<P> While at St Paul 's Cathedral Holland delivered a sermon in May 1910 following the death of King Edward VII , titled Death the King of Terrors , in which he explores the natural but seemingly contradictory responses to death : the fear of the unexplained and the belief in continuity . It is from his discussion of the latter that perhaps his best - known writing , Death is nothing at all , is drawn : </P>
<P> While at St Paul 's Cathedral Holland delivered a sermon in May 1910 following the death of King Edward VII , titled Death the King of Terrors , in which he explores the natural but seemingly contradictory responses to death : the fear of the unexplained and the belief in continuity . It is from his discussion of the latter that perhaps his best - known writing , Death is nothing at all , is drawn : </P>
when was death is nothing at all written
when was death is nothing at all written
in May 1910
in May 1910