Samson Occom's 1774 hymnal

Fri, 2012-02-24 05:21 — Haruo

Samson Occom (or Occum) was an early Native American (Mohegan) missionary and preacher, credited as the first American Indian author to publish in English. According to his Wikipedia entry, in 1774 he published "A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs", which I would very much like to see. Anybody know where it may be found? I am guessing, but not sure, that it is the same as CCHS1774, one of whose hymns (but not the whole collection) is attributed by DNAH to Occum.

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Fri, 2012-02-24 05:28 — Haruo

Cannot access page

When I try to look at the entry for the hymn attributed to Occum, http://www.hymnary.org/text/throughout_the_saviors_life_we_ill_trace, I get an error message.

Fri, 2012-02-24 08:59 — dianneshapiro

link not working

The link worked for me this morning, but I got rid of the bracket, it is now http://www.hymnary.org/text/throughout_the_saviors_life_we_trace, or just search "Throughout the Saviour's life we trace"

Fri, 2012-02-24 13:55 — Haruo

Still out

I'm still getting the same error message, but only when I try to go at it from that direction.

Sat, 2012-02-25 11:27 — Haruo

Julian & Occom & CCHS1774

Oddly, the one hymn in the 1774 hymnal that the Hymnary/DNAH does attribute to Occom is not among the three that Julian lists for him, and Julian specifically adds that none of Occom's own hymns are in his own hymnal. So maybe CCHS1774 is a different book? Or Julian didn't know everything? Or...?