6 A Crown of Thorns LES. IRA F. STANPHI ere was no crown for Him of sil- vet or of gold, There was po The He did not reign up- on a throne of " ~ Ffp, Bat died, wp No pur-ple robe He wore His bleed-ing wounds Wo 7 nike, But stripes A 2. 3 di - a- dem for Him to bis But blood a- - domed His on. cross of Cal- va - For sin - ners there, He on Me TSEE Ble wore’ with” prey And from the wounds there > 5 2 i = x. al = Sag 5 brow and proud its stain He bore, And sin-ners gave to Him the crown He wore. count- ed all He owned but loss, ‘And He sur - veyed His king-dom from a cross. flowed a crim-son, cleans - ing stream That was a cov- cr for the soul un- clean. eg Fa eo ft 2 ee 5—s—3—5 ¢ 3p = tt CHORUS A mg- ged cross be - came His throne, His king - dam He wrote His love————_ in crim - son red, And wore the —, in hearts a - lone;—— thors up - on © Copyright 1952 by Singspiration, Inc, Arc. 1968 by Singspiration, The. All rights reserved.