Text:Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Author:Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847
Tune:ELLESDIE
Arranger:John W. Peterson, 1921-
Attributed:W. A. Mozart, 1756-1791

431. Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken

1 Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Destitute, despised, forsaken -
Thou from hence my all shalt be.
Perish ev'ry fond ambition -
All I've sought, or hoped, or known!
Yet how rich is my condition -
God and heav'n are still my own!

2 Let the world despise and leave me,
They have left my Savior too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me -
Thou art not, like man, untrue.
And while Thou shalt smile upon me
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate, and friends may shun me -
Show Thy face, and all is bright!

3 Man may trouble and distress me,
'Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me -
Heav'n will bring me sweeter rest.
O 'tis not in grief to harm me
While Thy love is left to me;
O 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee!

4 Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by prayer;
Heav'n's eternal day's before thee -
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days;
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise!

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, I my cross have taken
Title: Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Commitment
Tune Information
Name: ELLESDIE
Arranger: John W. Peterson, 1921- (1831)
Attributed: W. A. Mozart, 1756-1791
Key: G Major
Source: Leavitt's Christian Lyre, 1831



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