Songs

The head that once was crowned with thorns

131
					C.M.


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 heaven affords
	Is His by sovereign 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.

								T. Kelly