Christian Hymns with Lyrics - Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord

Christian Hymn with Lyrics - Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord ( praise worship ) Christian Hymns playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BD1B04EAC0152F4B Cast thy burden upon the Lord, And He shall sustain thee. He never will suffer the righteous to fall; He is at thy right hand. Thy mercy, Lord, is great and far above the heav'ns; Let none be made ashamed that wait upon Thee. Composer: Felix Mendelssohn * Birth: February 3, 1809, Hamburg, Germany * Death: November 4, 1847, Leipzig, Germany Felix Mendelssohn (Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn) was born 1809, the grandson of the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His father converted to Christianity, baptized his children and changed their surname to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Felix resisted the change and kept Mendelssohn as his surname. Mendelssohn showed his musical ability beginning at a young age. Octet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20, composed when he was 16, was significant not only because of his age, but because it is one of the first works of its kind. He composed the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream at the age of 17. In 1829 he conducted the St. Matthew Passion, which stimulated a revival of interest in the music of J. S. Bach. He was musical director at Dusseldorf from 1833 -- 1835, conductor of the Gewandhuas concerts in Leipzig in 1835, and he helped found the Leipzig Conservatory, 1842 -- 1843. In 1841 he was appointed director of the music section of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Mendelssohn wrote five symphonies. The most well-known are Scottish (1842), Italian (1833) and Reformation (1832). Other works frequently performed are his Violin Concerto in E Minor (1845), The Hebrides Overture or Fingal's Cave (1832) and his two oratorios, St. Paul (1836) and Elijah (1846). Mendelssohn died at the early age of 38.