We have counted up the votes and can announce that Here I am, Lord, by Dan Schutte is our reader's favourite hymn. Popularly known by its first line, I, the Lord of Sea and Sky, the hymn was written by Schutte when he was one of the St Louis Jesuits in Missouri. According to his website, it was during his years in a Jesuit seminary that he experienced the connection between music and worship and discovered how music can move the soul towards God.

He has been writing music for Christian worship for 30 years but says that Here I am, Lord is his best-known work. Our readers' top ten is as follows:

1. I, the Lord of sea and sky, Daniel L. Schutte SJ (b. 1947)
   
   
2. Be thou my vision, Irish (c. eighth century) trans. Mary Byrne (1880-1931) and Eleanor Hull (1860-1935)
   
   
3. How great thou art, Carl Boberg (1850-1940) trans. Stuart K. Hine
   
   
4. Be still, for the presence of the Lord, David J. Evans (b. 1957)
   
   
5. Let all mortal flesh keep silence, Liturgy of St James, trans. G. Moultrie (1829-85)
   
   
6. Amazing grace, John Newton (1725-1807)
   
   
7. Soul of my Saviour (anon)
   
   
8. My song is love unknown, Samuel Crossman (1624-83)
   
   
9. Christ be our light, Bernadetter Farrell (b. 1957)
   
   
10. Dear Lord and Father of mankind, John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92)

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