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Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
Author: Charles William Everest Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 Lyrics: 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 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;
Thy Lord for you accepted death
Upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.
4 Take up your cross, then, in Christ's strength,
And calmly every danger brave:
It guides you to abundant life
And leads to victory o'er the grave.
Used With Tune: BOURBON
Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode (1816-1874) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 621 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27-33 Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end;
be now and always near me,
my master and my friend:
I shall not fear the battle
if you are by my side,
not wander from the pathway
if you will be my guide.
2 Oh, let me feel you near me:
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me,
around me, and within;
but, Jesus, draw still nearer,
and shield my soul from sin.
3 Oh, let me hear you speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
Oh, speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen,
true guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, you have promised
to all who follow you,
that where you are in glory
your servant shall be too;
and, Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end:
now give me grace to follow,
my master and my friend. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Confirmation; Conflict; Discipleship Used With Tune: THORNBURY
O Jesus, I have promised
Jesus Calls Us
Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 924 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:33 First Line: Jesus calls us: o'er the tumult Lyrics: 1 Jesus calls us: o'er the tumult
of our life's wild, restless sea,
day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
saying, "Christian, follow me."
2 As, of old, apostles heard it
by the Galilean lake,
turned from home and toil and kindred,
leaving all for his dear sake.
3 Jesus calls us from the worship
of the vain world's golden store,
from each idol that would keep us,
saying, "Christian, love me more."
4 In our joys and in our sorrows,
days of toil and hours of ease,
still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
"Christian, love me more than these."
5 Jesus calls us: by thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear thy call,
give our hearts to thine obedience,
serve and love thee best of all.
Topics: The Christian Life Christian Service; Calling; Love For Christ of God Used With Tune: GALILEE
Jesus Calls Us
No Cross, no Crown
Author: Thomas Shepherd (1665-1739); Prof. George Nelson Allen (1812-1877) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,195 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 First Line: Must Jesus bear the cross alone Topics: Cross Bearing; Cross Glorying in; Self-Denial Used With Tune: MAITLAND
No Cross, no Crown
Rescue the Perishing
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 776 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:28 Topics: The Christian Service Used With Tune: [Rescue the perishing]
Rescue the Perishing
Here I Am, Lord
Author: Daniel L. Schutte, b. 1947 Meter: 7.7.7.4 D with refrain Appears in 63 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14 First Line: I, the Lord of sea and sky Topics: Service Used With Tune: HERE I AM, LORD
Here I Am, Lord
Was hinket ihr, betrogne seelen
Author: L. F. Lehr, 1709-1744 Appears in 33 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:33 Topics: Christliche Sinn und Wandel Heiligung überhaupt
Was hinket ihr, betrogne seelen
Comfort in the promises
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 First Line: O God! to thee we raise our eyes Topics: Duties and Trials Patience and Resignation Used With Tune: ORIEL
Comfort in the promises
Here is the place, now is the time
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 8.8.10.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27-28 Lyrics: 1 Here is the place, now is the time:
an inner voice has bid me come;
here in the company where Christ is known,
he claims my life, he speaks my name.
2 Here I declare a seed of faith,
a will to learn, a gleam of truth,
and ask for singleness of heart to speak
what God has put into my mouth.
3 I seek the real and face the cost,
I give away my lack of trust,
in joyful hope I take the Spirit's lead;
I go with all who follow Christ. Topics: The Church Celebrates Ordination; The Church Celebrates Holy Baptism; The Church Celebrates Confirmation; Confirmation; Discipleship; Holy Baptism Used With Tune: SUANTRAI
Here is the place, now is the time
I Call You to My Father's House
Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:15-33 Topics: All Souls November 2nd; Funeral Sacraments; Eternal Life; Feast; Food; Guidance; Heaven; Struggle; Welcome Used With Tune: NEW BRITAIN
I Call You to My Father's House
In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Author: John Bowring Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1,515 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 Lyrics: 1 In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o’er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime.
2 When the woes of life o’ertake me,
hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
never shall the cross forsake me;
lo, it glows with peace and joy.
