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189 | CPWI Hymnal#190 | 191 |
Text: | Crown him with many crowns |
Author: | Matthew Bridges, 1800-1893 |
Tune: | DIADEMATA |
Composer: | Goerge Job Elvey, 1816-1893 |
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 Virgin's Son,
the God incarnate born,
whose arm those crimson trophies won
which 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.
3 Crown 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.
4 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
and all be prayer and praise:
his reign shall know no end,
and round his piercèd feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
5 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 |
Author: | Matthew Bridges, 1800-1893 (alt.) |
Meter: | S.M. D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Ascension |
Notes: | A higher setting of DIADEMATA is found at 660 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIADEMATA |
Composer: | Goerge Job Elvey, 1816-1893 |
Meter: | S.M. D |
Key: | E♭ Major |