The hymn is based on Revelation 4:4-11. Though born just over the Cheshire border in Malpas in 1783, Reginald Heber was educated in Whitchurch before going up to Oxford where he showed himself to be a brilliant scholar.  Heber was ordained in 1807 and became Rector of Hodnet where he was a model parish priest.  … Continue reading Holy, Holy, Holy!

Continuing with our new series on favourite hymns, and with Pentecost soon upon us, Christopher Jobson gives tells us about the history behind “Our Blest Redeemer”, composed by Harriet Auber in 1829: “My all-time favourite for Pentecost is Our Blest Redeemer, hardly ever sung nowadays, but I find it quite stunning especially when one knows … Continue reading Our Blest Redeemer

With Ascension Day upon us, we asked Christopher Jobson, our local historian and Organist at Colemere Church for 64 years, to suggest his favourite hymn and the history behind it. George Herbert, 1593-1663, was the fifth son of a noble family of the Welsh Marches, which had several branches, one of which lived at Chirbury … Continue reading Let All the World in Every Corner Sing