Short Name: | Carl P. Daw Jr. |
Full Name: | Daw, Carl P. Jr., 1944- |
Birth Year: | 1944 |
Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Emily Brink
Texts by Carl P. Daw Jr. (112)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Al reunirnos en tu mesa | Carl P. Daw Jr, b. 1944 (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
All praise to Thee, my God, this night | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author (st. 4)) | English | 1 |
As newborn stars were stirred to song | Carl P. Daw Jr. (b. 1944) (Author) | English | 2 |
As now the sun shines down at noon | Carl P. Daw, b. 1944 (Author) | English | 3 |
As panting deer desire the waterbrooks | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) (Author) | English | 2 |
[As Six-Winged Seraphs Volleyed Praise] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
As stars adorn the night-veiled sky | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | 5 | |
As we gather at your table | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 27 |
Baited, the question rose | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 3 |
[Be Joyful in the Lord] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
[Beneath the Proud Hills' Shadows] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
[Beside the Streams of Babylon (Daw)] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Beyond the beauty and the awe | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 4 |
Blessed be the God of Israel, Who comes to set us free | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 19 |
Bright the cloud and bright the glory | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | 3 | |
By the waters, the waters of Babylon | Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 (Author (stanzas 2-4)) | English | 2 |
Called by love to gather, by Christ's love united | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
Called to gather as God's people | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 4 |
[Christ, Faithful Sower, Scattering Good Seed] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Christ the Victorious, give to your servants | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 12 |
"Come, Lazarus," the Savior Called | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) (Author) | English | 2 |
[Come, Let Us Sing with Joy] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
[Consider Well the Lilies] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Cual murmullo de paloma | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Eternal God transcending time | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 3 |
Faith begins by letting go | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 7 |
[For God Alone My Soul in Silence Waits] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
For the life that you have given | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 8 |
Friend of the streetwalker, beggar, and child | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
From heaven high I come to you, I bring you tidings glad and new (Daw) | Carl P. Daw (Translator) | English | 2 |
From the Parent’s heart, the firstborn | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Translator) | English | 2 |
Gabriel of high degree | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Adapter) | 1 | |
[Gentle Joseph Heard A Warning] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Glory to our boundless God | Carl Pickens Daw, 1944- (Author) | English | 2 |
God of every new beginning | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
God of grace and God of laughter | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 4 |
God of still waiting | Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- (Author) | English | 3 |
God of the future | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
God of the prophets! Bless the prophets' sons | Carl P. Daw Jr (Author (st. 3)) | English | 3 |
God, Our Author and Creator | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | 3 | |
God our Maker, whose first summons | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
God the Spirit, guide and guardian | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 14 |
God's glory fills the heavens with hymns | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 10 |
God's Paschal Lamb is sacrificed for us | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) (Author) | English | 4 |
Gracious Spirit, give your servants | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 4 |
Have we any gift worth giving | Carl P. Daw Jr, b. 1944 (Author) | English | 3 |
Hear my prayer, O God, And listen to my plea | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 6 |
Hear, O people, holy teaching | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Paraphraser) | English | 2 |
Hear the turmoil of the nations | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
[How Good How Pleasant to Behold] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts to me (Daw) | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author (st. 3 and 4)) | English | 10 |
How shallow former shadows seem | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | 3 | |
How sweet was the garden, fertile and fair | Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 2 |
In ev'ry place where God is praised (Doquiera que se alabe a Dios) | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English, Spanish | 2 |
Into Jerusalem Jesus rode | Carl P. Daw (Author) | 2 | |
Leaving her water jar behind | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
Let all creation bless the Lord | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 10 |
Let all the nations clap their hands | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Paraphraser) | English | 2 |
[Let Kings and Prophets Yield Their Name] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 3 |
Like the murmur of the dove's song | Carl Pickens Daw, 1944- (Author) | English | 37 |
Mark how the Lamb of God's self-offering | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) (Author) | English | 7 |
Mighty God who called creation | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 4 |
New truths are no surprise to God | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
[Not Alone, but Two by Two] | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 3 |
Not for ourselves, O Lord, not for ourselves | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 3 |
[Now You Have Set Your Servant Free] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
O day of peace that dimly shines | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 21 |
O God, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
O God in whom all life begins | Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- (Author) | English | 7 |
O God of Font and Altar | Carl Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | 3 | |
O God, our sov'reign God | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
O God, who gives us life and breath | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 5 |
[O God Who Made Us In Your Likeness] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
O Light whose splendor thrills and gladdens | Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 (Paraphaser) | English | 9 |
O risen Christ, still wounded | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
[O Sing to the Lord With Hymns Newly Made] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Rebuke me not in anger, Lord, Nor punish me in wrath | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 2 |
Restore in us, O God | Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- (Author) | English | 11 |
Rise up and shine! Your light has come | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944-) (Author) | English | 4 |
[Seek the Lord] (Daw) | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Seek the Lord, whose willing presence | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
Sing of Andrew, John's disciple | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 7 |
Sing of God Made Manifest | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 10 |
Sing praise to God, whose mighty acts | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | English | 3 |
[Sing to the Lord] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Sing to the Lord no threadbare song | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 3 |
Sing to the Lord, who has vanquished the horse and the warrior | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 4 |
"Sleepers, wake!" A voice astounds us | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Translator (stanza 1)) | 12 | |
Soaring Spirit, set us free | Carl P. Daw (Author) | 2 | |
Sov'reign Maker of all things | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 2 |
Splendor and honor, majesty and power | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Paraphraser) | English | 8 |
Surely, it is God who saves me; I will trust in him | Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | 1 | |
Surely it is God who saves me; Trusting him, I shall not fear | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Versifier) | English | 15 |
Take us as we are, O God | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 4 |
The Lord my Shepherd guards me well | Carl P. Daw (Paraphraser) | English | 3 |
This life laid down has been taken up | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
Though famed in Israel's royal hist'ry | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 2 |
Till all the jails are empty | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
To leave the stones unthrown | Carl P. Daw Jr. (Author) | 2 | |
My soul proclaims with wonder | Carl P. Daw, Jr. 1944- (Author) | English | 7 |
We come, O Christ, as people seeking | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
We have come at Christ's own bidding | Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 (Author) | English | 13 |
[We Marvel at Your Mighty Deeds] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
We sing for all the unsung saints | Carl P. Daw, Jr. b. 1944 (Author) | English | 5 |
When God first brought us back from exile | Carl P. Daw Jr (Author) | English | 6 |
When sudden terror tears apart | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (Author) | English | 2 |
[When Thomas Heard the Strange Report] | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
When we seek language to praise you, O God | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 3 |
[Who Is My Neighbor, Lord] | Carl P Daw (Author) | English | 2 |
Wild and lone the prophet's voice | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 10 |
With the Body That Was Broken | Carl P. Daw (Author) | English | 3 |
You are before me, Lord, you are behind | Ian Pitt-Watson, 1923-1995 (Paraphraser) | English | 1 |