Gerontius
Praise to the Holiest in the height
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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Various Recordings
Gerontius/Praise to the Holiest in the height
Zack von Menchhofen/Organist-Choirmaster
Metric Index
CM 
Modality
G Major 
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
John Henry Newman [1801-1890 (alt.)] 
Composer
John Bacchus Dykes [1823-1876] 
Language
English 
Publication Date
1985 
Last Five Uses
• Used on Nov 17, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 16, 2022 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Aug 20, 2017 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jun 19, 2016 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Aug 30, 2009 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA 
Poem Words (Five verses)
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,
a second 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 the highest gift of grace
should flesh and blood refine:
God's presence and his very self,
and essence all-divine.
5.
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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