The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns Thomas Kelly (1769-1854)

ST. MAGNUS (C.M.) Jeremiah Clarke (1670-1707)

The head that once was crowned with thorns
   Is crowned with glo-ry now;
A roy-al di-a-dem a-dorns
   The might-y Vic-tor's brow.

The high-est place that heaven af-fords
   Is His, is His by right,
The King of kings and Lord of lords,
   And heaven's e-ter-nal Light:

The joy of all who dwell a-bove,
   The joy of all be-low;
To whom He man-i-fests His love,
   And grants His name to know.

To them the cross, with all its shame,
   With all its grace, is given;
Their name an ev-er-last-ing name,
   Their joy the joy of heaven.

They suf-fer with their Lord be-low,
   They reign with Him a-bove;
Their prof-it and their joy to know
   The mys-tery of His love.

The cross He bore is life and health,
   Though shame and death to Him;
His peo-ple's hope, His peo-ple's wealth,
   Their ev-er-last-ing theme.