The Book of Common Praise ‎#589

589. Take up thy cross, the Saviour said

Text Information

• First Line: Take up thy cross, the Saviour said
• Author: Rev. C. W. Everest (1833)
• Meter: L.M.
• Publication Date: 1939
• Topic: The Cross; Lent; Saints' Days and Other Holy Days: Saint Andrew the Apostle, November 30; Saints' Days and Other Holy Days: Saint Peter the Apostle, June 29; Holy Baptism; Confirmation
• Notes: Alternative tune, HAMBURG, No. 249.

Tune Information

• Name: BRESLAU
• Composer (Descant): Dr. Alan Gray
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: As Hymnodus Sacer, Leipzig, 1625.
• Copyright: Descant by permission of the Cambridge University Press
• Notes: For a higher setting see No. 201. For a different setting see No. 594.