Jesus, most generous Lord

Jesus, most generous Lord. Christopher Martin Idle* (1938- ). Written at Poplar, east London, in 1975, for two ‘hymn searches’ on the theme of ‘Christian lifestyle’. After revisions suggested by Michael Perry*, it appeared in a collection for the Hambledon Valley group of parishes in Oxfordshire (1983). In the USA it was published in The Hymn (The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, 1996). It is found in Come Celebrate  (Norwich, 2009), edited by Michael Saward*. It was written on 1 Corinthians 8: 9, with references also to James 2 and 1 John 3. The words were written to the tune LOVE UNKNOWN, by John Ireland*. JRW (information from C.M...