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Written by John Mason Neale, this hymn was first published in his Hymns for Children (1st Series, No. 31, 1842) in nine stanzas of four lines, concluding with Bishop Thomas Ken's doxology. Designed for Michaelmas Day, it has entered congregational use in two primary forms, including an altered version starting with the original line and a variant beginning "Around the throne in circling band."
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