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204. "Take Up Your Cross," the Savior Said

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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 spirit with alarm;
Christ's strength will bear your spirit up
and brace your heart, support your arm.

3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame,
and let your foolish pride be still;
For Christ did not refuse to die
upon a cross on Calvary's hill.

4 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
First Line: "Take up your cross," the Savior said
Title: "Take Up Your Cross," the Savior Said
Author: Charles W. Everest (1883, alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
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Topic: Cross of Believers; Discipleship; Lent (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM
Meter: L.M.
Key: C Major
Source: Grenoble Antiphoner, 1753



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