We now come to the loveliest and most loved of Mr. Ellerton’s hymns. It has been sung and will continue to be sung at the graveside of princes, divines, statesmen, poets, artists, authors, as well as many a Christian labourer of humble life. For comments on John Ellerton see Hymn 42. _MUSIC._ REQUIESCAT was written for this hymn. It appeared first in _Hymns Ancient and Modern_, 1875. For comments on the composer, John B. Dykes, see Hymn 1. 316. O Lord of life, where’er they be _Frederick L. Hosmer_, 1840-1929 This hymn, a source of comfort and courage to many mourners, was composed by Hosmer in 1888 for the Easter service in his own church in Cleveland, Ohio. The note of triumph runs throughout the hymn, each stanza ending with a jubilant “Allelujah.” It was written to be sung with Palestrina’s tune, “Victory.” For comments on Frederick Hosmer see Hymn 72. _MUSIC._ VICTORY. For comments on this tune see Hymn 116. BURIAL OF THE DEAD 317. For all the saints _William W. How_, 1823-97 The original, in eleven stanzas, was published in 1864 in _Hymns for Saints’ Days_, by a layman, Lord Nelson. One of the omitted stanzas reads: For the Apostles’ glorious company Who, bearing forth the Cross o’er land and sea, Shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee. For comments on William How see Hymn 144. _MUSIC._ SARUM. The tune was composed for the _Sarum Hymnal_, 1869, for these words by Bishop How. It is also known as “St. Philip” and “For All the Saints.” For comments on the composer, Joseph Barnby, see Hymn 21. 318. We cannot think of them as dead _Frederick L. Hosmer_, 1840-1929 Written in 1876 after the death by drowning of a young member of the church of which the author was minister. For comments on the author, Frederick L. Hosmer, see Hymn 72. _MUSIC._ ST. FLAVIAN is from the _English Psalter_ of 1562 which was printed by John Day in London. The present is the first half, with some alterations, of the tune set to Psalm 132. 319. Come, let us join our friends above _Charles Wesley_, 1707-88 The first of a group of _Funeral Hymns_, published in 1759. It sets forth the assurance that friends gone before are not lost to those who mourn, For all the servants of the King In earth and heaven are one. This hymn, one of Wesley’s greatest, has had wide use throughout the English speaking world in times of sorrow and loss of loved ones. It is an exposition of the words of the ancient Creed, “I believe in the communion of saints.” The third and fourth verses, containing the idea of One Church, are among the finest in the whole range of hymnody. The hymn was a great favorite of John Wesley. It so happened that he gave it out to be sung at a service he was conducting, at the very hour of the death of his brother Charles, giving the hymn a peculiarly pathetic interest. For comments on Charles Wesley see Hymn 6.