The Cross and Crown

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Must Simon bear his cross alone

Author: Thomas Shepherd
Published in 45 hymnals

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1 Must Simon bear his cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No! there's a cross for every one,
And there's a cross for me.
Yes, there's a cross on Calvary,
Through which by faith the crown I see;
To me 'tis pardon bringing:
O, that's the cross for me,
O, that's the cross for me,
O, that's the cross for me.

2 How faithful does the Saviour prove
To those who serve him here!
They now may taste his perfect love,
And joy to hail him near.
Yes, perfect love will dry the tear,
And cast out all tormenting fear
Which round my heart is clinging:
O, that's the love for me, etc.

3 We'll bear the consecrated cross
Till from the cross we're free,
And then go home to wear the crown;
For there's a crown for me.
Yes, there's a crown in heaven above,
The purchase of my Saviour's love,
For me at his appearing:
O, that's the crown for me, etc.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1173

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Author: Thomas Shepherd

Shepherd, Thomas, son of William Shepherd, sometime Vicar of Tilbrook, Bedfordshire, and subsequently a Nonconformist Minister at Oundle, and at Kettering, was born in 1665. Taking Holy Orders he held for some time preferment in Huntingdonshire, and in Buckinghamshire. Seceding from the Church of England, he became, in 1694, pastor of the Castle Hill Meeting House (Independent), Nottingham, of which Dr. Doddridge was subsequently pastor. In 1700 he removed to Bocking, near Braintree, Essex, where he began his work in a barn. A chapel was erected for his congregation in 1707. He died Jan. 29, 1739. His publications consisted chiefly of Sermons, His Penitential Cries were a continuance of those by John Mason, who wrote the first six and the v… Go to person page >

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