 According to the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, "We Gather Together's" first appearance in an American hymnal was in 1903.It had retained popularity among the Dutch, and when the Dutch Reformed Church in North America decided in 1937 to abandon the policy that they had brought with them to the New World in the 17th century of singing only psalms and add hymns to the church service, "We Gather Together" was chosen as the first hymn in the first hymnal.A different translation under the first line "We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator" was translated by J.B.C.