Bethlehem Judah (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-09-22)  CPDL #36874:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-22).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 81 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Oval note edition. The other five stanzas of Hart's hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-09-22)  CPDL #36873:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-22).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 80 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Note shapes added (4-shape). The other five stanzas of Hart's hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-09-22)  CPDL #36871:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-22).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1803. The other five stanzas of Hart's hymn added below.

• (Posted 2015-09-22)  CPDL #36870:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-22).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). The other five stanzas of Hart's hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Bethlehem Judah
First Line: The fountain of Christ
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Joseph Hart

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 10 10. 11 11 (55. 55. 65. 65.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, p. 8, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by Joseph Hart, 1759, with six stanzas.

Original text and translations

English text 1. The fountain of Christ, Lord help us to sing; The blood of our priest, Our crucified King; The fountain that cleanses From sin and from filth, And richly dispenses Salvation and health. 2. This fountain so dear He'll freely impart; When pierced by the spear, It flowed from His heart With blood and with water, The first to atone. To cleanse us the latter; The fountain's but one.

3. This fountain from guilt Not only makes pure, And gives, soon as felt, Infallible cure ; But if guilt removed, Return and remain, Its power may be proved Again and again. 4. This fountain unsealed Stands open for all Who long to be healed, The great and the small; Here's strength for the weakly That hither are led; Here's health for the sickly, And life for the dead.

5. This fountain though rich, From charge is quite clear, The poorer the wretch The more welcome here: Come needy, and guilty, Come loathsome, and bare; Though leprous and filthy, Come just as you are. 6. This fountain in vain Has never been tried, It takes out all stain Whenever applied: The fountain flows sweetly With virtue divine, To cleanse souls completely, Though leprous as mine.