I heard a voice from heaven

General information

Source of text is Revelation 14:13, employed in the Order for the Burial of the Dead, Book of Common Prayer, 1549.

Settings by composers

• William Billings SATB altered
• John Wall Callcott SATB
• John Goss SATB
• Thomas Morley SATB
• Joseph Stephenson SATB
• Thomas Tomkins SATB

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• James Gordon — I heard a voice from heaven

Text and translations

English text

I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Write, From henceforth, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord:
Even so, saith the Spirit: for they rest from their labours[; and their works do follow them].