The Companion to the Pilgrim (John Newton)

General information

Publication

John Newton's book The Companion to the Pilgrim is the composer's second collection of sacred music: the title refers to that of his first book, The Pilgrim. The title page of the work describes it as 'Containing Thirty Psalm Tunes, an Anthem, a Funeral Piece, Three Occasional Pieces, and a Dismission, composed and arranged for 4 voices, with the Harmony Condensed for the Organ or Piano Forte, by John Newton, Author of the Pilgrim, &c. Nottingham.'

The title page indicates that the work was entered at Stationers' Hall, and that its price was 6s 6d. The imprint reads 'London, Published for the Author by J. Hart, 109, Hatton Garden _ may be had of the Author & of any Book & Music Seller.'

The publication is not dated, but referring to the copy at shelfmark B.464., the catalogue of the British Library gives it a date of [1839].

The work was published by subscription, and is prefaced by a list of the subscribers.

Publication date and place: 1839 for the Author by J. Hart, 109 Hatton Garden, London.

Description of contents

The collection consists of 31 strophic hymn tunes (one of which, the Sunday school hymn They are blest, and blest for ever, has a hallelujah chorus to be sung after each of the three verses, and is apparently counted among the 'occasional pieces' listed on the title page), four set-pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts) and an anthem.

The music is laid out in full score with the parts in the order (identified in the first piece in the book) Tenor - Alto - Treble - Bass. The treble (air) and bass are bracketed together, with small notes on these staves filling out the harmony of a keyboard accompaniment (labelled 'Organ' in the first piece in the book). Both Tenor and Alto parts are printed in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch.

One of the hymn tunes, the tune 'Gratification' for Lo, he comes in clouds descending, is attributed to George Dean (who is also listed as a subscriber to the publication): the rest of the book appears to be Newton's own work.

List of subscribers

Adcock, Mr. Joseph, Nottingham Allsops, Messrs, Musicians, Nottingham Amos, Mr. Alexander, Old Radford Atkin, Mr. William, Arnold Barker, Mr. George, Radcliff Battersby, Mr. Samuel, Nottingham Barton, Mr. John, New Basford Batty, Mr. William, Sheffield Barrowcliff, Mr. Joseph, Nottingham Bailey, Mr. Henry, Nottingham, 2 copies Bates, Mr. John, New Sneinton Ball, Mr. Samuel, New Sneinton, 2 copies Baily, Mr. John, Manchester Berry, Rev. T., Radcliff Billyeald, Mr. Thomas, Hyson Green, 2 copies Blood, Mr. John, Wysall, 2 copies Blood, Mr. Henry, New Radford Boot, Mr. Henry, Sneinton Element Booth, Mr. John, Stapleford Bonsor, Mr. William, Sutton-in-Ashfield Boyd, Mr. James, Manchester Bridges, Mr. John, Nottingham, 2 copies Bramhall, Miss Eliza, Shrewsbury Road, Sheffield, 2 copies Bradley, Mr. William, New Radford Bradbury, Mr. William, Nottingham Bush, Mr. Samuel, New Sneinton Chambers, Mr. Robert, Sheffield Cheatle, Mr. Hyson Green Choir of Singers, St. Mary's Church, Sheffield, 2 copies Choir of Singers, Methodist Chapel, East Retford, 2 copies Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Prospect Place Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Bulwell Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, New Lenton Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Kirkby-in-Ashfield Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Newark Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Cotgrave Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, New Radford Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, New Basford Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Hockley, Nottingham Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Stapleford Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Hyson Green Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Halifax Place, Nottingham Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Beeston Choir of Singers, General Baptist Chapel, Beeston Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Bulwell Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Arnold Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Stoney Street, Nottingham, 5 copies Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, New Basford Choir of Singers, Friendly Choral Society, Nottingham, 5 copies Choir of Singers, New Connexion Chapel, Nottingham, 5 copies Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Stapleford, 5 copies Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Hucknal Torkard 5 copies Choral Society, Hucknal Torkard, 5 copies Choir of Singers, National School, Carrington Choir of Singers, Castle Gate Chapel, Nottingham Choir of Singers, St. James' Street Chapel, Nottingham Choir of Singers, Sneinton Church Choir of Singers, Surrey Street Chapel, Sheffield Choir of Singers, Chapel Street, New Radford Choir of Singers, General Baptist Chapel, East Retford Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Hyson Green Choir of Singers, ditto ditto, Hucknal Torkard Choir of Singers, New Connexion Chapel, Old Basford Carver, Mr. Samuel, Nottingham, 2 copies Chapman, Mr. Nottingham Cooper, Mrs. P., Sherwood Hill Collingwood, Mr. John, Arnold Cox, Mr. E., New Lenton Cottingham, Mr. Gedling Coupe, Mr. William, Nottingham Collishaw, Mr. Alfred, Nottingham Crane, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Crow, Mr. John, Nottingham Cutts, Mr. John, Arnold Daykin, Mr. John, Carrington Darker, Mr. Charles, Arnold Daft, Mr. Francis, Basford Davenport, Mr. William, Sutton-in-Ashfield Dent, Mr. William, New Sneinton Dean, Mr. George, Nottingham Doubleday, Mr. Thomas, Granby Driver, Mr. Joshua, Nottingham Earnshaw, Mr. Thomas, Mansfield Elliott, Mr. J. C., Nottingham Farmer, Mr. John, Nottingham Farmer, Mr. Henry, Nottingham Field, Mr. Joseph, Nottingham Fisher, Mr. Richard, Newark Flint, Mr. Joseph, Sheffield Foster, Mr. William, Nottingham Fox, Mr. Henry, New Sneinton Fox, Samuel, Esq., Manchester

