causing us to lean towards Her. That occurs when we've finally found a being whose greatness is solely based upon what She is, and not only about what She does; such a Great Britain, which, through the means of the objects She applied into Her dignity, then comes to relate just with the wholeness of everything and of Her own self.
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BEAUTIFUL.
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非常感谢❤
