405. Around the throne of God in heaven
Anne Shepherd, 1809-57
The author of this hymn was born on the Isle of Wight, the daughter of Rev. Edward H. Houlditch, a minister in the Church of England. In 1843 she married S. Saville Shepherd. The hymn, originally in five stanzas, is one of 64 hymns written by Mrs. Shepherd and published in 1836 under the title, Hymns Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Minds.
MUSIC. GLORY was published in England in Curwen’s Tune Book to the Hymns and Chants for Sunday Schools, 1842, with these words. The combination of hymn and tune has continued to the present.