Redeemer
Crown Him With Many Crowns
- Words:
- Verses 1, 4, 5, 6 & 9: Matthew Bridges, The Passion of Jesus, 1852.
- Music:
- 'Diademata' George J. Elvey, 1868.
- Setting:
- "Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869.
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 6
- 1Crown Him with many crowns,the Lamb upon His throne.Hark! How the heav'nly anthem drownsall music but its own.Awake, my soul, and singof Him who died for thee,And hail Him as thy matchless Kingthrough all eternity.
- 2Crown Him the virgin's Son,the God incarnate born,Whose arm those crimson trophies wonwhich now His brow adorn;Fruit of the mystic rose,as of that rose the stem;The root whence mercy ever flows,the Babe of Bethlehem.
- 3Crown Him the Son of God,before the worlds began,And ye who tread where He hath trod,crown Him the Son of Man;Who every grief hath knownthat wrings the human breast,And takes and bears them for His own,that all in Him may rest.
- 4Crown Him the Lord of life,who triumphed o'er the grave,And rose victorious in the strifefor 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.
- 5Crown Him the Lord of peace,Whose pow'r a scepter swaysFrom pole to pole, that wars may cease,and all be prayer and praise.His reign shall know no end,and round His pierced feetFair flow'rs of paradise extendtheir fragrance ever sweet.
- 6Crown Him the Lord of love, behold His hands and side,Those 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.
- 7Crown 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.
- 8Crown Him the Lord of lords, who over all doth reign,Who once on earth, the incarnate Word, for ransomed sinners slain,Now lives in realms of light, where saints with angels singTheir songs before Him day and night, their God, Redeemer, King.
- 9Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time,Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.
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Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.