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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElijah Cummings will lie in state. Swing low, sweet chariot coming forth to carry him home.
Body of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will lie in state at Capitol.the Maryland Democrat was a civil rights leader and the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that's investigating President Donald Trump.
BALTIMORE The body of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will lie in state in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol next week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said in a news release that a formal ceremony open to members of Congress, the Cummings family and invited guests will be held Thursday morning, followed by a public viewing.
A wake and funeral for Cummings is planned the following day at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, where he worshipped for nearly four decades.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/body-u-s-rep-elijah-cummings-will-lie-state-capitol-n1069046
Meaning of the name Elijah.
Carried to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
This song. So beautiful. I can't stop crying.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)I am going to miss this giant of a man. Such a good man.
Thank you.
Mosby
(16,358 posts)אֵלִיָהוּ הַנָבִיא, אֵלִיָהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי, אֵלִיָהוּ הַגִלְעָדִי בִּמְהֵרָה יָבוֹא אֵלֵינוּ עִם מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָוִד
Eliyahu Hanavie, Eliyahu Hatishbi, Elyahu Hagiladi, Bimherah Yavo Elenu Im Mashiach Ben David.
Elijah the Prophet, Elijah the Tishbite, Elijah the Giladite, May he soon come to us, with Mashiach (messiah) the son of David.
Please ignore the automated translation.
This is the melody of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
sheshe2
(83,925 posts)Hekate
(90,824 posts)And I have thought of the times during Passover when someone is sent from the table to open the door for Elijah.
What a loss the nation has suffered -- how fortunate we were to have him for as long as we did. Rest in peace, brave soul.
EllieBC
(3,042 posts)Thanks, Mosby.
mcar
(42,375 posts)My heart is so heavy, she. We have lost a truly good, truly great, man.
Someone, StarfishSaver I think, posted the possibility of his wife filling his seat to continue his legacy.
From what I read she is highly qualified.
I am going to miss him.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)LeftInTX
(25,556 posts)struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,636 posts)struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)Response to sheshe2 (Original post)
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Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)They're a pitiful, bitter and angry person. That's their issue not ours to deal with.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)They are gone.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)I'll never get why people waste their precious time like this.
Love your family and spend time with them. Get s hobby you enjoy. Spend time with your friends... anything but being mean on the internet. It's so childish and lame.
sheshe2
(83,925 posts)True words.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)My heart....