jan struther wrote the hymn lord of all hopefulness.
jan struther wrote the hymn lord of all hopefulness.
who wrote the hymn lord of all hopefulness?
jan struther
"lord of all hopefulness" has also been given its own tune, "miniver" (originally in the bbc hymn book 1951), written by cyril vincent taylor which acknowledges jan struther by reference to her famous text character "mrs miniver".









































"lord of all hopefulness" was the opening hymn at the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle on 19 may 2018.









































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the hymn is included in a number of popular christian hymn books, including the "new english hymnal", "hymns and psalms" it is sometimes included in christian children's song books.
lord of all hopefulness
"slane" is also the melody of another well-known hymn, "be thou my vision", and of the hymn "lord of creation, to thee be all praise" by j. c. winslow, whose lyrics are similar. there are two variants of this tune; the text of "lord of all hopefulness" fits a metre of 10.11.11.11, and an anacrucial version of "slane" must be used (with an upbeat on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lines of each verse). , commonly used in irish and scottish hymnals (including the hymnbooks of the church of scotland), fits the 10.10.10.10 metre and is not suitable for "lord of all hopefulness". the tune has its origin as a traditional irish tune, principally 'with my love on the road,' also known as 'the banks of the bann,' and still a commonly-performed trad tune.
lord of all hopefulness