Author: J. H. Newman Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #453 (1894) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 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.
Amen. Topics: Processional; Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [Praise to the Holiest in the height]
Praise to the Holiest in the height