J. H. Newman

C.M.

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.