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"Holy, Holy, Holy"
The pastor read
Revelation 4:8 to us: "Holy, Holy, Holy", holy is the Lord God
Almighty who was, and is, and is to come." What a powerful verse. These
are words of worship that believers will proclaim in heaven one day. This
majestic text of "Holy, Holy, Holy" was written more than 150 years ago by
an Anglican minister, Reginald Heber, and is the most favorite of all
communion hymns.
Worship is the cornerstone of a believer's spiritual life. The bedrock of
a church is its worship service; it is in worship that we gather and
fellowship together to praise God. We must learn to worship God not only
for what he is doing in our personal lives, but above all for whom he
is-his being, character and deeds.
Reginald Heber was a
highly respected minister, writer, and church leader, serving for a time
as the Bishop of Calcutta. His early death at the age of 43 was widely
mourned through the Christian world. One year after his death, a
collection of 57 of his hymns was published by his widow and man friends
as a tribute o his memory and faith ministry. It is from this collection
of 1827 that these words were taken for the hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy." |
