God of love and truth and beauty
God of love and truth and beauty. Timothy Rees* (1874-1939).
From The Mirfield Mission Hymn-Book (1922), where it is dated 1916. It was included in BBCHB, to a tune, CAROLYN, commissioned from Herbert Murrill (1909-1952), then head of music at the BBC. It appeared subsequently in 100HfT (1969) and thus in A&MNS, headed ‘Hallowed be thy name’; it is also in HP. It is little known outside Britain, although in the USA it was included in Rejoice in the Lord (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1985), of which the music editor was Erik Routley*, and in The Worshiping Church (1990), edited by Donald P. Hustad*. Hymnody.org also reports that it is in the CPWI Hymnal (2010), published in Barbados by the...
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