# Lord’s Day Hymn – “His people’s hope, His people’s wealth”

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- Published: 2009-05-10T15:25:17-05:00
- Author: tollelege

**“The Head that Once was Crowned”**
 By Thomas Kelly, 1820

The head that once was crowned with thorns
 Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem
adorns The mighty victor’s brow.

The highest place that Heav’n affords
 Belongs to Him by right; The King of kings
and Lord of lords, And Heaven’s eternal Light.

The joy of all who dwell above,
 The joy of all below, To whom He manifests 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 everlasting name, Their joy the joy of Heaven.

They suffer with their Lord below;
 They reign with Him above; Their profit and 
their joy to know The mystery of His love.

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.

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