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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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O loving wisdom of our God, When all was sin and shame, He, the last 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. |