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Oh, loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
He, the last Adam, to the fight
And to the rescue came.
When all was sin and shame,
He, the last Adam, to the fight
And to the rescue came.
2
Oh, wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.
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.
Should flesh and blood refine,
God's presence, and His very self
And essence all-divine.
4
Oh, generous love! That He, who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo.
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.
And on the cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.
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As man, yet also God, is He
In our humanity.
The wondrous things He's done deserve
Our praise eternally.
In our humanity.
The wondrous things He's done deserve
Our praise eternally.