In memory of Emily Winifred Scott Shepherd

Today, September 28, 2020, there will be a memorial service for my mother who died on September 5. The following text is from one of her "absolute favorite" hymns:

Sunset to sunrise changes now,
for God doth make his world anew;
on the Redeemer's thorn-crowned brow
the wonders of that dawn we view.

E'en though the sun withholds its light,
lo! a more heavenly lamp shines here,
and from the cross on Calvary's height
gleams of eternity appear.

Here in o'er-whelming final strife
the Lord of life hath victory,
and sin is slain, and death brings life,
and all on earth hold heav'n in fee.

-- St. Clement of Alexandria, paraphrased by Howard Chandler Robbins, (alt.)

May she rest in peace, and rise in glory.

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