Text: | Beneath the Cross of Jesus |
Author: | Elizabeth C. Clephane |
Tune: | ST. CHRISTOPHER |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
1 Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
the shadow of a mighty Rock
within a weary land;
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat
and the burden of the day.
2 Upon the cross of Jesus
mine eye at times can see
the very dying form of One
who suffered there for me:
and from my stricken heart with tears
two wonders I confess,
the wonders of redeeming love
and my unworthiness.
3 I take, O cross, thy shadow
for my abiding place:
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss;
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all the cross.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Beneath the cross of Jesus |
Title: | Beneath the Cross of Jesus |
Author: | Elizabeth C. Clephane (1868, alt. 1990) |
Meter: | 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2018 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Abiding in Christ; Burdens; Christ: Cross of(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. CHRISTOPHER |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker (1881) |
Meter: | 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6. |
Key: | C Major |