Common Praise (1998) ‎#431

431. Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said

1 Take up your cross, the Saviour said,
if you would my disciple be;
deny yourself, the world forsake,
and humbly follow after me.

2 Take up your cross; let not its weight
fill your weak soul with vain alarm;
his strength shall bear your spirit up,
and brace your heart, and nerve your arm.

3 Take up your cross, nor heed the shame,
and let your foolish pride be still:
your Lord for you endured to die
upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.

4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength,
and calmly every danger brave;
'twill guide you to a better home,
and lead to victory o'er the grave.

5 Take up your cross and follow Christ,
nor think till death to lay it down;
for only those who bear the cross
may hope to wear the glorious crown.

Text Information

• First Line: Take up your cross, the Saviour said
• Title: Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said
• Author: Charles William Everest (1814-1877)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Matthew 10:24-39
  ;
  Matthew 16:21-28
  ;
  Matthew 27:11-54
  ;
  Mark 8:27-38
  ;
  Mark 15:1-47
  ;
  Luke 9:18-27
  ;
  Luke 14:25-35
  ;
  Luke 23:1-49
  ;
  Philippians 2:1-13
  ;
  2 Timothy 2:1-15
  ;
  2 Timothy 4:6-8
• Topic: Call and Vocation; Discipleship; Pilgrimage; Sunday of the Passion

Tune Information

• Name: BRESLAU
• Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) (alt.)
• Composer (descant): Alan Gray (1855-1935)
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Lochamer Liederbuch, 1450?, alt.
• Copyright: Descant © Cambridge University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain