Show 1 A Rinn 1 Is Js s Burn I. I BY y CLINT BONNER J 1 All Hail the P Power of Jesus' Jesus Name A baby girl is s born to fa a Yankee carpenter Oliver Holden put down his saw beat out a o afew few bars of n a melody and picked up his hammer The 21 year old musician carpenter-musician had come to Charlestown from nearby Shirley Shu-ley Massachusetts ret to help rebuild the town to after the British had burned It ii during the Revolution Though he never nver had a lesson in 10 music Holden became famous for composing a welcoming song for George Washington when the general visited naston in 1789 One One day after the singing carpenter failed to show up for work friends called to learn the reason They found him at his his' organ He had just become the father of a baby girl and he had hada a song sang in his heart a song he was sounding out and putting on paper Came 1793 Charlestown had been rebuilt Oliver Holden at t twenty eight eight was dealing In real estate was a member of ol the legislature owned a music store built a Baptist Church at his own expense and was MIS up to his neck edit edit- All hail the power of Jesus' Jesus name Let angels prostrate fall bring Dring forth the royal diadem And crown Him Lord of all ll Ye chosen seed of Israels Israel's race Ye ransomed from the fall Hail Him who saves you by His g 9 gAnd gAnd And crowns Him Hm Lord of all ing material for his hymnal American Har Har- mony He had found some verses In 10 the English English Eng Eng- lish periodical The Gospel Magazine but the theauthor theauthor theauthor author had omitted his name England's Rev Edward had preached preach preach- ed and written hymns for the Wesley brothers wl while le they were est establishing ng the Methodist Church But the fiery tempers of John Wesley and clashed over laws of the church and Wesley banned Pen hymns from Methodist song books But kept on writing under pen names and under no name at all Oliver Holden didn't know all that He just knew the anonymous words fit the tune he had written after his hils little d daughter was bornand born bornand bornand and the phrase Crown Him Lord Lard of All AU suggested suggested sug sug- the title Coronation But perhaps John Wes Wesley y wouldn't object because r for a century cen cen- century III tury and a half one of the favorite hymns of t rr the Methodist Church as well as of many another another an an- other denomination has been Edward Pen Pen-onet's c It 1 1 i. i Let every kindred every tribe bf y yOn td i On this terrestrial ball To Him all majesty y ascribe And crown Him Lord of of all i V VO 11 O 0 that with yonder sacred throng We at His Hi feet may fall fault Well We'll join the everlasting song And crown Him Lord of all r h. h 1 lilt F I 1 ouY h tJ 1 h iS A u u p |