Fanny Crosby
Worship and praise hymns lift the congregation in the thanksgiving portions of a Ghanaian funeral — especially the thanksgiving service and the one-week observance. Twi praise hymns are often sung unaccompanied with clapping, and many families choose at least one hymn in the language their loved one prayed in.
Verse 1
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus
This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long.
Verse 2
Perfect submission, perfect delight, Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; Angels descending bring from above Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
Verse 3
Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest, Watching and waiting, looking above, Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.