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Crown Him/Coronation/All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name/Royal Diadem
Public Domain Old-Time, Bluegrass Gospel by Edward Perronet, 1779 with music of Coronation by Oliver Holden, 1793;
ARTIST: Bela Lam and the Greene County Singers in 1929; Edward Perronet, 1779 with music of Coronation by Oliver Holden, 1793;
CATEGORY: Public Domain and Traditional Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1779 words 1793 music; First Recorded in 1928 by Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp singers for Columbia
RECORDING INFO: All Hail the Power of Jesus [Me III-D 43] - Perronet, Edward/Holden, Oliver
Sm - Old Coronation
Boni, Margaret Bradford (ed.) / Fireside Book of Folk Songs, Simon & Schuster, Bk (1947), p283
Johnson, Charles (ed) / One Hundred & One Famous Hymns, Hallberg, Bk (1982), p 69
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp singers 1928 Columbia
Christian Harmony Singers 1929
OTHER NAMES: "Old Coronation," "All Hail The Power" "Royal Diadem" "Crown Him"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade, Wiki
NOTES: Meade lists one recording under the title "Crown Him" by Bela Lam and the Greene County Singers in 1929. He lists also lists "Coronation" by Daniels- Denson Sacred Harp Singers in 1928 and "Royal Diadem" by the Christian Harmony Singers in 1929.
All these titles are the famous shape-note standard "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" by Edward Perronet, 1779 with music of Coronation by Oliver Holden, 1793. The song under the title Coronation appeared in the Sacred Harp 1908 edition.
"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" is a popular hymn sung by many Christian denominations. The hymn has been called the "National Anthem of Christendom." The lyrics, written by Edward Perronet while he served as a missionary in India, first appeared in the November, 1779 issue of the Gospel Magazine, which was edited by the renowned author of "Rock of Ages", Augustus Toplady. The text has been translated into almost every (if not every) language in which Christianity is known. The best-known tunes used for the hymn are "Coronation" and "Miles Lane", with "Diadem" the favoured one in Australia, but there are a number of others. "Diadem" is also the most favored tune sung as a choir number.
Crown Him-Bela Lam and the Greene County Singers in 1929
(exact text unconfirmed)
All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
ye ransomed from the Fall,
hail Him who saves you by His grace,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
the wormwood and the gall,
go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Let every kindred, every tribe
on this terrestrial ball,
to Him all majesty ascribe,
and crown Him Lord of all.
To Him all majesty ascribe,
and crown Him Lord of all.
(Alternate wording to the above verse)
Let every tribe and every tongue
before Him prostrate fall
And shout in universal song
the crownèd Lord of all.
And shout in universal song
the crownèd Lord of all.
O that with yonder sacred throng
we at His feet may fall!
We'll join the everlasting song,
and crown Him Lord of all.
We'll join the everlasting song,
and crown Him Lord of all.
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