Text: | Crown Him with Many Crowns |
Author: | Matthew Bridges |
Author (st. 2): | Godfrey Thring |
Tune: | DIADEMATA |
Composer: | George J. Elvey |
1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark! how the heav'nly anthem drowns
all music but its own;
awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o'er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save;
His glories now we sing
who died and reigns on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
3 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds, yet visible above,
in beauty glorified;
no angels in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.
4 Crown him the Lord of years,
the potentate of time,
creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me;
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Crown him with many crowns |
Title: | Crown Him with Many Crowns |
Author: | Matthew Bridges (1851) |
Author (st. 2): | Godfrey Thring (1874) |
Meter: | S.M.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Topic: | The Going Forth: Recessional Hymns |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIADEMATA |
Composer: | George J. Elvey (1868) |
Meter: | S.M.D. |
Key: | D Major |