The Young Convert's Companion (Oliver Holden)
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Title: The young convert's companion
Full title: The young convert's companion: Being a collection of hymns for the use of conference meetings. Original and selected
Compiler – Composer: Oliver Holden
Publication date and place: 1806 by E. Lincoln in Boston; second edition 1812.
Description: 143 hymn texts, some written by Holden, followed by 18 two-part hymn tunes, all composed by Holden, 11 new. Probably published before The Psalmodist's Assistant in late September 1806, which contains many of these tunes in 4-part harmony.
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List of works
No. | Title | Publication | Date | Lyricist | Date | First line | Comments |
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1 | Healing Mercy | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Oliver Holden | 1806 | At the pool we long have been | |
2 | Weeping Sinner | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Oliver Holden | 1806 | Weeping sinner, dry your tears | |
3 | Welcome | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Joseph Hart | 1759 | Come ye sinners, poor and wretched | |
4 | New-Union | The Charlestown Collection | 1803 | Anonymous | 1804 | Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell | |
5 | Fount | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | James Allen | 1757 | Sweet the moments, rich in blessing | |
6 | Sincerity | The Union Harmony | 1793 | John Newton | 1779 | Tis a point I long to know | |
7 | Bensalem | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Joseph Grigg | 1765 | Jesus! And shall it ever be | |
8 | Phenomena | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | James Allen | 1757 | Sweet the moments, rich in blessing | |
9 | Good Physician | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | John Newton | 1779 | How lost was my condition | |
10 | Resolution | The Charlestown Collection | 1803 | Oliver Holden | 1803 | Great king in Zion, Lord of all | |
11 | Gilead | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Samuel Medley | 1785 | My soul, now arise, my passions take wing | |
12 | Desertion | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Joseph Hart | 1759 | Deep in a cell, a joyless cell | |
13 | Compassion | Plain Psalmody | 1800 | Benjamin Beddome | 1779 | Did Christ for sinners weep | |
14 | Rest | The Charlestown Collection | 1803 | in Rippon | 1787 | Descend, Holy Spirit, the dove | |
15 | Gospel Voice | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | James Boden | 1777 | Ye dying sons of men | 4-part in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Ed. 2 |
16 | Reviving Hope | Plain Psalmody | 1800 | Anne Steele | 1760 | The saviour calls: let ev'ry ear | |
17 | Medina | The Union Harmony | 1796 | Isaac Watts | 1709 | My God, my life, my love | |
18 | Review | The Young Convert's Companion | 1806 | Moses Browne | 1739 | When with my mind devoutly pressed | The Psalmodist's Assistant, Ed. 2 |
Works at CPDL
Title | Composer | No. | Year | Lyricist | First Line | Meter | Vo. | Voices |
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Bensalem | Oliver Holden | 7 | 1806 | Joseph Grigg | Jesus! and shall it ever be | 88. 88 (L.M.) | 4 | SATB |
Compassion | Oliver Holden | 13 | 1800 | Benjamin Beddome | Did Christ for sinners weep | 66. 86 (S.M.) | 2-3 | SB,TB,STB |
Desertion | Oliver Holden | 12 | 1806 | Joseph Hart | Deep in a cold, a joyless cell | 88. 88. 88 | 2-3 | SB,TB,STB |
Fount | Oliver Holden | 5 | 1806 | Robert Robinson | Come, thou fount of every blessing | 87. 87. D | 4 | SATB |
Gilead | Oliver Holden | 11 | 1806 | Samuel Medley | My soul, now arise, My passions, take wing | 55. 55. 65. 65 | 2 | SB,TB |
Good Physician | Oliver Holden | 9 | 1806 | John Newton (hymnwriter) | How lost was my condition | 76. 76. D | 2 | SB,TB |
Gospel Voice | Oliver Holden | 15 | 1806 | James Boden | Ye dying sons of men | 66. 66. 88 | 2,4 | SB,TB,SATB |
Healing Mercy | Oliver Holden | 1 | 1806 | Oliver Holden | At the pool we long have been | 77. 77 | 2 | SB,TB |
Medina | Oliver Holden | 17 | 1796 | Isaac Watts | My God, my life, my love | 66. 86 (S.M.) | 2,4 | SB,TB,SATB |
New-Union | Oliver Holden | 4 | 1803 | Anonymous | Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell | 88. 887 | 2,4 | SB,TB,SATB |
Phenomena | Oliver Holden | 8 | 1806 | Anonymous | See the noon-day clothed in darkness | 87. 87 | 2-3 | SB,TB,STB |
Resolution | Oliver Holden | 10 | 1803 | Oliver Holden | Great King in Zion, Lord of all | 86. 86 (C.M.) | 2,4 | TB,SB,SATB |
Rest | Oliver Holden | 14 | 1803 | Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove | 88. 88 (L.M.) | 2,4 | SB,TB,SATB | |
Review | Oliver Holden | 18 | 1806 | Moses Browne | When with my mind devoutly pressed | 886. 886 | 2,4 | SB,TB,SATB |
Reviving Hope | Oliver Holden | 16 | 1800 | Anne Steele | The Savior calls, let every ear | 86. 86 (C.M.) | 2,4 | SB,TB,SATB |
Sincerity | Oliver Holden | 6 | 1793 | John Newton (hymnwriter) | Tis a point I long to know | 77. 77 | 4 | SATB |
Weeping Sinner | Oliver Holden | 2 | 1806 | Oliver Holden | Weeping sinner, dry your tears | 77. 77 | 2 | SB,TB |
Welcome | Oliver Holden | 3 | 1806 | Joseph Hart | Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched | 87. 87. 47 | 2,4 | TB,SB,SATB |