This is a hymn we should all know. Concordia only includes four stanzas (all but the second, below), but I remember it with five. I must have picked up that second verse sometime later, and I’m only placing it second according to memory. As with many of these hymns, there are more verses that haven’t survived in modern hymnals.
30 Crown Him with Many Crowns
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 Thro’ all eternity.
Crown Him the Lord of life, Who triumphed o’er the grave,
Who 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.
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.
Crown Him the Lord of peace; Whose power a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease, And all be pray’r and praise.
His reign shall know no end, And ’round His piercèd 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 has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail Thruout eternity.
—The Concordia Hymnal (Augsburg Publishing House), 1960.
The obligatory organ accompaniment:
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#1 || 10·09·25··11:34 || rebecca
I have four verses in my hymnal, too, but it leaves out #4.
We always sing it for Easter, which wouldn't work with verse 2 left out.
#2 || 10·09·25··17:01 || David
It is a good Easter hymn, but yes, you need verse 2.
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