by Florence Stevenson (1922 - 1991)
Into thy hands I commend my spirit, O...
Language: English
Into thy hands I commend my spirit, O God. Into thy hands I commend my soul. And the other said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingly power,” and he said unto him, “Truly, I say to you this day, you will be with me in Paradise.” It was now about the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour while the sun’s light failed and the curtain of the temple was torn in twain, then Jesus with a loud voice cried, “Father! Into thy hands I commend my spirit, O God. Into thy hands I commend my soul.” And having said this, he breathed his last.
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Authorship:
- by Florence Stevenson (1922 - 1991), "Jane’s Prayer", written 1975, appears in The Chronicle of Nine Days of Jane Grey, no. 4 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Rosner (1945 - 2013), "Into thy hands I commend my spirit, O God", op. 81 no. 2 (1984), from opera The Chronicle of Nine, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-08
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Word count: 115