I love this hymn - we sang it at my father’s funeral in 1969. Our organist and choir director always added the initial bass note (E flat) and the alleluias between each verse rather than just at the beginning and end. I know that is not how it is written, but oh my, the addition makes it truly glorious; a powerful statement of utter conviction and raises it above the cadence of a hymn somehow. That extraordinary bass note rang through the church, and the alleluias rose to Heaven itself! Thank you❤