CROWNS by Joel Howard
Words by Matthew Bridges (1851; hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns - Public Domain); music and new tune by Joel Howard Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. https://www.connectedanduseful.com. Video used by permission and edited by Joel Howard.
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.
Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds, yet visible above,
in beauty glorified;
no angels in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends their burning eye
at mysteries so bright.
Crown him the Lord of peace
whose power a scepter sways
From pole to pole that wars may cease
And all be prayer and praise
His reign shall no no end
And 'round his pierced feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet
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.
