O God, whose all-sustaining hand

O God, whose all-sustaining hand. Timothy Dudley-Smith* (1926-2024). Written partly in Swansea and partly at his home at Ford near Salisbury, this was a response to a request for a hymn for a civic occasion. In 1996 Peter Thistlethwayte was to become High Sheriff of the county of Essex, and in January the author, by then retired to Ford, was asked to provide one which could be sung at the annual ‘Justice Service’ in Chelmsford Cathedral. This was regularly attended by one or more of the High Court Judges then on circuit locally, with other representatives of the legal professions and those responsible for law and order. The hymn was completed in April that year, and sung as planned to the...

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