The Charlestown Collection (Oliver Holden)

General Information

Title: The Charlestown Collection

Full Title: The Charlestown Collection of Sacred Songs, Adapted to Public and Private Devotion, Principally Original Compositions.

Composer – Compiler: Oliver Holden

Publication date and place: 1803 by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 80 pp.
Description: Charlestown was the town where Holden lived; it is now a suburb of Boston.

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Vo.	Meter
Dix-Hills	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Retirement	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	Far from the world, O Lord, I flee	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Romelia	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	How sweet and aweful is the place	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Mercy Seat	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	Jesus, where-e'er Thy people meet	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Psalm for Thanksgiving Day	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Let every creature join	Sacred	4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Cana	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Why is my heart so far from Thee	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Bourbon	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	How oft have sin and Satan strove	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Gospel Armor	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Mountain	1803	Oliver Holden	John Needham	When some kind shepherd from his fold	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Rest	1803	Oliver Holden		Descend, Holy Spirit, the Dove	Sacred	2,4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Promise	1803	Oliver Holden	Philip Doddridge	Lo, I am with you, saith the Lord	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Amiens	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Welcome, sweet day of rest	Sacred	4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Trust	1803	Oliver Holden	John Needham	Jesus, my Savior and my Lord	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
New-Union	1803	Oliver Holden	Anonymous	Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell	Sacred	2,4	88. 887
Mount Carmel	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	I am the Savior, the Almighty God	Sacred	4	10 10. 10 10. 11 11
Dependence	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	To keep the lamp alive	Sacred	4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Arabia	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Early, my God, without delay	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Aspiring Praise	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	My song shall bless the Lord of all	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Sweet Complaint	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	While of Thy absence we complain	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Resolution	1803	Oliver Holden	Oliver Holden	Great King in Zion, Lord of all	Sacred	2,4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Richmond	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Keep silence, all created things	Sacred	3	86. 86 (C.M.)
Creation	1803	Oliver Holden	Anne Steele	Lord, when my raptured thoughts survey	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
St. Marc	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Vine	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Behold the rose of Sharon here	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Miami	1803	Oliver Holden	Philip Doddridge	Great Father of mankind	Sacred	4	66. 66. 88
Gift	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	Of all the gifts Thine hand bestows	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Luneville	1803	Oliver Holden	Tate and Brady	As pants the hart for cooling streams	Sacred	3	86. 86 (C.M.)
Mount Vernon	1803	John Cole	Isaac Watts		Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Paradise	1803	John Cole	Isaac Watts	My thoughts surmount these lower skies	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Mount Zion	1803	John Cole		God's temple crowns the holy mount	Sacred	4	88. 88. 88
Olney	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	Dear fountain of delight unknown	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Neglected Harp	1803	Oliver Holden	John Newton (hymnwriter)	Take down thy long neglected harp	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Euphrates	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Think, mighty God, on feeble man	Sacred	3	88. 88. 88
St. Alban's	1803	Oliver Holden	Anne Steele	My God, when-e'er my longing heart	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Ashby	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Come, happy souls, approach your God	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Obedience	1803	Oliver Holden	Anonymous	Come, all ye lovers of the Lamb	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Forerunner	1803	Oliver Holden	Samuel Medley	Far, far beyond these lower skies	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Vernal Day	1803	Oliver Holden	Anne Steele	When verdure clothes the fertile vale	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Chosen Race	1803	Oliver Holden	Tate and Brady	To bless Thy chosen race	Sacred	4	66. 86 (S.M.)
Sabbath Morn	1803	Oliver Holden	Samuel Stennett	Another six days' work is done	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)
Anstruther	1803	Oliver Holden	Charles Wesley	Light of those whose dreary dwelling	Sacred	4	87. 87. D
Bethlehem Judah	1803	Oliver Holden	Joseph Hart	The fountain of Christ	Sacred	3	10 10. 11 11
Cowper	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	Forgive the song that falls so low	Sacred	4	88. 88 (L.M.)
Shiloh	1803	Oliver Holden	William Robertson	Fair as a blooming, tender flower	Sacred	3	86. 86 (C.M.)
Winter-Street	1803	Oliver Holden	William Cowper	The saints should never be dismayed	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
See He Rises	1803	Oliver Holden	Thomas Scott	Angels, roll the rock away	Sacred	4	77. 77
Ordination Hymn	1803	Oliver Holden	Anonymous	O what a happy, happy day	Sacred	4	88. 88. 88
Danville	1803	Oliver Holden	Helen Williams	When gladness wings my favored hour	Sacred	4	86. 86 (C.M.)
Salem (1803)	1803	Oliver Holden	Anonymous	King of Salem, bless my soul	Sacred	4	77. 77
Seclusion	1803	Oliver Holden	Isaac Watts	Man has a soul of vast desires	Sacred	3	88. 88 (L.M.)