Samuel Trevor Francis

Born:  November 19, 1834, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.

Died:  December 28, 1925, Groombridge Nursing Home, Worthing, Sussex, England.

    A London merchant and artist’s son, Francis published a number of hymns in religious newspapers and periodicals. He belonged to the Plymouth Brethren congregation in London, and served as an open air preacher. His hymns and poems appeared in The Life of Faith and other papers and periodicals.
    His works include:

• Gems from the Revised Version, with Poems, 1891
• O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, and Other Poems, published post­humously by Pickering and Inglis in 1926

    Hymns by Samuel Francis  include:

• Blessed, Blessed Jesus
• Gracious Savior, Grant Thy Word
• Home, Home of Light and Glory
• I Am Waiting for the Dawning
• Jesus, We Remember Thee
• O Child of Sorrow, Weary, Distressed
• O Jesus, How Great Is Thy Mercy
• O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
• Pearly Gates Are Open, The
• Safe to Land, No Shadows Darken
• We Are Pilgrims Far from Our Fatherland