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John Craven (born 1929) is an English Latter-day Saint hymnwriter.  He is the author and composer of the hymn [http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=320&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=320&searchsubseqend=ZZZ "The Priesthood of Our Lord"].
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[[image: Mormon_Hymn_The_Priesthood_of_Our_Lord.jpg|150px|right|alt=Mormon Hymn The Priesthood of Our Lord| Mormon Hymn The Priesthood of Our Lord]]John Craven (born 1929) is an English Latter-day Saint hymnwriter.  He is the author and composer of the hymn [http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=320&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=320&searchsubseqend=ZZZ "The Priesthood of Our Lord"].
  
 
Craven was raised as a baptist but later joined [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].  This was largely as a result of his interactions with Dawn whom he later married.
 
Craven was raised as a baptist but later joined [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].  This was largely as a result of his interactions with Dawn whom he later married.

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Mormon Hymn The Priesthood of Our Lord
John Craven (born 1929) is an English Latter-day Saint hymnwriter. He is the author and composer of the hymn "The Priesthood of Our Lord".

Craven was raised as a baptist but later joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This was largely as a result of his interactions with Dawn whom he later married.

Brother Carven was a faculty member at Dudley College. He later retired and moved to Canada.

Sources

  • Karen Lynn Davidson. Stories of Our Latter-day Saint Hymns. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988) p. 360.