_MUSIC._ JUST AS I AM. For comments on the composer, Joseph Barnby, see Hymn 21. 394. Savior, while my heart is tender _John Burton, the younger_, 1803-77 A hymn of dedication to Christian service, suitable for use with young people’s groups. The author, John Burton, usually called “the younger” to distinguish him from another English hymn writer of the same name, was born and died in Stratford, England. From his 15th to 25th year he suffered greatly from ill health but recovered sufficiently to spend the next 50 years in business as a cooper and basket-maker in his home town. A devout Congregationalist, he served as deacon in his church and as a Sunday school teacher for 27 years. While visiting a poor chimney sweeper, he contracted small pox and died of that disease. He published several volumes of religious works, including _One Hundred Original Hymns for the Young_, 1850, in which the present hymn is found. _MUSIC._ LILLE is an old French melody, the origin of which has not been traced. (Correction: second last soprano note in the first score should be on B, not A as in the earlier editions of the _Hymnary_.) 395. Savior, like a shepherd lead us _Dorothy Ann Thrupp_, 1779-1847 Published anonymously in the author’s _Hymns for the Young_, 1836. Dorothy Ann Thrupp was born and reared in London where she spent all her life. She had a special gift for writing hymns suited to the worship experiences of children. A modest person, always avoiding personal publicity. Miss Thrupp did not always receive full credit for her work. This hymn is sometimes wrongly credited to H. F. Lyte. _MUSIC._ BRADBURY was written for this hymn and derives its name from the composer. It first appeared in a popular Sunday school book, _Oriola_, published in 1859 by W. B. Bradbury. For comments on the composer, W. B. Bradbury, see Hymn 103. 396. O Son of man, our hero _Frank Fletcher_, 1870-1936 A hymn deeply sympathetic with the aspirations and needs of young Christians, and appealing to the heroism of youth. Frank Fletcher was Head Master of Charterhouse School, Godalming, England, the first layman elected to such a position. He wrote these words in 1921, while on a motor drive between London and Charterhouse. After having been sung for some time in Charterhouse School, the poem was sent to a church newspaper, _The Challenge_, and from thence it found its way into the hymnals of England and America. The word “mate” in the last line comes from an explanation of the trinity given by a Bishop in answer to a working man’s question on that subject: “God our Father, God our Brother, God our Mate.” Fletcher heard the Bishop give this answer and the phrase stuck in his mind.