Oh, loving wisdom of our God

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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.
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2
Oh, wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.
Oh, wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.
3
And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence, and His very self
And essence all-divine.
And that a higher gift than grace
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.
Oh, generous love! That He, who smote
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 in the garden secretly
And on the cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.
6
As man, yet also God, is He
In our humanity.
The wondrous things He’s done deserve
Our praise eternally.
As man, yet also God, is He
In our humanity.
The wondrous things He’s done deserve
Our praise eternally.

This is a revised version of Hymns, #63. Stanzas 1 and 7 are deleted and a new final stanza is added.