Text: | Take Up Thy Cross |
Author: | Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 |
Tune: | QUEBEC (HESPERUS) |
Composer: | Henry Baker, 1835-1910 |
1 "Take up thy cross," the Saviour said,
"If thou wouldst my disciple be;
Take up thy cross with willing heart,
And humbly follow after Me."
2 Take up thy cross; let not its weight
Fill thy weak soul with vain alarm;
His strength shall bear thy spirit up,
And brace thy heart and nerve thine arm.
3 Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame,
And let thy foolish pride be still;
Thy Lord refused not e'en to die
Upon a cross on Calv'ry's hill.
4 Take up thy cross, then, in his strength,
And calmly every danger brave;
'Twill guide thee to a better home,
And lead to vict'ry o'er the grave.
5 Take up thy cross, and follow Christ,
Nor think till death to lay it down;
For only he who bears the cross
May hope to wear the glorious crown.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Take up thy cross, the Saviour said |
Title: | Take Up Thy Cross |
Author: | Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Admonition; Christ: Cross of; Cross: of the believer(1 more...) |
Notes: | Alternate tune: GERMANY, No. 465 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | QUEBEC (HESPERUS) |
Composer: | Henry Baker, 1835-1910 |
Incipit: | 33351 22355 54234 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Music copyright by W. Garret Horder |