Holy, Holy, Holy - Christian Hymns with Lyrics Christian Hymns playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BD1B04EAC0152F4B Lyricist: Reginald Heber Lyrics Date: 1826 Composer: John B. Dykes Music Date: 1861 Reginald Heber wrote "Holy, Holy, Holy" while serving as vicar of Hodnet, Shropshire, England. He was the first to compile a hymnal ordering hymns around the church calendar. Wanting to celebrate a triune God, Heber wrote "Holy, Holy, Holy" for Trinity Sunday--a day that reaffirmed the doctrine of the Trinity and was observed eight Sundays after Easter. The hymn was first published in 1826. Years later, John Dykes composed the tune Nicaea especially for Heber's "Holy, Holy, Holy."