Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . OLIV^ER HOLDEX AXD THE ORGAX UPOX WlllCil HL 1I,\K :\ION IZED 334. rr> <U OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS 335 mained in Charlestown until his death (Sep-tember 4, 1844) at the age of seventy-nine. Ilis Coronation is probably the best knownAmerican hymn ever written. The chief glory of his own day, however,came to Ilolden because he wrote the wordsand music of the hymn sung by the IndependentMusical Society, of which he was director,when General Washington visited Boston dur-ing his administratio
Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . OLIV^ER HOLDEX AXD THE ORGAX UPOX WlllCil HL 1I,\K :\ION IZED 334. rr> <U OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS 335 mained in Charlestown until his death (Sep-tember 4, 1844) at the age of seventy-nine. Ilis Coronation is probably the best knownAmerican hymn ever written. The chief glory of his own day, however,came to Ilolden because he wrote the wordsand music of the hymn sung by the IndependentMusical Society, of which he was director,when General Washington visited Boston dur-ing his administration. The song was renderedby this large chorus from the top of a triumphalarch, to the president standing on the balconybuilt out from the Old State House. Its w^ords,as well as its music, are interesting and quaint: General Washington, the heros come,Each heart exulting hears the sound;See, thousands their deliverer shout him welcome all in full chorus bursts the shout the deeds of Washington. This ode was performed a second time at theWorlds Columbian Exposition at Chicago in1893. John Howard Payne, author of HomeSweet Home, bel
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