Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
Praise to the Holiest in the height,
And in the depth be praised,
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.
