Christian throughout their life on earth requiring the Redeemer's guidance and ending at the gates of Heaven (the verge of Jordan) and end of time (death of death and hell's destruction). Instances of use The hymn has been sung on various British state occasions, such as the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the weddings of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and Service of reflection for Queen Elizabeth II in Wales at 2022. The hymn is also featured prominently in the soundtrack to the 1941 film How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford. The soundtrack, by Alfred Newman, won that year's Academy Award for Original Music Score. It is also featured at the beginning of The African Queen (film), with Katharine Hepburn singing and playing the organ. Only Men Aloud! also sang an arrangement by Tim Rhys-Evans and Jeffrey Howard on the BBC 1 Show Last Choir Standing in 2008. They subsequently released it on their self-titled début album. The hymn was the informal anthem of Wales in the "Green and Pleasant Land" section of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. The BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave used this song on the episode "The Beast In The Cage". The lyrics were altered to be about the main character Victor Meldrew. Hymn text: Despite the history of the tune and its common English text, the usual tune-words pairing in Welsh is quite different. is usually sung to the tune and is the setting for the hymn by Ann Griffiths: Other English hymn texts Some hymnals use this tune for the hymn God of Grace and God of Glory written by Harry Emerson Fosdick in 1930. Others for Full salvation! Full salvation! Lo, the fountain opened wide by Francis Bottome (1823–94). Legacy In 2007 dignitaries from Pontypridd Town Council unveiled a plaque at Capel Rhondda in Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, to celebrate the centenary of the hymn's composition. Minister Rev Phil Rickards said: "This is where the tune was first publicly performed." A service celebrating the centenary was also held at John Hughes' burial place, Salem Baptist Chapel in nearby Tonteg. Rugby Apart from church use, probably its best known use is as the 'Welsh Rugby Hymn', often sung by the crowd at rugby matches, especially those of the Wales national rugby union team. There it is common