Gadd, Mr. William, New Lenton Gibbons, Mr. William, Arnold Goddard, Mr. Isaac, Ilkeston, 2 copies Goddard, Mr. Enoch, New Radford Gregory, Mr. T., Nottingham Gresham, Mr. Christopher, Grantham Hart, Mr. Edmund, Prospect Place Hall, Mr. William, Gunthorpe Hayes, Mr. Reuben, Bulwell Hart, Mr. Joseph, London, 20 copies Hayes, Mr. James, Nottingham Harper, Mr. George, Manchester Harrold, Mr. Charles, Mountsorrel Hampson, Mr. James, Pendleton, near Manchester Hewett, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Hewitt, Mr. William, Beeston Hithersay, Mr. Sneinton Element, 2 copies Hickling, Mr. Samuel, Arnold Hill, Mr. John, East Bridgford Hibbert, Mr. John, Newark Hives, Mr. William, Cotgrave Hooton, Mr. Thomas, New Radford Hooton, Mr. Samuel, New Radford Houldsworth, Mr. William, Nottingham Holwell, Mr. Thomas, Wimeswould Hooke, Mr. Samuel, Old Radford Hughes, Rev. W., Nottingham Howett, Mr. Charles, Cotgrave Hodges, Mr. William, Nottingham Horsley, Mr. Samuel, Beeston Hutton, Mr. Alfred Sheffield Hurst, Mr. Benjamin, Warncliff Side, near Sheffield, 2 copies Hydes, Mr. William, Sheffield James, Mr. Matthew, Ruddington Jessop, Mr. Thomas, Sutton-in-Ashfield Johnson, Mr. Edmund, New Radford Johnson, Mr. Robert, Radcliff Kerry, Mr. George, New Radford Kerry, Mr. John, New Radford, 2 copies Kirk, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham, 6 copies Kiddy, Mr. John, Manchester Kirkland, Mr. William, Beeston Knowles, Mr. Daniel, Old Basford Kirkby, Mr. John, Hyson Green Lawson, Mr. John, Nottingham Lees, Mr. John, Hyson Green Lee, Mr. John, Nottingham Litchfield, Mr. John, New Sneinton Lowe, Mr. Joseph, Old Radford Loseby, Mr. Leonard, Nottingham Loverseige, Mr. J. B. G., Newark Maxfield, Mr. Henry, Nottingham Mann, Mr. Josiah, Arnold Marriott, Mr. Richard, Nottingham Maxfield, Mr. James, Carrington Machin, Mr. William, Newthorpe Marshall, Mr. William, Nottingham Matthews, Mr. Gervas, Old Radford Marshall, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Mackenzie, Mr. Andrew, Newark Mawer, Mr. John, Manchester Matkin, Mr. William, Nottingham Marshall, Mr. James, Nottingham Miller, Mr. John, New Basford Miller, Mr. Marmaduke, New Basford Morley, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Morley, Mr. Radcliff Moore, Mr. Thomas, Bulwell Moreton, Mr. Samuel, Nottingham Needham, Mr. William, Sheffield Nixon, Mr., Sandiacre Nicholson, Mr. John, Sheffield North, Mr. William, Nottingham Norman, Mr. Robert, Sutton-in-Ashfield Norman, Mr., Nottingham Oldham, Mr. J. N., New Sneinton Oldfield, Mr. John, Nottingham Oldham, Mr. Joseph, Old Basford Osgathorpe, Mr. James, Sheffield Palmer, Mr. William, Stapleford, Parkinson, Mr. T., Arnold Pare, Mr. W. J., Beeston Peace, Mr. Henry, Sheffield Parks, Mrs., (late Miss Hopkins) Sheffield Parker, Mr. Thomas, Cotgrave Pearson, Mr. John, Nottingham Pickard, Mr. Henry, Nottingham Poole, Mr. William, New Sneinton Pratt, Mr., Sheffield Price, Mr. Charles, Wallness, Manchester

