Reginald Heber (April 21, 1783-April 3, 1826) was an English missionary and hymn writer. He was the first Anglican bishop sent to India, where he baptized the first Christian convert in East India. In 1827,
Reginald Heber wrote the immortal words to the hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy:
<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,
Blessed Trinity.> 1783HR001
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Endnotes:
1783HR001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Reginald Heber, 1827, in the hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 452.