1944–

Introduction

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Born: March 18, 1944, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky.

Biography

Daw was edu­cat­ed at Rice Uni­ver­si­ty, Hous­ton, Tex­as (BA 1966) and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Vir­gin­ia (MA 1967, PhD 1970).

He served as an as­so­ciate pro­fess­or at the Col­lege of Will­iam and Ma­ry, Will­iams­burg, Vir­gin­ia (1970–78). He went on to the Uni­ver­si­ty of the South, Se­wa­nee, Ten­nes­see (MDiv 1981), and was or­dained in 1982.

He then served as as­sist­ant rec­tor at Christ and Grace Church, Pe­ters­burg, Vir­gin­ia (1981–84); vicar-chap­lain at St. Mark’s Cha­pel, Storrs, Con­nec­ti­cut (1984–93); and re­si­dent com­pan­ion, Com­mu­ni­ty of Ce­le­bra­tion, Ali­quip­pa, Penn­syl­van­ia (1993–96).

From 1980–82, he was a mem­ber of the Stand­ing Com­miss­ion on Church Mu­sic for the 1982 Am­eri­can Epis­co­pal hym­nal, and, since 1996, has been Exe­cu­tive Di­rect­or of the Hymn So­ci­ety in the Unit­ed States and Ca­na­da.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. As New­born Stars Were Stirred to Song
  2. As Now the Sun Shines Down at Noon
  3. As Pant­ing Deer De­sire the Wa­ter Brooks
  4. As Six-Winged Ser­aphs Vol­leyed Praise
  5. As We Ga­ther at Your Table
  6. Baited, the Quest­ion Rose
  7. Be Joy­ful in the Lord
  8. Beneath the Proud Hills’ Sha­dows
  9. Beside the Streams of Ba­by­lon
  10. Beyond the Beau­ty and the Awe
  11. Blessed Be the God of Is­ra­el
  12. Bright the Cloud and Bright the Gl­ory
  13. By the Wa­ters, the Wa­ters of Ba­by­lon
  14. Called by Love to Ga­ther
  15. Christ, Faith­ful Sow­er
  16. Christ the Vic­to­ri­ous, Give to Your Ser­vants
  17. Come, La­za­rus, the Sav­ior Called
  18. Come, Let Us Sing with Joy
  19. Consider Well the Li­lies
  20. Faith Be­gins by Let­ting Go
  21. For God Alone My Soul in Si­lence Waits
  22. For the Life That You Have Giv­en
  23. Gabriel of High De­gree
  24. Gentle Jo­seph Heard a Warn­ing
  25. God of Ev­ery New Be­gin­ning
  26. God of Grace and God of Laught­er
  27. God of the Pro­phets, Bless the Pro­phets’ Heirs
  28. God, Our Au­thor and Cre­at­or
  29. God Our Mak­er, Whose First Sum­mons
  30. God the Spir­it, Guide and Guard­ian
  31. God’s Glo­ry Fills the Hea­vens with Hymns
  32. God’s Pas­chal Lamb Is Sa­cri­ficed for Us
  33. Gracious Spir­it, Give Your Ser­vants
  34. Have We Any Gift Worth Giv­ing?
  35. Hear My Pray­er, O God, and List­en to My Plea
  36. How Good, How Plea­sant to Be­hold
  37. How Love­ly Is Thy Dwell­ing Place
  38. How Sweet Was the Gar­den
  39. Into Je­ru­sa­lem Je­sus Rode
  40. Let All Cre­ation Bless the Lord
  41. Let Kings and Pro­phets Yield Their Name
  42. Like the Mur­mur of the Dove’s Song
  43. Lord My Shep­herd Guards Me Well, The
  44. Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Of­fer­ing
  45. My Soul Pro­claims with Won­der
  46. New Truths Are No Sur­prise to God
  47. Not Alone, but Two by Two
  48. Not for Our­selves, O Lord
  49. Now You Have Set Your Ser­vant Free
  50. O Day of Peace That Dim­ly Shines
  51. O God in Whom All Life Be­gins
  52. O God of Font and Al­tar
  53. O God Who Made Us in Your Like­ness
  54. O Light Whose Splen­dor Thrills and Glad­dens
  55. O Sing to the Lord with Hymns New­ly Made
  56. Restore in Us, O God
  57. Rise Up and Shine! Your Light Has Come
  58. Seek the Lord
  59. Sing of An­drew, John’s Dis­ci­ple
  60. Sing of God Made Ma­ni­fest
  61. Sing Praise to God, Whose Migh­ty Acts
  62. Sing to the Lord No Thread­bare Song
  63. Sing to the Lord, Who Has Van­quished the Horse and the War­ri­or
  64. Soaring Spir­it, Set Us Free
  65. Splendor and Hon­or, Ma­jes­ty and Pow­er
  66. Surely It Is God Who Saves Me
  67. Take Us as We Are, O God
  68. Through Saints We Glimpse the Light of Christ
  69. We Come, O Christ, as People Seek­ing
  70. We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bid­ding
  71. We Mar­vel at Your Migh­ty Deeds
  72. We Sing for All the Un­sung Saints
  73. When God First Brought Us Back from Ex­ile
  74. When Sud­den Ter­ror Tears Apart
  75. When Tho­mas Heard the Strange Re­port
  76. Who Is My Neigh­bor, Lord?
  77. Wild and Lone the Pro­phet’s Voice
  78. With the Bo­dy That Was Brok­en

Translations

  1. Sleepers, Wake! A Voice As­tounds Us