Reader, Mr. Abraham, Nottingham Redgate, Mr. William, Nottingham Redgate, Mr. George, Basford Redgate, Mr. Thomas, Arnold Rhodes, Mr. J., Sheffield Rhodes, Mr. Josiah, Nottingham Ridge, Mr. Printer, Newark Richmond, Mr. S., Radcliffe Richardson, Miss Ann, Mansfield Roberts, Mr. George, Nottingham, 2 copies Rowbottom, Mr. George, Hill Top Robinson, Mr. Edward, Sutton-in-Ashfield Royce, Mr. Joseph, Nottingham Rooke, Mr. Samuel, Nottingham Rolleston, Mr. John, Bulwell Royce, Mr. George, Leicester Royce, Mr. William, Nottingham Sammons, Mr. John, Nottingham Sandy, Mr. William, Ruddington Sansom, Mr. Joseph, Pleasley Saunders, Mr. Joseph, Carrington Savage, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Selby, Mr. Joseph, Balderton Severn, Mr., Hyson Green Selby, Mr., Bridgford Shipley, Mr. William, Old Basford Shipham, Mr. Benjamin, Nottingham Slany, Mr. John, Pleasley Smith, Mr. William, Sheffield Smith, Mr. James, New Radford Smith, Mr. James, Nottingham Spray, Mr. John, New Basford Spyvee, Mr. William, Nottingham Spencer, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Stenson, Mr. John, Nottingham Stout, Mr. Francis, Bulwell Straw, Mr. George, Sheffield Sutton, Mr. John, Sneinton Sutton, Mr. Richard, Nottingham, 2 copies Tarrey, Mr. Joseph, Bulwell Taylor, Mr. James, New Sneinton, 2 copies Taylor, Mr. George, Leeds Taylor, Mr. Joseph, New Sneinton Taylor, Mr. Edward, Hyson Green Taylor, Mr. William, Tuxford Taylor, Mr. Thomas, Eddingly, Notts. Thornton, Mr. Francis, Hyson Green Tilley, Mr. Joseph, Bulwell Towle, Mr. Edmund, Beeston Toone, Mr. Joseph, Old Radford Trickett, Mr. Thomas, Storrs, near Sheffield, 2 copies Turpin, Mr. James, Nottingham Turner, Mr. John, Nottingham Turner, Mr. John, Carrington Turner, Mr. John, Sneinton Element Turner, Mr. Edward, Smalley Turner, Mr. William, Arnold Voce, Mr. Samuel, Cotgrave Wakefield, Mr. Francis, Old Basford Walker, Mr. William, Nottingham Warburton, Mr. John, (President of the Sheffield Choral Society) Sheffield Warren, Mr. Joseph, Carrington Watts, Mr. James, Old Radford West, Mr. Lambert, Nottingham Wesson, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham West, Mr. J. S., Stapleford Whale, Mr. William, Mountsorrel Whale, Mr. John, Mountsorrel Wheat, Mr. John, New Sneinton Whiteby, Mr. Thomas, Stapleford, 2 copies Whittle, Mr. James, Beeston Wilson, Mr. William, Nottingham Williams, Mr. Thomas, Nottingham Wildgust, Mr. Edward, Bulwell Wild, Mr. Alfred, Wisewood, near Sheffield, 2 copies Wilson, Mr. H. Newark Winter, Mr. William, Nottingham Windley, Mr. John, New Radford Wisher, Mr. Loughborough, 2 copies Wiltington, Mr. William, Sileby Woolley, Mr. William, New Sneinton Wood, Mr. Francis, Stubbing, near Sheffield, 2 copies Woodward, Mr. Thomas, Arnold Wood, Mr. J., Moor Green Wright, Mr. William, Nottingham Wright, Mr. Robert, Old Basford Wright, Mr. James, Hill Top, near Sheffield, 2 copies W.J.K. Youngman, Mr. T. P., Nottingham

