The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#421

421. 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
as Man to smite our foe,
the double agony for us
as man should undergo;

5 And in the garden secretly,
and on the cross on high,
should teach His followers, and inspire
to suffer and to die.

6 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: 2004
• Source: Adapt.: Compilers of Hymns for Today's Church, 1982
• Notes: Alternative tune: RICHMOND, #537

Tune Information

• Name: GERONTIUS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1875
• Meter: CM
• Key: A Major