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SDAH 317
King of my life, I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary.
Text
1
King of my life, I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary.
Refrain
Lest I forget Gethsemane,
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
2
Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,
Tenderly mourned and wept;
Angels in robes of light arrayed
Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept.
3
Let me like Mary, through the gloom,
Come with a gift to Thee;
Show to me now the empty tomb,
Lead me to Calvary.
4
May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee;
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou hast borne all for me.
Hymn Info
Biblical Information
(a) Matt 6:13, 27:29 (b) Mark 15:47; Matt 28: 2, 3 (c) Luke 23:56; Matt 28:6 (d) Luke 9:23 (r) Matt 26:36
Author
Jennie E. Hussey (1874-1958)
Year Published
1921
Copyright Information
Copyright 1921. renewal 1949 extended by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Metrical Number
C.M. Ref.
Composer
William J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)
Year Composed
1921
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Notes
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Jennie Evelyn Hussey was born February 8, 1874, at Henniker, New Hampshire. She lived on the same farm where four generations of her Quaker family had lived. Not much is known regarding Jennie but that she had a natural gift for poetry and began writing verse as a young child. She died in 1958 at Concord, New Hampshire.
This devotional hymn about the sufferings of our Lord was first published in New Songs of Praise and Power, No. 3, 1921. SDAH has 11 tunes by William J Kirkpatrick (1838-1921; see Biographies).
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