1804–1887

Introduction

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 15, 1804, Wor­ces­ter, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 11, 1887, Hes­ling­ton, York­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: St. John the Ev­an­gel­ist church­yard, Round­hay, Leeds, West York­shire, England.

Biography

Thomas was the son of Rich­ard Fran­cis Da­vis, rector of All Saints, Wor­ces­ter.

He stu­died for a law ca­reer, and prac­ticed two years as a so­li­cit­or. He then en­tered Queen’s Col­lege, Ox­ford (BA 1833, MA 1837).

On tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he be­came cur­ate of All Saints, Wor­ces­ter. In 1859, he be­came in­cum­bent of Round­hay, York­shire, where he served for 48 years.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Baptized in­to the Name
  2. Born to Bless Us, Born to Save!
  3. Christian, Be Thou Con­tent
  4. Come, Ho­ly Spir­it, Come
  5. Day by Day and Year by Year
  6. Dear Is the Eye of Earth­ly Love
  7. Does One Small Voice With­in the Soul?
  8. Eastern Sag­es Sought Their Lord, The
  9. Faith Alone Breath­es Calm De­vo­tion
  10. Father, Vouch­safe Us Grace Di­vine
  11. Floods Lift Up Their Waves, The
  12. Great Fa­ther of Our Race
  13. Hark! A Ser­aph Host Are Sing­ing
  14. Heavy and Dark the Clouds O’er­hung
  15. Holiest, Ho­li­est, Heark­en in Love
  16. How Kind Our Fa­ther’s Voice
  17. I Thank Thee, Lord, for Ev­ery Night
  18. I Will Not Mourn My Weak­ness, Lord
  19. In Ho­ly Con­tem­pla­tion
  20. Keep Thou My Heart
  21. Let Ev­ery Voice for Praise Awake
  22. Linked in the Bond of Peace
  23. Lord Our God Is King, The
  24. Lord, Send Thy Spir­it from Above
  25. More Light, More Life, More Love
  26. Morn Hath Bright­ened Slow­ly
  27. My Father Kept Me Through the Night
  28. O Pa­ra­dise Eter­nal
  29. Our God Is Love, O Sweet­ly Sing
  30. Shall I Fear, O Earth, Thy Bo­som?
  31. Sing, Ye Ser­aphs, in the Sky
  32. Sweet Is the Light, What­e’er It Be
  33. ’Tis Sweet on Earth to Wake at Morn
  34. To All Thy Serv­ants Who This Day
  35. To Thine Own Peace­ful Skies
  36. Unworthy Though I Be
  37. What Thou Fields of Earth Have Yield­ed
  38. Why Comes This Frag­rance on the Sum­mer Breeze?