Behold the Lamb, with glory crowned

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Behold the Lamb, with glory crowned

Author: Thomas Kelly
Tune: ST. MAGNUS (Clarke)
Published in 7 hymnals

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	Six Postludes on English Hymn Tunes

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1 Behold the Lamb with glory crowned!
To Him all pow'r be given;
No place too high for Him is found--
No place too high in heaven.

2 He fills the throne--the throne above,
He fills it without wrong:
The object of His father's love,
Theme of the ransomed's song.

3 Though high, yet He accepts the praise
His people offer here;
The faintest, feeblest cry they raise
Will reach the Saviour's ear.

4 This song be ours, and this alone,
To celebrate the name
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to exalt the Lamb.

5 To Him whom men despise and slight,
To Him be glory given;
The crown is His, and His by right
The highest place in heaven.

Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #125

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Author: Thomas Kelly

Kelly, Thomas, B.A., son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention; but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. H… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Behold the Lamb, with glory crowned
Author:	Thomas Kelly
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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ST. MAGNUS (Clarke)

ST. MAGNUS first appeared in Henry Playford's Divine Companion (1707 ed.) as an anonymous tune with soprano and bass parts. The tune was later credited to Jeremiah Clark (b. London, England, c. 1670; d. London, 1707), who was a chorister in the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of James II in…

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