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.
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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...) |
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Name: | DEUS TUORUM MILITUM |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Grenoble Antiphoner, 1753 |
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