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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

Crown Him with many crowns

Praise of the Lord His Glory

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1
Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne;
Hark! how the heav’nly anthem drowns
All music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity.
2
Crown Him the Virgin’s Son,
The God Incarnate born,
Whose arm those crimson trophies won
Which now His brow adorn:
Fruit of the mystic Tree,
As of that Tree the Stem;
The Root whence flows Thy mercy free,
The Babe of Bethlehem.
3
Crown Him the Lord of Love:
Behold His hands and side;
Rich wounds yet visible above
In beauty glorified:
No angel in the sky
Can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye
At mysteries so bright.
4
Crown Him the Lord of peace,
Whose power a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease,
And all be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end,
And round His pierced feet
Fair flowers of glory now extend
Their fragrance ever sweet.
5
Crown Him the Lord of years,
The Potentate of time.
Creator of the rolling spheres,
Ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail
Throughout eternity.

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Caroline Diller

Austin, TX, United States

Nov 3, 2019

Let Him be the king of my heart who reigns in my life!

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Andrea

Tacoma, WA, United States

May 19, 2019

This hymn is Incredible!

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Theo

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

May 6, 2018

I agree with Mr. Bumgarner's comment! Amen!

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Leigh Powell

Apr 16, 2018

How can a person crown the lamb upon the throne?

First of all the Lamb upon the throne is the Lord Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of the Majesty on High in Heaven (Hebrews 1). The Holy Spurit is subject to the leading of God the Father and God the Son, and takes of the things of the Lord Jesus and reveals them to His disciples.

A person can only crown the Lord Jesus who sits on the throne of Heaven by being born again of God's Holy Spirit, and becomes a child of God into God's family through repentance and faith in the gospel ( found in the 4 gospels and Romans, all in the New Testament). Having repented and believed the gospel, a person is born again ( hence being a son of God (John 3 verse 3 and John 1 verse 12).

Abraham slew a ram in place of sacrifice his son Isaac, as God commanded. The Lord Jesus is God's sacrificial lamb for the sins of the world INCLUDING YOURS and MINE (I'm a born again Christian).

Only when we are spiritually able to crown the Lord Jesus Christ as King of our born again Christian lives will we be able to crown Him who sits up in the throne. In order to do anything pleasing for God, we must be born again.

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Hope

Atlanta, GA, United States

Jan 28, 2018

Amen

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Abel Montes

Phoenix, Arizona

Jan 25, 2018

Praise God for my salvation. And thank for this old hymn. Good job. 😊😊😊😊😊

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Matthew Ahouangbenon

Abomey-Calavi, Atlantique, Benin

Nov 5, 2017

What a beautiful hymn! I like the chord progression at the piano.

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David Bumgarner

Florida Panhandle, Florida, United States

Oct 17, 2016

We should stand up for these TRUE hymns of worship and disallow those 3 minute ditty's, 7-11 songs, 7 words repeated 11 times. We have lost the art of worship and it is up to us to stand up for Jesus.

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L J Florio-Roberts

Jan 23, 2015

The Lord gave me a new stanza:

Crown Him the King of kings

The Almighty God

Who over all the nations rules

With an iron rod

All hail, the Lord of Lords

Who shall reign forever

Our praise shall never, never cease

Through all eternity.

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Steve Miller

Detroit, MI, United States

Apr 5, 2014

Born in Essex, England, Matthew Bridges was educated in the Church of England but subsequently turned to Catholicism in 1848. His hymns are found in 2 of his works, "Hymns of the Heart" (1848 and enlarged in 1852) and "The Passion of Jesus" (1852). The later part of his life was spent in Quebec, Canada. - Songs of the Spirit by Martin

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Bridges also wrote the stanza "Crown Him the Lord of Life" provided by Betty on 10/12/2012 which usually appears as stanza 4.

Stanza 2 was written by Godfrey Thring in 1874 and also the stanza "Crown Him the Son of God" also given by Betty, which usually appears as stanza 3.

There are additional stanzas by unknown author(s) also provided by Betty.

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