Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon, had ...

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Yang Hexiang, director of the Yunnan Provincial Library, introduces the digital ancient books the institute released on Dec 30. [Photo by Wang Ru/China Daily] After centuries spent quietly on library ...