Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#378a

378a. Praise to the Holiest in the height

1 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise, --
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.

2 O loving wisdom of our God!
when all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight
and to the rescue came.

3 O wisest love! that flesh and blood,
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail.

4 O generous love! that he who smote
in Man, for man, the foe,
the double agony in Man
for man should undergo;

4 And in the garden secretly,
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.

5 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise, --
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to the Holiest in the height
• Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:21-26
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:42-49
  ;
  2 Corinthians 9:14-15
  ;
  Genesis 3:1-15
  ;
  Hebrews 2:10-11
  ;
  Hebrews 2:14-16
  ;
  John 15:13
  ;
  John 18:1-11
  ;
  John 19:19-37
  ;
  Luke 22:39-45
  ;
  Luke 23:26-48
  ;
  Mark 8:34-37
  ;
  Mark 14:32-46
  ;
  Mark 15:20-39
  ;
  Matthew 16:24
  ;
  Matthew 26:36-46
  ;
  Matthew 27:31-54
  ;
  Psalm 145:3
  ;
  Psalm 148:1
  ;
  Psalm 148:13
  ;
  Romans 5:12-21
  ;
  Romans 11:32-33
• Topic: Life in Christ: Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year: Holy Week; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday

Tune Information

• Name: GERONTIUS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major