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Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said
Author: Charles William Everest (1814-1877) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:11-54 Lyrics: 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. Topics: Call and Vocation; Discipleship; Pilgrimage; Sunday of the Passion Used With Tune: BRESLAU
Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said
What Child Is This
Author: William C. Dix, 1837-1898 Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.8.6.7 Appears in 204 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:35-50 First Line: What child is this, who, laid to rest Lyrics: 1 What child is this, who, laid to rest,
on Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
while shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
haste, haste to bring him laud,
the babe, the son of Mary!
2 Why lies he in such mean estate
where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear; for sinners here
the silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce him through,
the cross be borne for me, for you;
hail, hail for Word made flesh,
the babe, the son of Mary!
3 So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh;
come, peasant, king, to own him.
The King of kings salvation brings;
let loving hearts enthrone him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
the virgin sings her lullaby;
joy, joy, for Christ is born,
the babe, the son of Mary.
Topics: Biblical Names and Places Mary; Church Year Christmas Used With Tune: GREENSLEEVES
What Child Is This
Lead Me to Calvary
Author: Jennie E. Hussey Appears in 129 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27 First Line: King of my life, I crown Thee now Topics: Christians Disciples & Followers; Cross; Invitation; Lord's Supper Remembrance Used With Tune: [King of my life, I crown Thee now]
Lead Me to Calvary
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Author: Thomas Kelly, 1769-1855 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 87 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:39-50 Lyrics: 1 Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
see him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ, by man rejected;
yes, my soul, 'tis he, 'tis he.
'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
proofs I see sufficient of it:
'tis the true and faithful Word.
2 Tell me, as you hear him groaning,
was there ever grief like his,
friends through fear his cause disowning,
foes insulting his distress?
Many hands were raised to wound him,
none would intervene to save;
but the deepest stroke that pierced him
was the stroke that justice gave.
3 If you think of sin but lightly
nor suppose the evil great,
here you see its nature rightly,
here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed,
see who bears the awful load;
'tis the Word, the Lord's anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.
4 Here we have a firm foundation,
here the refuge of the lost:
Christ, the Rock of our salvation,
is the name of which we boast;
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
who on him their hope have built. Topics: Jesus' Passion Used With Tune: O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Jesus, in Your Dying Woes
Author: Thomas Benson Pollack, 1836-1896 Meter: 7.7.7.6 Appears in 74 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:32-56 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, in your dying woes,
even while your lifeblood flows,
craving pardon for your foes;
hear us, holy Jesus.
2 Savior, for our pardon sue
when our sins Your pangs renew,
for we know not what we do:
hear us, holy Jesus.
3 O, may we, who mercy need,
be like you in heart and deed,
when with wrong our spirits bleed:
hear us, holy Jesus.
Part II
4 Jesus, pitying the sighs
of the thief, who near you dies,
promising him paradise:
hear us, holy Jesus.
5 May we in our guilt and shame,
still your love and mercy claim,
calling humbly on your name:
hear us, holy Jesus.
6 May our hearts incline to you
as we keep your cross in view,
Cheer our souls, our hope renew:
hear us, holy Jesus.
Part III
7 Jesus, loving to the end
her whose heart your sorrows rend,
and your dearest human friend:
hear us, holy Jesus.
8 May we in your sorrows share,
for your sake all peril dare,
and enjoy your tender care:
hear us, holy Jesus.
9 May we all your loved ones be,
all one holy family,
loving, since your love we see:
hear us, holy Jesus.
Part IV
10 Jesus, mired in fears unknown,
with our evil left alone,
while no light from heav'n is shown:
hear us, holy Jesus.
11 When we seem in vain to pray
and our hope seems far away,
in the darkness be our stay:
hear us, holy Jesus.
12 Though no Father seem to hear,
though no light our spirits cheer,
may we know that God is near:
hear us, holy Jesus.
Part V
13 Jesus, in your thirst and pain,
while your wounds your lifeblood drain,
thirsting more our love to gain:
hear us, holy Jesus.
14 Thirst for us in mercy still;
all your holy work fulfill;
satisfy Yyour loving will:
hear us, holy Jesus.
