The hymn was composed for Songs of Praise, 1933, London. The author is not identified except by the initials T.S.N.
MUSIC. PLEADING SAVIOUR, a folk-song type of tune, is from the Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes, New York, 1855, which Henry Ward Beecher compiled for use in the Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn, of which he was pastor. The musical editors were John Zundel ([178]) and the Rev. Charles Beecher.
235. God of my heart
Anonymous
A hymn celebrating the believer’s life in God. It was taken from St. Basil’s Hymnal compiled by the Basilian Fathers, published in 1918. The musical editors were Healey Willan and Jules Brazil. The authorship of the hymn is anonymous.
MUSIC. CARMEN NATURAE is an arrangement from a melody in Donizetti’s opera, Carmen.
Gaetano Donizetti, 1797-1848, son of an Italian weaver, studied music in Naples. He composed 66 operas, 6 masses, 12 string quartets, a requiem, songs, and other compositions.
236. Since Jesus is my Friend
Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76
Tr. by Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78