Come, all who look to Christ today

Come, all who look to Christ today. Richard Granville Jones* (1926- ). Written in 1980 for the 75th anniversary of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Manchester, when the author was Principal of Hartley Victoria College in that Faculty. It began ‘Come, all who look to God today’, because it was written for a multi-faith occasion, but was revised in specifically Christian terms, to be used as an ecumenical and eirenic hymn of service. It was published in HP (1983). A revision in 2000, from ‘find here new powers of brotherhood’ to ‘temper self, as Christians should’ (verse 2 line 2) marks the sensitivity to inclusive language. The hymn has become widely used in many countries, and...