Text:"Take Up Thy Cross," the Saviour Said
Author:Charles W. Everest
Tune:BRESLAU

293. "Take Up Thy Cross," the Saviour Said

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 spirit with 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;
Nor let thy foolish pride rebel;
Thy Lord for thee the cross endured,
To save thy soul from death and hell.

4 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
First Line: "Take up thy cross", the Saviour said
Title: "Take Up Thy Cross," the Saviour Said
Author: Charles W. Everest (1833; alt.)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ;
Topic: Commitment; Cross, The; Discipleship (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BRESLAU
Meter: L. M.
Key: G Major
Source: As Hymnodus Sacer, Leipzig, 1625
Notes: Modern form



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