Hail, Thou God of grace and glory. T. W. Aveling. [Prosperity of the Church desired.] "One of four hymns sung on the occasion of the jubilee of the Old Congregational Chapel, Kingsland, which was held on June 16, 1844." (Miller's Singers & Song, 1869, p. 531.) It was given in the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859, No. 816, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It has passed into several American collections, including Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, No. 1201; the Laudes Domini, 1884, No. 947, for "Christian Union"; and others.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)