PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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.

John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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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John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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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John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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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John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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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John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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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John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT

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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.

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John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890)

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