Text: | Take up your cross, the Savior said |
Author: | Charles William Everest, 1814-1877 |
Tune: | BOURBON |
Composer (melody, attr.): | Freeman Lewis, 1780-1859 |
Harmonizer: | John Leon Hooker, b. 1944 |
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 sprit 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 heart be still;
the Lord for you accepted death
upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.
4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength,
and calmly every danger brave:
it guides you to abundant life
and leads 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Take up your cross, the Savior said |
Author: | Charles William Everest, 1814-1877 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | The Christian Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BOURBON |
Composer (melody, attr.): | Freeman Lewis, 1780-1859 |
Harmonizer: | John Leon Hooker, b. 1944 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | f minor |