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Angels, assist to sing

An entry on an 1808 metrical rendering of Psalm 148 by "Theophilus".

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This metrical paraphrase of Psalm 148 was published in the Christian Guardian (1808) under the pseudonym "Theophilus." It was subsequently adopted in a four-stanza version in the Leeds Hymn Book (1853) and in a two-stanza form in Edwin Francis Hatfield's Church Hymn Book (1872).

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