The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2526

2526. Holy, Holy, Holy

1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

3. Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Text Information

• First Line: Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty
• Title: Holy, Holy, Holy
• Author: Reginald Heber (1826)
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Heber wrote this hymn for Trinity Sunday while he was Vicar of Hodnet, Shropshire, England. Alternate tune: TRINITY (STONE), A. Stone, in The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: The Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889), number 201, Alt.

Tune Information

• Name: NICAEA
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
• Incipit: 11335 56665 35555
• Key: D Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain