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

453. 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to the Holiest in the height
• Title: Praise to the Holiest in the height
• Author: J. H. Newman (1868)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: Processional; Praise
• Notes: Tune name in index: GERONTIUS

Tune Information

• Name: [Praise to the Holiest in the height]
• Composer: Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A Major