John Henry Newman’s Praise To The Holiest In The Height sung to the tune GERONTIUS is a great marriage of lyrics and melody.
The lyrics.
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
O generous love! that he who smote
in Man, for man, the foe,
the double agony in Man
for man should undergo;
5
And in the garden secretly,
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
6
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.
This recording from Songs Of Praise features verses 1, 2, 5, and 6.
https://youtu.be/fPBE5r3a0UA
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