15 May we thirst your love to know;
lead us in our sin and woe,
where the healing waters flow:
hear us, holy Jesus.
Part VI
16 Jesus, all our ransom paid,
all your Father's will obeyed;
all your suff'rings perfect made:
hear us, holy Jesus.
17 Save us in our soul's distress,
be our help to cheer and bless,
while we grow in holiness:
hear us, holy Jesus.
18 Brighten all our heav'nward way
with an ever holier ray,
till we pass to perfect day:
hear us, holy Jesus.
Part VII
19 Jesus, all your labor vast,
all your woe and conflict past,
yielding up your soul at last:
hear us, holy Jesus.
20 When the death shades round us low'r,
guard us from the temper's pow'r,
keep us in that trial hour:
hear us, holy Jesus.
21 May your life and death supply
grace to live and grace to die,
grace to reach the home on high:
hear us, holy Jesus. Topics: Holy Week; Christian year--Holy Week; Confession of Sin Used With Tune: SWEDISH LITANY
Jesus, in Your Dying Woes
'Tis finished! The Messiah Dies
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:11-54 Lyrics: 1 'Tis finished! the Messiah dies,
cut off for sins, but not his own.
Accomplished is the sacrifice,
the great redeeming work is done.
2 The veil is rent; in Christ alone
the living way to heaven is seen.
The middle wall is broken down,
and all the world may enter in.
3 'Tis finished! All my guilt and pain,
I want no sacrifice beside;
for me, for me the Lamb is slain;
'tis finished! I am justified.
4 The reign of sin and death is o'er,
and all may live from sin set free;
Satan hath lost his mortal power;
'tis swallowed up in victory. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: BABYLON'S STREAMS
'Tis finished! The Messiah Dies
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis FitzGerald Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:32-54 Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
of shepherds watching there,
and of the news that came to them
from angels in the air.
The light that shone on Bethlehem
fills all the world today.
Of Jesus' birth and peace on earth
the angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
of sunny days of joy;
O sing of fragrant flowers' breath,
and of the sinless boy.
For now the flowers of Nazareth
in every heart may grow.
Now spreads the fame of his dear name
on all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
of lake and woods and hill,
of him who walked upon the sea
and bade its waves be still.
For though, like waves on Galilee,
dark seas of trouble roll,
when faith has heard the Master's word,
falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
its glory and dismay,
of him who hung upon the tree,
and took our sins away.
For he who died on Calvary
is risen from the grave,
and Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored,
is mighty now to save.
Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Life; Personal Peace; World Peace Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Now the Green Blade Rises
Author: John M. C. Crum (1872-1958) Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 60 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:45-66, 28:1-10 First Line: Now the green blade rises from the buried grain Topics: Easter (season) Used With Tune: NOËL NOUVELET
Now the Green Blade Rises
Cross of Jesus
Author: William Sparrow-Simpson, 1859-1952 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 56 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:32-56 First Line: Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow Topics: Lent; Passiontide Used With Tune: CROSS OF JESUS
Cross of Jesus
O Christ, our King, Creator, Lord
Author: Gregory the Great, c. 540-604; Ray Palmer Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 27:45-51 Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our King, Creator, Lord,
Saviour of all who trust thy Word,
To them who seek thee ever near,
Now to our praises bend thine ear.
2 In thy dear cross a grace is found—
It flows from every streaming wound—
Whose pow'r our inbred sin controls,
Breaks the firm bond, and frees our souls.
3 Thou didst create the stars of night;
Yet thou hast veiled in flesh thy light,
Hast deigned a mortal form to wear,
A mortal's painful lot to bear.
4 When thou didst hang upon the tree,
The quaking earth acknowledged thee;
When thou didst here yield up thy breath,
The world grew dark as shades of death.
5 Now in the Father's glory high,
Great Conqueror, nevermore to die,
Us by thy mighty pow'r defend,
And reign through ages without end.
Amen. Topics: Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ Creator; Christ Cross of; Christ Kingly Office of; Christ Praise of; Miracles; Original Sin Used With Tune: GRACE CHURCH
O Christ, our King, Creator, Lord
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