With meter 7.6.7.6 D, tunes it has been set include
- AURELIA composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley in 1864, and best known as the tune of The Church's one Foundation - the tune it was published with
- PENLAN by David Jenkins (1898)
- NYLAND - a Finnish folk melody
- WOLVERCOTE by William Ferguson (1874-1950)
Hymn-books which it has been published in include Anglican Hymns Old and New, 2008 edition.
The title and first line are sometimes expressed as St Luke Belov'd Physician, to indicate how to fit the tune to the text.
Examples
Virtual choir with organ:
Instrumental - organ tune AURELIA
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:1 Saint Luke, beloved physician, with honour now recall ...
2 He tells for us the stories of Jesus here on earth ...
3 For all who work our healing we lift our hearts in prayer,
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