J. H. Newman
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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O loving wisdom of our God,
When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight
And to the rescue came.
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O wisest love! that flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.
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And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence, and His very self
And essence all-divine.
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O generous love! that He, who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo.
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And in the garden secretly,
And on the cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.
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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.