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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

Praise to the Holiest in the height

Praise of the Lord His Humanity

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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,
He, the last 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
And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence, and His very self
And essence all-divine.
5
O generous love! that He, who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo.
6
And in the garden secretly,
And on the cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.
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.

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Aniekwe Chinwe

Onitsha, Anambra, Nigeria

Jun 7, 2020

I so much love this song.

Please I would want to have the script in Tonic solfa. For those of us that cannot interpret staff

Thank u

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Ana Lara

Storrs, Connecticut, United States

Nov 16, 2019

John Henry Newman was born in London, England on February 21, 1801. His father John Newman was a banker who was a devout Christian. John Henry once said, “I was brought up from a child to take great delight in reading the Bible. ”

After he graduated from Oxford, he went on to Trinity College in 1820. He became involved in the “Oxford Movement” which sought to revitalize The Established Church by more ritualism.

In 1864, sad to say, he entered the Roman Catholic system. He wrote a book in order to justify his stance called “Apología Pro Vista Sua”, which was considered brilliant work by some. But J. N. Darby gave him answer to his book in the Collected Writings of J. N. D. , Vol. 18, pp. 145-248.

Mr Darby says of J. H. Newman:

“The secret of the course of Dr. Newman’s mind is this— it is sensuous ( not to be confused with sensual), and so is Romanism. He never possessed the truth, nor in the process he describes, sought it..... He sunk into that system where the mind often finds quiet from restless search after repose, when wearied in judging for itself but never peace with God. ”

Newman’s hymn was revised and incorporated by Mr. Darby in the Little Flock because it expresses spiritual desires. The author however, did not follow the “kindly light” but instead followed the traditions of men.

He died suddenly in Birmingham on August 11, 1890.

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Ukwuoma Nkechi

Lagos, Nigeria

Jun 6, 2019

The song is inspiring, I was singing it in my dream and I woke up and quickly checked d lyrics. the words are powerful.

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Prabal Ray

London, United Kingdom

Apr 28, 2019

I read somewhere that W. E. Gladstone, the British Prime Minister sang this hymn over and over to himself as he lay on his death bed, no doubt thinking of his soon to come entry into heaven.

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Thomas R. Wilson

Hamilton, United Kingdom

Mar 16, 2019

Hymns are praise to God for all He helps us do.

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Augustina Obeng

Pokuase, Australia

Mar 7, 2019

The song is fast

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Samuel Cheetham Alabi

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Sep 26, 2018

First song in the morning, before meditation. First song in the morning before going out, first song in the morning before work.

Singing praise to the God of all creation first thing in the morning is the food of the inner spirit and soul.

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Iko Ayuba

Kaduna, Nigeria

Aug 2, 2018

O generous love ... in MAN for man

This is the height of all the salvation promised in Genesis, after the fall of the first Adam.

Praise the Lord.

Amen

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Reuben Stella Adenike

Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Jun 1, 2018

I am really inspired by this hymn this 1st day of June, 2018. I pray that this will unfold to Me God's Divine blessings in abundance especially maritally & financially in Jesus name. Amen.

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Jennifer Bate

Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom

May 7, 2018

I love this hymn and especially all the words. It’s a shame the recorded version at Peterborough cathedral left out verses 3 and 4 but thank you for these beautiful words.

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