Crown him with many crowns,
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the Lamb upon his throne.
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Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns
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all music but its own.
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Awake, my soul, and sing of him
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who died for thee,
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and hail him as thy matchless King
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through all eternity.
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Crown him the virgin's Son,
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the God incarnate born,
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whose arm those crimson trophies won
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which now His brow adorn;
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fruit of the mystic rose,
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as of that rose the stem;
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the root whence mercy ever flows,
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the Babe of Bethlehem.
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Crown him the Son of God,
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before the worlds began,
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and ye who tread where he hath trod,
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crown him the Son of Man;
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who every grief hath known
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that wrings the human breast,
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and takes and bears them for His own,
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that all in him may rest.
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Crown him the Lord of life,
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who triumphed over the grave,
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and rose victorious in the strife
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for those he came to save.
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His glories now we sing,
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who died, and rose on high,
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who died eternal life to bring,
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and lives that death may die.
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Crown him the Lord of peace,
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whose power a scepter sways
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from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
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and all be prayer and praise.
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his reign shall know no end,
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and round his pierced feet
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fair flowers of paradise extend
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their fragrance ever sweet.
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Crown him the Lord of love,
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behold his hands and side,
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those wounds, yet visible above,
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in beauty glorified.
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No angel in the sky
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can fully bear that sight,
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but downward bends his burning eye
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at mysteries so bright.
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Crown him the Lord of Heaven,
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enthroned in worlds above,
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crown him the King to whom is given
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the wondrous name of Love.
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Crown him with many crowns,
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as thrones before him fall;
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Crown him, ye kings, with many crowns,
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for he is King of all.
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Crown him the Lord of lords,
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who over all doth reign,
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who once on earth, the incarnate Word,
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for ransomed sinners slain,
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now lives in realms of light,
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where saints with angels sing
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their songs before him day and night,
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their God, Redeemer, King.
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Crown him the Lord of years,
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the Potentate of time,
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Creator of the rolling spheres,
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ineffably sublime.
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all hail, Redeemer, hail!
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For thou has died for me;
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thy praise and glory shall not fail
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throughout eternity.
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Crown Him With Many Crowns
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Jim Brickman |