List of works

Pages	Description	Text
011	CONGRATULATION. S.M. Hy: 14 Bk: 2 Watts.	Welcome, sweet day of rest
022	SABBATH MORN. L.M. Hy: 204 Union Hymn Book.	Lord, how delightful 'tis to see
033	ANTICIPATION. C.M. Hy: 321 Union Hy: Bk:	O world of bliss, could mortal eyes
044	CONFIDENCE. 6 lines 8s Hy: 94 Deacon's Collection	The Lord my pasture shall prepare
055	EXHORTATION. 4. 8s & 2. 6s Hy: 324 Wesley.	Come on, my partners in distress
066	TRIUMPHANT. S.M. Hy: 104 Bk: 2 Watts.	Raise your triumphant songs
077	CONCORD. S.M. Hy: 30 Bk: 2 Watts.	Come, we that love the Lord
088	HOSANNA. 8.7.4. Hy: 165 Union Hy: Bk:	Lord, we raise our feeble voices
099	INVITATION. L.M. Hy: 8 Wesley.	O every one that thirsts, draw nigh
1010-11	GRATIFICATION. 8.7.4. Hy: 64 Wesley. * [the asterisk refers to a footnote, 'This Tune has been presented to the Author by Mr Ge Dean, Nottingham.']	Lo, he comes in clouds descending
1111	INFINITE. L.M. Hy: 307 Wesley.	Eternal power, whose high abode
1212	EXULTATION. C.M.	We hope ere long beyond the clouds
1313	REDEMPTION. C.M.	O what amazing words of grace
1414	HUMILITY. C.M. Hy: 9 Bk: 2 Watts.	Alas! and did my Saviour bleed
1515	SINCERITY. C.M. Hy: 434 Wesley.	Jesus, the word of mercy give
1616	DELIGHT. L.M. Ps: 92 Watts.	Sweet is the work, my God, my King
1717	ADMIRATION. L.M. Hy: 67 Bk: 1 Watts.	Thou whom my soul admires above
1818	ANXIETY. 4. 8s & 2. 6s Hy: 141 Wesley.	O love divine, how sweet thou art
1919	JUSTIFICATION. 6 lines 8s Hy 182 Wesley.	O love, thou bottomless abyss
2020-21	CELEBRATION. 4. 6s & 2. 8s. Hy 202 Union Hy: Bk:	Jesus, our holy Lord
2121-22	SOLICITUDE. 6 lines 8s Hy: 285 Wesley.	Jesus, thou sovereign Lord of all
2223	REVERENCE. L.M. Ps: 100 Watts.	Ye nations round the earth rejoice
2324	COVENANT. L.M. Hy: 24 Bk: 2 Dr Watts.	When the great Builder arched the skies
2425	SAFETY. C.M.	Almighty Father, gracious Lord
2526-27	TRIUMPH. 8.7.4.	Lo, he comes with clouds descending
2627	PRAISE. 4 lines 7s	Children of the heavenly King
2728	PROTECTION. C.M.	When some kind shepherd from his fold
2828-29	NAOMI. C.M.	When, O dear Jesus, when shall I
2929	WORSHIP. C.M.	Come, happy souls, approach your God
3030-31	SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN.	They are blest, and blest for ever
3132-36	KEDRON	Thou sweet flowing Kedron, by whose silver streams
3237-40	ANTHEM. from the 72nd Psalm.	Blessed be the Lord God
3341-47	COMMEMORATION. A Christmas Piece.	High let us swell the tuneful notes
3448-55	HARK A VOICE DIVIDES THE SKY. (A Funeral Piece.)	Hark, a voice divides the sky
3556-61	DISMISSION.	Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing, bid us all depart in peace
3662	SUPPLICATION. 8 lines 7s Hy: 137 Wesley.	Jesu, lover of my soul

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	Page	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Come, we that love the Lord	1839	7	Sacred	Hymns	4	SATB
Jesus, the word of mercy give	1839	15	Sacred	Hymns	4	SATB