Elijah Cummings will lie in state. Swing low, sweet chariot coming forth to carry him home.

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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.

Elijah was a Hebrew prophet and miracle worker, as told in the two Books of Kings in the Old Testament. He was active in the 9th century BC during the reign of King Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician-born queen Jezebel. Elijah confronted the king and queen over their idolatry of the Canaanite god Ba'al and other wicked deeds. At the end of his life he was carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and was succeeded by Elisha. In the New Testament, Elijah and Moses appear next to Jesus when he is transfigured.

Carried to heaven in a chariot of fire.

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

This song. So beautiful. I can't stop crying.