I believe I shared this on this forum once before in the context of another thread, but I cannot find that thread to save my life. Therefore I've decided to share it again here so it is easier to find in the future, especially for people searching the forum for funeral music / funeral chants.

This is a funeral hymn based on a text by Edmund S. Palmer but wedded to a melody that is loosely in the style of gregorian hymns.


Jesus, Lord, have mercy, on the souls so blest,
who in faith gone from us now in death find rest.
Here, ’mid stress and conflict, toils can never cease;
there, the warfare ended, bid them rest in peace.

Sorely were they wounded in the deadly strife;
heal them, Good Physician, with the balm of Life.
Ev'ry taint of evil, frailty and decay,
good and gracious Savior, cleanse and purge away.

Grant them rest eternal after weary fight'
shed on them the radiance of Your heav'nly Light.
Lead them onward, upward, to the holy place
where Your saints, made perfect, gaze upon Your Face.


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