Salem (1803) (Oliver Holden)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-10-03).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All three stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Salem (1803)
First Line: King of Salem, bless my soul
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 77. 77

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1803

Description: First published in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, p. 32. Words by an unknown author, first published in John Rippon's Selection, 1787, where attributed to [Isaac] W__[atts]. I cannot these stanzas in any of Isaac Watts' works; neither could Music (1998).

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Original text and translations

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1. King of Salem, bless my soul,
Make a wounded sinner whole;
King of righteousness and peace,
Let not Thy sweet visits cease.

2. Come! refresh this soul of mine,
With thy sacred bread and wine!
All Thy love to me unfold,
Half of which can not be told.

3. Hail Melchizedek divine!
Thou great high-priest shall be mine;
All my powers before Thee fall,
Take not tithe, but take them all!

John Rippon, A Selection of Hymns From the Best Authors, 1787, Hymn 183