Text:The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:ST. MAGNUS
Composer (attr.):Jeremiah Clarke

335. The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns

1 The head that once was crowned with thorns
Iis crowned with glory now;
a royal diadem adorns
the mighty Victor’s brow.

2 The highest place that heav'n affords
is his, is his by right,
the King of kings and Lord of lords,
and heav'n’s eternal light--

3 the joy of all who dwell above,
the joy of all below,
to whom he manifests his love,
and grants his name to know.

4 To them the cross with all its shame,
with all its grace, is giv'n,
their name, an everlasting name,
their joy, the joy of heav'n.

5 They suffer with their Lord below,
they reign with him above,
their profit and their joy to know
the mystery of his love.

6 The cross he bore is life and health,
though shame and death to him;
his people's hope, his people's wealth,
their everlasting theme!

Text Information
First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns
Title: The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns
Author: Thomas Kelly (1825)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
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Topic: Hymns with Descants
Tune Information
Name: ST. MAGNUS
Composer (attr.): Jeremiah Clarke (1701)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major



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