Praise to the Holiest in the height,

John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

7 Verses Praise & Worship

Verse 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.

Verse 2

O loving wisdom of our God, When all was sin and shame, He, the last Adam, to the fight And to the rescue came.

Verse 3

O wisest love! That flesh and blood Which did in Adam fail, Should strive afresh against the foe, Should strive and should prevail.

Verse 4

And that a higher gift than grace Should flesh and blood refine, God's presence, and His very self And essence all-divine.

Verse 5

O generous love! That He, who smote In man for man the foe, The double agony in man For man should undergo.

Verse 6

And in the garden secretly, And on the cross on high, Should teach His brethren, and inspire To suffer and to die.

Verse 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.