Winston Churchill had planned his
funeral, which took place in Saint Paul's Cathedral. He included many of the great hymns of the
church and used the eloquent Anglican liturgy.
At his direction, a bugler, positioned high in the dome of Saint Paul's,
intoned, after the benediction, the sound of "Taps", the universal
signal that says the day is over.
But then came the most dramatic turn: as
Churchill instructed, as soon as "Taps" was finished, another bugler,
placed on the other side of the great dome, played the notes of
"Reveille" -- "It's time to get up. It's time to get up. It's time to get up in the morning."
That
was Churchill's testimony that at the end of history, the last note will not be
"Taps"; it will be "Reveille". The worst things are never
the last things.
-- John Claypool
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