I first met this hymn, to the great tune KINGS LYNN, as a student, and it moved me to want to serve almost more than any other. For a dramatic presentation in Lent 1974 I intentionally gave Chesterton’s words a rather flippant setting, to give a spur to reflection on our readiness to trivialise and sensationalise matters of universal deep concern.
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