Text: | Take Up Your Cross |
Author: | Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 |
Tune: | ERHALT UNS HERR |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
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;
His 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 pride be still;
The Lord for you accepted death
Upon a cross on Calv'ry's hill.
4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength,
And calmly ev'ry danger brave:
It guides you to a better home
And leads to vict'ry o'er the grave.
5 Take up your cross and follow Christ,
Nor think till death to lay it down;
For those who humbly bear the cross
One day will wear the glorious crown.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | "Take up your cross" the Savior said |
Title: | Take Up Your Cross |
Author: | Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Topic: | Psalms; Discipleship; Ordinary Time, Twelfth Sunday: C(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ERHALT UNS HERR |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Klug's Geistliche Lieder, 1543 |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |