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763c. 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: 2013
• Scripture:
  Mark 14:32-42
  ;
  Romans 5:12-17
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:20-26
• Topic: Church year: Passiontide; Church Year: Good Friday; Praise; Proper 19: Year B; Proper 22: Year A; Proper 5: Year C; Sin; The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Year B; Wisdom; Passiontide

Tune Information

• Name: BILLING
• Composer: Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938)
• Arranger (last stanza): Andrew Wright (b. 1955)
• Meter: CM
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: © 1991, 1999 Andrew Wright. Published by OCP, 5536 KE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213, USA. All rights reserved. Used with permission.