Text:The Head That Once Was Crowned
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:ST. MAGNUS
Composer (attributed to):Jeremiah Clark
Harmonizer:William H Monk
Media:MIDI file

2637. The Head That Once Was Crowned

1. The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns
The mighty victor’s brow.

2. The highest place that Heav’n affords
Belongs to Him by right;
The King of kings and Lord of lords,
And Heaven’s eternal Light.

3. The joy of all who dwell above,
The joy of all below,
To whom He manifests His love,
And grants His name to know.

4. To them the cross with all its shame,
With all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name,
Their joy the joy of Heaven.

5. They suffer with their Lord below;
They reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know
The mystery of His love.

6. The cross He bore is life and health,
Though shame and death to Him,
His people’s hope, His people’s wealth,
Their everlasting theme.

Text Information
First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns
Title: The Head That Once Was Crowned
Author: Thomas Kelly (1820)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture, fifth edition (Dublin, Ireland: 1820)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. MAGNUS
Composer (attributed to): Jeremiah Clark (1707)
Harmonizer: William H Monk (1868)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 51275 12323 13452
Key: G Major
Source: The Di­vine Com­pan­ion, second edi­tion, by Hen­ry Play­ford (Lon­don: 1707)
Copyright: Public Domain



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