Crown Him with Many Crowns
Words and music by Matthew Bridges & George Elvey · 1851
Key of D · 92 BPM · 4/4 · Easter,Adoration · Revelation 19:12
Verse 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.
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 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 known
that wrings the human breast,
And takes and bears
them for His own, that all in Him may rest.
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 pow'r a scepter 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 flow'rs of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.
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