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 ...

This hymn of praise to the triune God joins us with the heavenly hosts ... The Handbook of Prayers Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As is was in the beginning ...

“Singing from the same body of hymns and songs, all children of God – regardless of ethnicity, country, culture, or language ...