Praise to the Holiest in the height

C58 E63 K58 T63
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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.
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.
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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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八月 23 2025
Un Hermano

THE BLESSING OF THE GOSPEL

Galatians 3:13 says, “Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse on our behalf; because it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone hanging on a tree. ’” Paul was telling the Galatians that the law did not bring any blessing to us, but it only put us under a curse. Then Christ came and died on the cross to redeem us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse on our behalf. Christ Himself became a curse on the cross. While Christ was being crucified on the cross, there was a sign of curse upon Him—a crown of thorns. Genesis 3 shows that after man fell, sin entered and with it the curse. The curse was that the earth would bring forth thorns and thistles ( v. 18 ). Thorns are a sign of the curse, and on the cross Jesus bore this curse. When He was hanging on the cross wearing a crown of thorns, this indicated that He was made a curse on our behalf.

God's New Testament Economy

CWWL, 1984, vol. 3 Chapter14 (LSM)

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八月 23 2025
Un Hermano

Our Sins Having Been Taken Away by the Lord Jesus on the Cross

The spirit within us became deadened because of sin entering into us. Therefore, in order to make our spirit alive, God needed to take away our sins. For this reason the Lord Jesus died on the cross to bear our sins, and on the cross He solved the problem of our sins. Colossians 2:13 says, “You, though dead in your offenses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our offenses. ” God forgave all our offenses, our sins, and made us alive together with Christ. To be made alive in this verse refers to our spirit being made alive.

Our Spirit Being Enlivened through Our Confession of Our Sins and God’s Forgiveness

When we believed into the Lord, we were convicted inwardly, causing us to grieve and repent for our sins and to confess them before God. Through our confessing of our sins, God forgave us of our sins because of the precious blood that the Lord Jesus shed on the cross. Furthermore, the Spirit of God entered into our spirit and enlivened our deadened spirit ( Acts 2:38 ).

Made Full in Christ and Walking by the Spirit

CWWL, 1966, vol. 3 Chapter 5 (LSM)

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六月 7 2025
Robert Stevenson

Bangor, United Kingdom

They don't write them like that any more. Syntax is incredibly convoluted to the modern ear but - oh, amazing and thought-provoling truths are contained in this hymn.

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二月 27 2025
Rose Anang

Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana

My Lord and my God the Lord of Heaven's Armies I indeed stand in awe of your Faithfulness in our unfaithfulness! We will forever praise and worship you till your second coming! In all your ways Lord you are excellent and wonderful!

This song continues to inspire me to praise you Lord. Amen

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十一月 29 2022
Kola Adewumi

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I stand in awe of the Love of God, reading and singing these verses!!

It just makes me cry like I did on the day I was saved, some years ago!!

It was the Great Revelation of the Love OF GOD, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord, ---that saved my soul from hell. I was totally sold to him by the blood that was shed for me!!. He became my Lord and Savior forever.!!

These verses say it in a powerful way.!!

I praise God for the Brother that wrote it.

Thanks for making it available on this media.

May God's richest and best be yours.

Love you God bless you.

Our Lord reigns.

Jesus is Lord !!

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十月 23 2022
Ama Gyamea

Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

This hymn is one of the powerful praise songs that expresses the love, wisdom, power and determination of our heavenly Father. And I've loved this hymn , since I was a little. One of my best worship songs

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四月 24 2022
Okoh Monday

Ajah, Lagos, Nigeria

This hymn always draw my soul to God!

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十二月 17 2020
Paapa Plange Jr

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Blessed be Lord God forever

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十一月 11 2020
Wise Wunu

Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana

In fact, many at times I wake up with 'Praise to The Holiest in the height' filling my whole mind. I had to search the words and sing to have a fulfilling morning. I think this is a song of reverence to the Lord Jesus. May we never be hesitant when the Holy Spirit promt us to sing. Amen.

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六月 30 2020
Alan Proctor

Romford, United Kingdom

He came to the truth and in doing so his lyrics were completed

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Stanzas 1 and 7 are deleted and a new final stanza is added.

1. Oh, loving wisdom of our God!

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.

3. 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.

5. 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.

Concerning Should Flesh and Blood Refine in Stanza 3 of Hymn #58 in Chinese

The criticizers misunderstood flesh and blood in stanza 3 of hymn #58 in Chinese as referring to our flesh and blood. Rather, it refers to us as men of flesh and blood. In Matthew 16:17 the Lord referred to men as "flesh and blood." The word refine in Chinese means "to uplift and purify." Therefore, the meaning of the phrase should flesh and blood refine is to put us, men of flesh and blood, in a higher position, to purify us, which is to give help to us (Heb. 2:16) and to renew us (Titus 3:5). Referring to men as flesh and blood is in accordance with the Bible, and refine also corresponds with the teachings of the Bible. As such, how can this phrase be disputed?

This hymn was translated from an English hymn written by John Henry Newman (Hymns, #63 in English). The word refine means to make something pure and fine. The central thought of the hymn is that when man (Adam) failed, the Lord became a man (the last Adam), a person of flesh and blood (Heb. 2:14), so that in His humanity—that is, in man—and by His divinity. He could refine men of flesh and blood, that is, renew us. If one is not biased and is willing to read the entire hymn carefully, he would not misunderstand this line and consider it abstruse.

Hymns, #63 praises the Lord in His humanity. Stanza 2 reads, "O loving wisdom of our God, / When all was sin and shame, / He, the last Adam, to the fight / And to the rescue came." This stanza refers to the Lord's incarnation, in which He became a man as the last Adam. Stanza 3 continues, "O wisest love! that flesh and blood / Which did in Adam fail, / Should strive afresh against the foe, / Should strive and should prevail." The meaning of this stanza is that although Adam failed, God still wants man to fight the battle. However, it is the last Adam, not the first Adam, who will fight. Stanza 4 reads, "And that a higher gift than grace / Should flesh and blood refine, / God's presence, and His very self/ And essence all-divine." The word refine refers to the refining of human nature....

It is a fundamental truth that God has not completely abolished our human nature. If our human nature were completely abolished, we would cease to exist, and there would be no need for us to be saved, for our salvation would be meaningless. The first step of God's salvation is to regenerate us (John 3:3, 5-7; 1 Pet. 1:3, 23), and the second step is to renew and transform us (Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 4:23; Col. 3:10). After regeneration we need to be renewed and transformed. Through the processes of renewing and transformation, the proper elements within us are uplifted, while the improper elements are discharged. The human elements within us are uplifted by the adding of God's element into us. We humans are fallen (Rom. 3:23; 5:19a), but in our fallen being, there is a God-created element (Gen. 1:26-27). In God's salvation, through renewing and transformation, God eliminates the fallen element within us, "extracts" the God-created element, and adds His divine element into our created element. As a result, our human element is uplifted, and we are transformed into His image from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:18).

Based on this understanding, we can use either terms such as renewing and transformation or the term refine. ...

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Praise of the Lord
His Humanity
John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
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