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Text:Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
Author:Reginald Heber
Tune:NICAEA
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes
Composer (desc.):David McKinley Williams

138. Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty

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 wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinfulness 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! Lord God Almighty
Author: Reginald Heber
Meter: 11.12.12.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: God: Holiness
Source: Hymns Written and Adapted, 1827; alt., as in
Tune Information
Name: NICAEA
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Composer (desc.): David McKinley Williams (1948)
Meter: 11.12.12.10
Key: D Major
Copyright: Descant © 1948 H.W. Gray Co., Inc. Copyright renewed H.W. Gray Co., Inc., a division of Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission.



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