[3] Pott was invited by William Macrorie, the future Bishop of Maritzburg in what would become South Africa, to compose a hymn to commemorate the installation and dedication of a new organ at St John's Church in Wingates, Lancashire.

[1] Pott then published "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" in 1866 in his Hymns fitted to the Order of Common Prayer hymnal.

In 1872, Arthur Sullivan wrote a separate tune, which was also called "Angel Voices" for the hymn.

[10] He stated "I am afraid that some of its popularity arose from Sullivan having, contrary to my desire, set it in The Hymnary to a pretty, trivial but altogether unfit tune of his own – which caught the ear of people who did not trouble themselves to see that the hymn was of quite another character.

[11] "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" is in several popular hymnals, including Hymns Ancient and Modern (1983 New Standard Edition, no.