I HAD STATED PREVIOUSLY TO A FRIEND THAT THE FINALE OF THE MHIG CANTATA WAS BASED ON THE VERSES FOUND IN ACTS, CHAPTER 2, BUT IN REVIEWING THE 1940 PROGRAM I REALIZE THAT "O, DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING?" IS A KING JAMES QUOTE TAKEN FROM THE 1ST LETTER WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (1:55).
        THE CHORALE ENDING IS FROM THE THEME OF THE CANTATA AND WAS BASED ON DAVIDS PSALM OF PRAISE FOUND IN PSALM 16;9-10.