| 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 heavenly 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 rose 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 their 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.
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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: | 1990 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; R; |
| Topic: | Ascension Day; Christ the King Sunday; Crowns (11 more...) |
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| Name: | DIADEMATA |
| Composer: | George J. Elvey (1868) |
| Meter: | S.M.D. |
| Key: | D Major |
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