Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#411

411. 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. A-men.

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
• Author: John Henry Newman, 1801 - 90
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Septuagesima to Lent; The Church Year: Lent; The Church: Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church: Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church: Worship - The Close of Service; The Church: Worship - Morning; The Life In Christ: Adoration and Praise

Tune Information

• Name: GERONTIUS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823 - 76
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A♭ Major