Song 9 - Crown Him With Many Crowns (paradise, choice, church)

[onmybelief]

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 through all eternity.

Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed over 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.

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 know no end, and round His piercèd feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown Him the Lord of love, behold His hands and side,
Those wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.

Words: Matthew Bridges, 1851, and Godfrey Thring 1874
Music: "Diademata" - George J. Elvey, 1868. Here's how it sounds: http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/d/i/a/diademata.mid

[CaptainXeroid]

Whoa...this is almost eerie. We haven't sung this one in church in about a year, yet I've been humming and whistling it for the past week. Definitely a good choice. It seems I remember trumpets before each verse adding a nice touch to this one.

[Feathers in Hair]

This was one of my favorites when I was a Christian. It would always bring me to tears.