2019 Pre-Tour Rehearsal "Crown Him With Many Crowns"
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2019 Pre-Tour Rehearsal "Crown Him With Many Crowns"
Words by Matthew Bridges; additional stanzas by Godfrey ThringMusic by George Job ElveyWritten 1851; additional stanzas 1874Tune DIADEMATA
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.
Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds, yet visible above,
in beauty glorified.
No angel in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.
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.
Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a scepter sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
absorbed in prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end,
and round his pierced feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
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.
Crown him the Lord of heaven,
enthroned in worlds above;
crown him the King, to whom is given
the wondrous name of Love.
Crown him with many crowns,
as thrones before him fall;
crown him, ye kings, with many crowns,
for he is King of all.
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Hymns Ancient and Modern, The English Hymnal, The Hymnal 1982, Trinity Hymnal, The United Methodist Hymnal