The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#393

393. Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said

1 Take up your cross, the Savior said,
If you would My disciple be;
Take up your cross with willing heart,
And humbly follow after Me.

2 Take up your cross, let not its weight
Fill your weak spirit with alarm;
Christ's strength shall bear your spirit up
And brace your heart and nerve your arm.

3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame,
And let your foolish heart be still;
Thy Lord for you accepted death
Upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.

4 Take up your cross, then, in Christ's strength,
And calmly every danger brave:
It guides you to abundant life
And leads to victory o'er the grave.

Text Information

• First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said
• Title: Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
• Author: Charles William Everest (1833; alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Matthew 10:38
  ;
  Luke 14:27

Tune Information

• Name: BOURBON
• Composer (attr.): Freeman Lewis (1825)
• Harmonizer: John Leon Hooker (1984)
• Meter: LM
• Key: f minor
• Copyright: Harmonization © 1984 John Leon Hooker. All rights reserved. Used by permission.