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Believers Hymn Book · No. 42 · Words: H. Grattan Guinness · Tune: Dunstan
Crowned with thorns upon the tree
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A 19th-century passion hymn by Irish evangelist H. Grattan Guinness (1835–1910), meditating on Christ's silent agony and the mystery of his suffering on the cross. It closes with an invitation to the weary to find rest in the crucified Saviour.
Verse 1
Crowned with thorns upon the tree,
Silent in Thine agony;
Dying, crushed beneath the load
Of the wrath and curse of God.
Verse 2
On thy pale and suff'ring brow,
Mystery of love and woe;
On Thy grief and sore amaze,
Saviour, I would fix my gaze!
Verse 3
On Thy pierced and bleeding breast
Thou dost bid the weary rest;
Rest there from the world's false ways,
Rest there from its vanities.
Verse 4
Rest in pardon and relief
From the load of guilt and grief;
Rest in Thy redeeming blood,
Rest in perfect peace with God.
Verse 5
Sin-atoning Sacrifice,
Thou art precious in mine eyes;
Thou alone my rest shall be,
Now and through eternity.
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