Around the throne of grace we meet. J. Montgomery. [Divine Worship.] This hymn seems from its character and construction to have been written for one of the great Whitsuntide gatherings of Sunday School children in Sheffield, or for an occasion of a somewhat similar kind. No record, however, is found amongst the "Montgomery Manuscript," and we trace its first publication to his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 323, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, with the title, "Unity in Faith, Hope, and Feeling." Its use is limited.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)