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| Short Name: | Michael Saward |
| Full Name: | Saward, Michael, 1932-2015 |
| Birth Year: | 1932 |
| Death Year: | 2015 |
Michael John Saward (b. Blackheath, Kent, England, 1932) was residentiary Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and a church commissioner and member of the general synod of the Church of England. Educated at Eltham College, Bristol University, and Tyndale Hall, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1956. Saward served in several congregations and was radio and television officer for the Church Information Office (1967-1972). His publications include Leisure (1963), Couldn’t Care Less (1966), Don't Miss the Party (1974), and All Change (1983). Associated with the Jubilate Group for a number of years, he has written some sixty hymns and served as text editor for Hymns for Today's Church (1982).
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Texts by Michael Saward (40) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| All creating heavenly Giver | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 5 |
| Baptized in water, Sealed by the Spirit | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 48 |
| Christ triumphant, ever reigning | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 18 |
| Christmas for God’s holy people | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 1 | |
| Come all you good people | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Adapter) | 1 | |
| Come, let us worship the Christ of creation | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 2 | |
| Father almighty, we your humble servants | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Adapter) | 1 | |
| Fire of God, titanic Spirit | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 2 | |
| [God Who Created Light] | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| [Happy Are Those] (Saward) | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| Have you not heard? Do you not know? | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 1 | |
| I was glad when they said to me | Michael Saward (Paraphraser) | English | 2 |
| In awe and wonder, Lord our God | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| In silence my soul is waiting | Michael Saward, 1932- (Author) | English | 2 |
| King of the universe, Lord of the ages | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 4 |
| Let us with a gladsome mind, Praise the Lord for he is kind (Milton) | Michael Saward (Revised by) | English | 2 |
| LORD, I delight to recall your commandments | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| [Lord of Glory, in our Darkness] | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| Lord of the cross of shame | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 3 |
| Lord, Thy church on earth is seeking | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | English | 1 |
| My trust I place in God’s good grace | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 1 | |
| O Holy Spirit, giver of life | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 1 | |
| O Sacrifice of Calvary, O Lamb whose sacred blood | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | English | 3 |
| O Trinity, O Trinity | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | English | 4 |
| Praise we offer, Lord of glory | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Adapter) | 1 | |
| Protect me, God: I trust in you | Michael Saward (Versifier) | English | 9 |
| Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness! | Michael Saward (Author) | 3 | |
| Sing glory to God the Father | Michael Saward, b. 1932 (Author) | English | 2 |
| Stand up, O God, be present now | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| The earth is yours, O God | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 6 | |
| The Son of God goes forth to war | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Adapter) | English | 1 |
| The Son of Man has been revealed | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 2 |
| These are the facts as we have received them | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 9 |
| This is the truth which we proclaim | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 1 | |
| Through all our days we'll sing the praise | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 4 |
| Welcome to another day | Michael Saward (Author) | 4 | |
| When God delivered Israel | Michael A. Saward (Author) | English | 4 |
| When things began to happen | Michael Saward (born 1932) (Author) | 1 | |
| Who honors courage here, who fights the devil | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 3 |
| Wind of God, dynamic Spirit | Michael Saward (Author) | English | 3 |
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