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, A second 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.

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