Psalter Hymnal (Red) ‎#440

440. 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 every fond ambition,
All I've sought and hoped and known;
Yet how rich is my condition:
God and heaven 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,
Heaven 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, then, on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith, and winged by prayer;
Heaven's eternal day's before thee,
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission;
Swift 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: Rev. Henry F. Lyte (1825)
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934
• Topic: Assurance; Cross of the Christian; Following Christ; Heaven; Love for Christ; Persecution Of Believers; Pilgrimage; Post-Communion; Profession of Faith; Renunciation; Sanctification

Tune Information

• Name: GREENVILLE
• Composer: Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 D.
• Key: F Major or modal