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Three tall trees stood on a windy hill

Author: Herbert O'Driscoll Appears in 2 hymnals

GRAND ISLE

Appears in 19 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John H. Hopkins Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51113 4565 Used With Text: Three tall trees stood (Legend of the Trees)

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Three tall trees stood on a windy hill

Author: T. Herbert O'Driscoll Hymnal: Sing #d22 (1972)

Three tall trees stood (Legend of the Trees)

Author: T. Herbert O'Driscoll Hymnal: Praise Ways #69 (1975) First Line: Three tall trees stood on a windy hill Tune Title: GRAND ISLE

b. 1928 Person Name: T. Herbert O'Driscoll Author of "Three tall trees stood (Legend of the Trees)" in Praise Ways O'Driscoll, Herbert. (Cork, Ireland, October 17, 1928-- ). Anglican. Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, 1951. Pastorates at Monkstown (Ireland), 1952-1954; Ottawa, Ontario, 1954-1957, 1962-1968; Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1957-1960 (naval chaplaincy); Carp, Ont., 1960-1962; Vancouver, British Columbia, (dean), 1968-1982. In 1982 he moved to Washington, D.C. to become the warden of the College of Preachers at Washington Cathedral, but returned to Canada after one year. In both his hymns and his published sermons, he uses traditional techniques to set forth contemporary concerns, so that his work is unusually approachable. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives Also: O'Driscoll, T. Herbert (Thomas Herbert) O'Driscoll, Thomas Herbert

John Henry Hopkins

1861 - 1945 Person Name: John H. Hopkins Composer of "GRAND ISLE" in Praise Ways John Henry Hopkins, born in Vermont, he was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1891. He served mostly in the Chicago diocese. He died in Grand Isle, Vermont. Dianne Shapiro from The Great Forty Years: in the Diocese of Chicago A.D. 1893 to 1934 (The Centenary Fund of the Diocese of Chicago, Inc.: 1936 and Find a Grave website (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33095210/john-henry-hopkins) (accessed 5/22/2024)