I Have Taken Up My Cross

I have taken up my cross for Jesus

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [I have taken up my cross for Jesus]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 I have taken up my cross for Jesus,
I would follow in His footsteps here below,
Tho’ the way is often rough and narrow,
All the way with Him I mean to go.

Refrain:
I will never lay down the cross,
Tho’ on me the world may frown;
I will never lay down the blessed cross,
Until I’ve received my crown.

2 Tho’ the world should leave me and forsake me,
I shall be content for Christ will still abide;
Tho’ the pow’rs of evil may surround me,
In the shadow of His wings I hide. [Refrain]

3 O the hallowed cross has wondrous glory,
And I know that crucified with Christ am I;
If on earth I bear the cross for Jesus,
I shall live and reign with Him on high. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Pentecost No. 2 #11

Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line: I have taken up my cross for Jesus
Title: I Have Taken Up My Cross
Author: Haldor Lillenas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I will never lay down the cross
Publication Date: 1917
Copyright: Public Domain

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