Journeysongs (3rd ed.) ‎#501

501. Take Up Your Cross

1 Take up your cross, the Savior said,
If you would my disciple be;
Deny yourself, the world forsake,
And humbly follow after me.

2 Take up your cross, be not ashamed!
Let not disgrace your spirit fill!
For God himself endured to die
Upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.

3 Take up your cross, which gives you strength,
Which makes your trembling spirit brave:
'Twill guide you to a better home
And lead to vict'ry o'er the grave.

4 Take up your cross, and follow Christ,
Nor think till death to lay it down;
For only they who bear the cross
May hope to wear the glorious crown.

Text Information

• First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said
• Title: Take Up Your Cross
• Author: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 (alt.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Luke 14:25-33
  ;
  Mark 8:34
  ;
  Matthew 16:24-27
• Topic: Cross; Devotions: Stations of the Cross; Discipleship; Suffering; The Liturgical Year: Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year: Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday); The Liturgical Year: Lent (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord; The Liturgical Year: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14)

Tune Information

• Name: ERHALT UNS, HERR
• Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1740 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: J. Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1543
• Copyright: Public Domain