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Hymns / Music :: Edward Arthur Dayman

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Born: July 11, 1807, Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Third son of John Dayman, of Mambury, North Devon, Edward was educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon, and Exeter College, Oxford (first class in Lit. Hum., 1829; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1831; B.D. 1841). He was for some time Fellow and Tutor of his College, and Pro-Proctor, 1835. Taking Holy Orders in 1835, he became successively examiner for the University Scholarship for Latin, 1838; in Lit. Hum., 1838-9, and 1841-2; Sen. Proctor of the University, 1840; Rector of Shilling-Okeford or Shillingstone, Dorset, 1842; Rural Dean, 1849; Proctor in Convocation, 1852; and Cannon of Bitton in Sarum Cathedral, 1862. His works include:

  • Modern Infidelity, 1861
  • Essay on Inspiration, 1864
  • Sarum Hymnal, 1868. He was joint editor with Lord Nelson and Canon (afterward Bishop) Woodford. The hymnal  contained translations from the Latin, and original hymns by him.
  • Statuta et Consuetudines Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sarisburiensis, 1883. He was joint editor with Canon Rich-Jones.

Dayman also contributed several translations from the Latin to the Hymnary, 1872, and for many years worked on an English dictionary of medieval Latin.

Hymns:

  1. Almighty Father, Heaven and Earth
  2. O Lord, Be with Us When We Sail
  3. O Man of Sorrows, Thy Prophetic Eye
  4. Sleep Thy Last Sleep
  5. Upon the Solitary Mountain’s Height
  6. When the Messengers of Wrath
  7. Who Is This with Garments Dyed?
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