Text: | The head that once was crowned with thorns |
Author: | T. Kelly |
Tune: | [The head that once was crowned with thorns] |
Composer: | J. Clarke, 1670—1707 |
1 The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns
The mighty Victor's brow.
2 The highest place that heaven affords
Is His by sovereign right:
The King of kings, and Lord of lords,
And heaven's eternal Light.
3 The joy of all who dwell above,
The joy of all below,
To whom He manifests His love
And grants His name to know.
4 To them the cross, with all its shame,
With all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name,
Their joy the joy of heaven.
5 They suffer with their Lord below,
They reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know
The mystery of His love.
6 His cross to us is life and health,
Though shame and death to Him:
His people's hope, His people's wealth
Their everlasting theme.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The head that once was crowned with thorns |
Author: | T. Kelly (1820) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Ascension |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [The head that once was crowned with thorns] |
Composer: | J. Clarke, 1670—1707 |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major |