615. Now to the King of heav’n
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
and Philip Doddridge, 1702-51
This doxology, according to James Moffatt, is made up of lines from a hymn by Doddridge and Watt’s paraphrase of Psalm 148.
MUSIC. ST. JOHN. There seems to be no information concerning the composer or source of this tune. It has been traced to the third volume of The Parish Choir, 1851, where it appears anonymously. It should be sung with vigor.