Wer bis an das Ende beharrt
# Wer bis an das Ende beharrt

Wer bis an das Ende beharrt (He that shall endure to the end), is a motet for a four-part choir by Felix Mendelssohn. He wrote it as part of his oratorio Elijah, published in 1847.

## History

Mendelssohn composed the motet with orchestral accompaniment as part of his oratorio Elijah, as movement 32, published in 1847. It was published in a critical edition by Carus-Verlag.

## Text and music

In the oratorio, the motet is placed like a chorale as a point of rest and reflection. Elijah is in the desert and has given up, reviewing his mission as a failure, but an angel requests him to arise. The text of the motet occurs twice in the Gospel of Matthew, in Matthew 10:22 and Matthew 24:13. Mendelssohn used the translation by Martin Luther. The English translation is from the King James Version of the Bible.

| German | English |
| - | - |
| Wer bis an das Ende beharrt, der wird selig. | He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved. |

The music is in one movement in F major and common time, marked Andante sostenuto. The instruments play colla parte with the $voices.^{:153–155}$ It has been described as "delicate".

