asdarley Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 Can anyone identify the first quote on this memorial? "For duty dared and won ...... I have chapter and verse on the bottom one! "Forever with the Lord" But have drawn a blank with this! The forum has delivered so many times ...can it do it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 Unlike the second, the first quote is not in quotation marks. As such, it may not have been lifted from anywhere. The "Crown of Life" gets a goodly number of Google hits and is a biblical reference - the Crown being "awarded" for being faithful to the Gospel. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 It's the last part of a verse that is used in other memorials I've come across. It may be possibly a hymn. I'll have a look in some old hymn books I have. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Nick Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 It's the last part of a verse that is used in other memorials I've come across. It may be possibly a hymn. I'll have a look in some old hymn books I have. Gwyn Is this the one? http://www.hymns.me.uk/forever-with-the-lo...uneral-hymn.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdarley Posted 18 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 18 January , 2008 Hi Thanks for taking an interest All Briummie Nick Thats the bottom quote and I have the info on that thanks. Its the top one about duty dared and done that I am chasing. The reference to crown of life seems to be linked to Revelations BUT not exactly as quoted on the memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 Verse is: For his heart's perennial gladness For his years undimmed by sadness For his duty dared and done For the crown of life well won We thank thee Lord. I asked my mum, who's an organist and she hadn't come across it even in old fashioned circles. Of course, it mightn't be a hymn, but it seems to have done the rounds in some memorials. I wondered about substituting 'their' for 'his' in case it's an adaptation, but I haven't got time to go any further at the moment. Sorry. Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 This chap has the same inscription http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites...rd.jsp?id=73138 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdarley Posted 18 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 18 January , 2008 HI Max Thanks for that...It makes me more certain that its a hymn...and I reckon it could be Methodist by sound of it! Gwyn..thanks for you input wher on earth did you come up with the whole of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 18 January , 2008 Share Posted 18 January , 2008 Photos, memory, but I'm not really into memorials so I don't pay a lot of attention to documenting them. What makes you think it's Methodist? (She was a Methodist organist of 50-odd years experience that I asked. That's not to say it isn't. She just thought it sounded terribly old-fashioned.) It could also be the sort of verse that was on cards (eg postcards) at the time. I seem to recall that postcards with hymn or other uplifting verses were popular. Good luck! Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdarley Posted 18 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 18 January , 2008 Hi Gwyn I thought it could be as the verse at the bottom of the tablet was written by the man who also wrote Angels in the realms of glory...which I know methodists still sing. Also, being dragged along to church ( Cof E) every Sunday as a child did make me aware of the style of hymn favoured by the church as opposed to the ones favoured by chapel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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