This hymn declares that we are to crown our Lord with many crowns, but this does not mean that Jesus is a “man of many hats.” Christ was not simply a prophet, He was not simply the carpenter’s son, and He was not simply human, nor simply divine. A “man of many hats” is someone who can be a different person in different contexts or crowds. When you walk off stage and return wearing a top hat, you are suddenly a different person. One of the most effective and simple costume changes is to put on a hat. John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) 272 in the Baptist Hymn and Tune Book Philadelphia, 1871 Bridges's opening stanza was substituted for the original in order to retain those fine lines:-Ī portion of the original hymn is sometimes given in American hymnals as, 'Awake, my soul, and sing.' It begins with line 5 of stanzas i., and is No.

75, that portion of it contained in the Church Hymns, as noted above, having previously appeared in that collection. Thring's Hymns and Sacred Lyrics, 1874, p. Its original form in which it first appeared was, 'Crown Him with crowns of gold.' (In the American College Hymnal, N.Y., 1876.) This was in Mr. The hymn opening with the same stanza in Thring's Collection, 1882, is practically new, the first stanza and line1 of the 5th being all that have been adopted from M. Church Hymns, 1871, we have a cento based upon Bridges's text, and thus composed, i. and viii., 'Crown Him the Lord of Might,' &c, are by another hand.ģ. In the Appendix to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Psalms and Hymns, 1869, there aro 10 stanzas of 4 lines, of which 8 stanzas are from M. With alterations, and sometimes abbreviations, it appeared for congregational use in the People's Hymnal, 1867 Hymns Ancient & Modern, 18 Sarum, 1868 Hymnary, 1872 Hymnal Companion, and others.Ģ. 12.' In treatment and expression it has a more than slight resemblance to Kelly's 'Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious' (q.

62, where the title runs, 'Third Sorrowful Mystery, Song of the Seraphs. 12.' This was repeated in his Passion of Jesus, 1852, p. 58, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines, and headed, 'In capito ejus diademata multa. By Matthew Bridges, which appeared in his Hymns of the Heart, 2nd ed., 1851, p. Four hymns are found in common use, each of which opens with this stanza.

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