A so­li­ci­tor by pro­fess­ion, and mem­ber of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al de­nom­in­a­tion, Raw­son lived for ma­ny years at Clif­ton, near Bris­tol, and al­so prac­ticed law in Leeds. In 1853, he helped the Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ters of Leeds com­pile Psalms, Hymns, and Pass­ag­es of Script­ure for Christ­ian Wor­ship (com­mon­ly known as the Leeds Hymn-book). In 1858, he as­sist­ed Dr. Green and other Bap­tist min­is­ters in pre­par­ing Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Bap­tist De­nom­in­a­tion. His works in­clude:

• Hymns, Verses, and Chants (Lon­don: Hod­der and Stough­ton, 1876)
• Songs of Spir­itual Thought, 1885

• Julian, pp. 952, 1691
• Robinson, p. 40
• Telford, p. 75

1. And Will the Mighty God
2. Beautiful, De­sired, and Dear
3. Blessed Are They Who Have Not Seen
4. Blessed Is the Faith­ful Heart
5. By Christ Re­deemed, in Christ Re­stored
6. Captain and Sav­ior of the Host
7. Christ to Hea­ven Is Gone Be­fore
8. Come to Our Poor Na­ture’s Night
9. Father in High Hea­ven Dwell­ing
10. Father of Love and Pow­er
11. Give Dust to Dust
12. God Is Our Re­fuge, God Our Strength
13. God the Fa­ther, Be Thou Near
14. God the Lord Is King
15. He Fell Asleep in Christ the Lord
16. Immersed Be­neath the Clos­ing Wave
17. In the Dark and Cloudy Day
18. Jesus the Lord, Our Right­eous­ness
19. Lo, a Voice from Hea­ven Hath Said
20. Lord, Let Me Pray, I Know Not How
21. Lord, We Bless Thee, Who Hast Giv­en
22. My Fa­ther, It Is Good for Me
23. O Pallid, Gen­tle, Grief Worn Face
24. O Thou Good Shep­herd
25. Our Eyes We Lift Up to the Hills
26. Out of the Depths, the Gulfs, the Night
27. Praise Ye the Lord! Im­mor­tal Choir
28. Reaper, Be­hold the Fields Are White
29. Rise, Heart, Thy Lord Arose
30. Soul, Thy Week of Toil Is End­ed
31. This, the Old World’s Day of Rest
32. Thou Who Hast Known the Care­worn Breast
33. Thou Who Thy­self Did Sanc­ti­fy
34. Upon the Ho­ly Mount­ains High
35. Voices of the Deep Blue Night
36. Walking with Thee, My God
37. We Lim­it Not the Truth of God
38. With Glad­ness We Wor­ship