THE CROWN OF THORNS: HYMN

SEPIA CHRIST WITH CROWN OF THORNS AND LAMB

Hymn in Honor of the Crown of Thorns

Christ's peerless Crown is pictured in
        The figures of the Law.
The Ram entangled in the Thorns;
                The Bush which Moses saw,
The rainbow girding round the ark
            The table's crown of gold;
The incense that in waving wreaths
         Around the Altar rolled.
Hail! Circlet dear! that didst the pangs
Of dying Jesus feel,
Thou dost the brightest gems outshine.
   And all the stars excel
Praise honor, to the Fathers be
     And sole begotten Son;
Praise to the Spirit Paraclete
                While endless ages run. Amen.

Source:
The Mystery of the Crown of Thorns, by A Passionist Father, Originally published in 1879; Preserving Christian Publications, New York, 2001.

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