[Magdalen] Bishops' choices of funeral hymns

[Judy Fleener]

We are encouraged to pick Easter hymns, but too many folks in Michigan pick
Eagles' Wings (makes me barf) and Amazing Grace.  I admit I am a music snob.

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 26/11/2016 21:11, Joseph Cirou wrote:
>
>> I think people's familiarity with hymns may vary, but I imagine some
>> priests don't study their hymnals very closely. I would be surprised if
>> "Strife Is O'er did not appear in some of the major British hymnals.
>> Joe
>>
>
> I suspect that in most English churches there are a number of hymns in
> their chosen hymnal they don't use. "The strife is o'er" certainly appears
> in what I believe are the most widely ised ones this side of the pond -
> "Hymns Ancient & Modern" and "New English Hymnal". When I was a Curate I
> had the misfortune to preside at two funerals for the same family when
> three of the four hymns they specified came from the "Funerals" section of
> the hymn-book. did not know them and it seemed nobody else did either.
>
> Roger
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan