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'''Title:''' ''It is better to go''<br> | '''Title:''' ''It is better to go''<br> | ||
{{Composer|Daniel Read}} | {{Composer|Daniel Read}} | ||
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It is better to go to the house of mourning | |||
than to the house of feasting: | |||
For that is the end of all men. (Ecclesiastes 7:2) | |||
For it is appointed unto all men to die, (cf. Job 7:1, Hebrews 9:27) | |||
And blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. (Revelation 14:13)}} | |||
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- (Posted 2015-06-29) CPDL #35927:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-29). Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: It is better to go
Composer: Daniel Read
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1807
Description: Published in The Columbian Harmonist, Third Edition, 1807, pp. 110-111. Words adapted by Read from Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 "and other scriptures."
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Original text and translations
English text
It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to the house of feasting:
For that is the end of all men. (Ecclesiastes 7:2)
For it is appointed unto all men to die, (cf. Job 7:1, Hebrews 9:27)
And blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. (Revelation 14:13)