Bensalem (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2016-01-09)  CPDL #38121:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. A minor edit, otherwise as written in 1806. All seven stanzas included.

• (Posted 2016-01-09)  CPDL #38119:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-09).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 61 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All seven stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Bensalem
First Line: Jesus! and shall it ever be
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Joseph Grigg

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Young Convert's Companion for two parts, no. 7
    2nd published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 88
Description: Words by Joseph Grigg, 1765, amended by Benjamin Francis, 1787. The version that Holden apparently used, which appears below, is that printed in Rippon's Selection, 1787, with seven stanzas.

Original text and translations

English text 1. Jesus! and shall it ever be A mortal man ashamed of thee! Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, Whose glories shine through endless days! 2. Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far Let evening blush to own a star; He sheds the beams of light divine, O'er this benighted soul of mine.

3. Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon Let midnight be ashamed of noon; 'Tis midnight with my soul till he Bright morning-star bid darkness flee. 4. Ashamed of Jesus! that dear friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend! No, when I blush – be this my shame – That I no more revere his name.

5. Ashamed of Jesus! Yes, I may, When I've no guilt to wash away, No tear to wipe, no good to crave, No fears to quell, no soul to save. 6. 'Til then – nor is my boasting vain – Till then, I boast a Savior slain! And O, may this my glory be, That Christ is not ashamed of me!

7. His institutions would I prize, Take up the cross, my shame despise; Dare to defend his noble cause, And yield obedience to his laws.