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WALNUT

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Harold Moyer, 1927- Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51153 21665 11232 Used With Text: My Soul Proclaims with Wonder

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. 1944- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: To me has God shown favor Lyrics: Refrain: My soul proclaims with wonder the greatness of the Lord, rejoicing in God’s goodness my spirit is restored. 1 To me has God shown favor, to one the world thought frail, and every age will echo the angel’s first “All hail!” [Refrain] 2 God’s mercy shields the faithful and saves them from defeat, with strength that turns to scatter the proud in their conceit. [Refrain] 3 The mighty have been vanquished, the lowly lifted up. The hungry find abundance, the rich, an empty cup.[Refrain] 4 To Abraham’s descendants, the Lord will steadfast prove, for God has made with Israel a covenant of love. [Refrain] Topics: Adoration Scripture: Psalm 51:10 Used With Tune: WALNUT

How Lovely and How Pleasant

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: How lovely and how pleasant Topics: The Church on Mission Reconciliation; Christian unity; Reconciliation Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: WALNUT (abridged) Text Sources: Slovak versification of Ps. 133

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My Soul Proclaims with Wonder

Author: Carl P. Daw Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #91 (2010) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 My soul proclaims with wonder the greatness of the Lord, rejoicing in God's goodness my spirit is restored. To me has God shown favor, to one the world thought frail, and every age shall echo the angel's first "All hail!" 2 God's mercy shields the faithful and saves them from defeat, with strength that turns to scatter the proud in their conceit. The mighty have been vanquished, the lowly lifted up. The hungry find abundance, the rich, an empty cup. 3 To Abraham's descendants, the Lord will steadfast prove, for God has made with Israel a covenant of love. Rejoicing in God's goodness my spirit is restored, my soul proclaims with wonder the greatness of the Lord. Topics: God the Son Advent; Christian Year-Advent Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Languages: English Tune Title: WALNUT

My Soul Proclaims with Wonder

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Hymnal: The Covenant Hymnal #145 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: To me has God shown favor Topics: Advent Coming; Canticles; Justice and Peace Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Tune Title: WALNUT

My Soul Proclaims with Wonder

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. 1944- Hymnal: Worship and Rejoice #170 (2003) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: To me has God shown favor Lyrics: Refrain: My soul proclaims with wonder the greatness of the Lord, rejoicing in God’s goodness my spirit is restored. 1 To me has God shown favor, to one the world thought frail, and every age will echo the angel’s first “All hail!” [Refrain] 2 God’s mercy shields the faithful and saves them from defeat, with strength that turns to scatter the proud in their conceit. [Refrain] 3 The mighty have been vanquished, the lowly lifted up. The hungry find abundance, the rich, an empty cup.[Refrain] 4 To Abraham’s descendants, the Lord will steadfast prove, for God has made with Israel a covenant of love. [Refrain] Topics: Adoration Scripture: Psalm 51:10 Languages: English Tune Title: WALNUT

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Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr. 1944- Author of "My Soul Proclaims with Wonder" in Worship and Rejoice 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

Jaroslav J. Vajda

1919 - 2008 Translator of "How Lovely and How Pleasant " in Celebrating Grace Hymnal Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988. Bert Polman