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Oddly enough, Francis Pott disliked the tune by Sullivan.
His family was in the vinegar business. Vinegar was important back in those days and the Pott family was involved with producing it. And prospered.
Angel voices, ever singing
Round Thy throne of light,
Angel harps for ever ringing
Rest not day nor night;
Thousands only live to bless Thee,
And confess Thee
Lord of might.
Thou who art beyond the farthest
Mortal eye can scan,
Can it be that thou regardest
Songs of sinful man?
Can we feel that Thou art near us
And wilt hear us?
Yea, we can.
Yea, we know that Thou rejoicest
O'er each work of Thine;
Thou didst ears and hands and voices
For Thy praise design;
Craftsman's art and music's measure
For Thy pleasure
All combine.
Here, great God, today we offer
Of Thine own to Thee;
And for Thine acceptance proffer,
All unworthily,
Hearts and minds, and hands and voices,
In our choicest
Melody.
Angel Voices was composed by Arthur S. Sullivan (the Sullivan of Gilbert an Sullivan).
Arthur S. Sullivan . whose works have probably been
performed in every high school in the United States,
as well as all the light opera companies of the world
also wrote
many songs included in our hymnals
Sullivan's birth place was Lambeth
a district of London which gave its name to a bourogh of London.
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