GHS 211 Supplementary Hymns & Songs
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Verse 1
Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His Throne; Hark! how the heav'nly 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 4
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.
Verse 5
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 pierced feet Fair flowers of Paradise extend Their fragrance ever sweet.
Verse 6
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.