Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 6:3
Words: William Dodd (1729–1777). In 1778, Benjamin Williams gave six stanzas from the original in his Salisbury Collection, beginning with lines 3–4 of the first stanza (Julian, p. 450).
Music: Aletta William B. Bradbury, Jubilee (New York: Mason Brothers, 1858), page 232 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Be Thy glorious name adored!
Lord, Thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!
Tho’ unworthy, Lord, Thine ear,
Our humble hallelujahs hear:
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around Thy throne we sing.
While on earth ordained to stay,
Guide our footsteps in Thy way,
Till we come to reign with Thee,
And all Thy glorious greatness see.
Then no tongue shall silent be,
And all shall join in harmony;
That, thro’ Heav’n’s all-spacious round,
Thy praise, O God, may ever sound.
Lord, Thy mercies never fail:
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
Be Thy glorious name adored!