"Crown Him with Many Crowns" is an 1851 hymn with lyrics written by Matthew Bridges and Godfrey Thring and sung to the tune 'Diademata' by Sir George Job Elvey. The hymn appears in many hymnals.
The full twelve verses of the song (which has two, six-verse versions, sharing the same melody and theme but different wording and theological points of interest) are as follows (the first six stanzas are those written by Bridges; the second six, written by Thring):
Contents
Inclusion in hymnals
The hymn appears in many hymnals, including the Baptist Hymnal (Southern Baptist Convention), the Book of Praise (Presbyterian Church in Canada), Baptist Praise and Worship, the Catholic Book of Worship (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops), the Chalice Hymnal (Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)), Common Praise (Anglican Church of Canada), Common Praise (Church of England), The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal Church in the United States of America), Hymns and Psalms (Methodist Church of Great Britain), the Lutheran Book of Worship (several Lutheran denominations in North America), Mission Praise (interdenominational, UK), the New Catholic Hymnal (third-party-publisher hymnal in use in the Catholic church), The New Century Hymnal (United Church of Christ), the Presbyterian Hymnal (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)), Rejoice in the Lord (Reformed Church in America), Rejoice and Sing (United Reformed Church), the Church Hymnary (Church of Scotland), Together in Song (interdenominational), the United Methodist Hymnal (United Methodist Church), Voices United (United Church of Canada), The Worshiping Church (interdenominational), Worship (third-party-publisher hymnal in use in the Catholic church), and A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools (interdenominational).
Adaptation
In 2018, Badminton Road, a group of Sydney Missionary and Bible College students, alumni and staff performed a brand new arrangement of the hymn at SMBC's Graduation Night.