Common Praise ‎#557b

557b. 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 And that a higher gift than grace
should flesh and blood refine,
God's presence and his very self,
and essence all-divine.

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

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

7 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: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:22
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:45
  ;
  1 Peter 2:21-23
  ;
  Genesis 3:6
  ;
  Hebrews 2:14
  ;
  Hosea 14:9
  ;
  John 18:1
  ;
  Romans 5:12-19
  ;
  Psalm 145:17
• Topic: Good Friday; Proper 5: Year B; Passiontide and Holy Week
• Notes: Alternative tunes BILLING 504; RICHMOND 424

Tune Information

• Name: SOMERVELL
• Composer: Arthur Somervell
• Meter: CM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: © Trustees of the late Sir Arthur Somervell, Downside Abbey, Bath
• Notes: Now Public Domain