CPWI Hymnal ‎#143

143. 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: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Passion and Holy Week

Tune Information

• Name: GERONTIUS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: A Major