Dost Thou Truly Seek Renown?

Dost thou tru­ly seek re­nown

Christ His glo­ry shar­ing?

Wouldst thou win the heav­en­ly crown

Victor’s meed de­clar­ing?

Tread the path the Sav­ior trod

Look upon the crown of God

See what He is wear­ing.

This the King of Heav­en bore

In that sore con­tend­ing;

This His sac­red tem­ples wore

Honor to it lend­ing;

In this helm He faced the foe

On the rood He laid him low

Satan’s king­dom end­ing.

Christ up­on the tree of scorn

In sal­va­tion’s hour

Turned to gold those pricks of thorn

By His pass­ion’s pow­er;

So on sin­ners

who had earned

Endless death

from sin re­turned

Endless bless­ings show­er.

When in death’s em­brace we lie

Then

good Lord

be near us;

With Thy pre­sence for­ti­fy

And with vic­to­ry cheer us;

Turn our err­ing hearts to Thee

That we crowned for ay may be:

O good Je­su

hear us!