Let the song go round the earth: Jesus Christ is King!

Composed in 1982 to mark the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Rev Cecil M Johnston, a remarkable pioneering missionary in India, Burma, Malaya, Nepal and Pakistan. In “retirement”, Cecil was serving as honorary curate at All Saints’ Church, Eastbourne. The duet is founded on the vigorous hymn-tune by Edgar Pettman (1866-1943) who had been a friend of Donald.

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