{"id":15676,"date":"2022-05-11T16:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=166441"},"modified":"2022-05-11T17:12:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T15:12:21","slug":"what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the lyrics to \u2018Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Who wrote they hymn \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!\u2019?<\/h2>\n
The popular hymn \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! was written by \u00a0Bishop and hymn writer Reginald Heber in the 19th century when he was a vicar in Shropshire and was published posthumously in A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Parish Church of Banbury<\/i><\/p>\n
Inspired by the opening line of Sanctus, <\/b>Heber wrote the hymn specifically to celebrate the Holy Trinity and for use on Trinity Sunday.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Who composed the music for Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty?<\/h2>\n<p>Its tune was composed by John Bacchus Dykes, and first published with the hymn in the 1861 edition of <i>Hymns Ancient and Modern<\/i>\u00a0in 1861<\/p>\n<h2>What are the lyrics to \u2018Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!\u2019?<\/h2>\n<p>1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!<br\/>\nEarly in the morning our song shall rise to thee.<br\/>\nHoly, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!<br\/>\nGod in three persons, blessed Trinity!<\/p>\n<p>2 Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,<br\/>\ncasting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;<br\/>\ncherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,<br\/>\nwhich wert and art and evermore shalt be.<\/p>\n<p>3 Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,<br\/>\nthough the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,<br\/>\nonly thou art holy; there is none beside thee,<br\/>\nperfect in pow\u2019r, in love, and purity.<\/p>\n<p>4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!<br\/>\nAll thy works shall praise thy name in earth, and sky and sea.<br\/>\nHoly, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!<br\/>\nGod in three persons, blessed Trinity!<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am Who wrote they hymn \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!\u2019? The popular hymn \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! was written by \u00a0Bishop and hymn writer Reginald Heber in the 19th century when he was a vicar in Shropshire and was published posthumously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15677,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty.jpg",1200,1436,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty-251x300.jpg",251,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty-768x919.jpg",768,919,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty-856x1024.jpg",800,957,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty.jpg",1200,1436,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/05\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-holy-holy-holy-lord-god-almighty.jpg",1200,1436,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am Who wrote they hymn \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!\u2019? The popular hymn \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! was written by \u00a0Bishop and hymn writer Reginald Heber in the 19th century when he was a vicar in Shropshire and was published posthumously…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/15676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}