Together in Song ‎#141

141. 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 friends, and thus 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, 1801-90 (alt.)
• Meter: 86.86
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:20-23
  ;
  Hebrews 2:14-16
  ;
  Hebrews 2:17-18
  ;
  Hebrews 4:14-16
  ;
  Mark 14:32-46
  ;
  Matthew 26:31-46
  ;
  Philippians 2:5-8
  ;
  Romans 5:12-21
  ;
  Romans 11:33-36
• Topic: Adoration and Praise; Grace; Jesus Christ: Humanity; Jesus Christ: Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross; Passion Sunday; Providence; Salvation; Wisdom
• Notes: May be sung to RICHMOND 425 and BELAIR 167

Tune Information

• Name: GERONTIUS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-76
• Meter: 86.86
• Key: G Major