3 When the sun of bliss is beaming
light and love upon my way,
from the cross the radiance streaming
adds more luster to the day.
4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
by the cross are sanctified;
peace is there that knows no measure,
joys that through all time abide.
5 In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o’er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime. Topics: Assurance; Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion and Death; Joy; Living in Christ; Personal Peace; Redemption Used With Tune: RATHBUN
In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Author: Henry Francis Lyte Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,304 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my All shalt be.
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
All I've sought, or hoped, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition:
God and heav'n are still my own.
2 Man may trouble and distress me,
'Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heav'n will bring me sweeter rest.
O 'tis not in grief to harm me
While Thy love is left to me;
O 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
3 Take, my soul, thy full salvation,
Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care;
Joy to find in every station
Something still to do or bear.
Think what Spirit dwells within thee,
What a Father's smile is thine,
What a Saviour died to win thee;
Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine?
4 Haste, then, on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by prayer;
Heaven's eternal day's before thee,
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thine earthly mission,
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;
Hope soon change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.
Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Sanctification; Epiphany, First Sunday; Names and Office of Christ Our All; Consecration Used With Tune: ST. HILARY
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 505 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
all who feel the tempter’s power;
your Redeemer’s conflict see;
watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away;
learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
2 Follow to the judgment hall;
view the Lord of life arraigned;
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn from him to bear the cross.
3 Calvary’s mournful mountain climb;
there, adoring at his feet,
mark that miracle of time,
God’s own sacrifice complete;
“It is finished!” hear him cry;
learn from Jesus Christ to die.
4 Early hasten to the tomb
where they laid his breathless clay:
all is solitude and gloom.
Who has taken him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise. Topics: Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Passion and Death Used With Tune: REDHEAD 76
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Broad is the road that leads to death
Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 456 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:26-33 Lyrics: 1 Broad is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows a narrow path,
With here and there a traveler.
2 Deny thyself, and take thy cross,
Is the Redeemer's great command;
Nature must count her gold but dross,
If she would gain this heavenly land.
3 The fearful soul that tires and faints,
And walks the way of God no more,
Is but esteemed almost a saint,
And makes his own destruction sure.
4 Lord! let not all my hopes be vain;
Create my heart entirely new,--
Which hypocrites could ne'er attain;
Which false apostates never knew. Topics: Provisions of the Gospel Warnings ; The Broad Way to Death
Broad is the road that leads to death
I Surrender All
Author: Judson W. Van DeVenter Meter: 8.7.8.7.5.5.8.5 Appears in 341 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:33 First Line: All to Jesus I surrender Lyrics: 1 All to Jesus I surrender;
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
Refrain:
I surrender all,
I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.
2 All to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now. [Refrain]
3 All to Jesus I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine. [Refrain]
4 All to Jesus I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power;
Let Thy blessing fall on me. [Refrain]
5 All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
Oh, the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name! [Refrain] Used With Tune: SURRENDER Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Surrender_All); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (504)
I Surrender All
Trying to Walk in the Steps
Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt, 1851-1920 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 187 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:33 First Line: Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior Refrain First Line: How beautiful to walk in the steps of the Saviour Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Christian Home Discipleship of Youth Used With Tune: STEPPING IN THE LIGHT
Trying to Walk in the Steps
Blessed Jesus, At Your Word
Author: Tobias Clausnitzer, 1619-1684; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 7.8.7.8.8.8 Appears in 144 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-35 Topics: Gathering of the Community; Jesus Christ, Light; Light; Trust Used With Tune: LIEBSTER JESU
Blessed Jesus, At Your Word
And must I part with all I have
Author: Beddome Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 138 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:26-33 Lyrics: 1 And must I part with all I have,
Jesus, my Lord, for thee?
This is my joy, since thou hast done
Much more than this for me.
2 Yes, let it go--one look from thee
Will more than make amends
For all the losses I sustain
Of credit, riches, friends.
3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives,
How worthless they appear,
Compared with thee, supremely good,
Divinely bright and fair!
4 Saviour of souls, while I from thee
A single smile obtain,
Though destitute of all things else,
I'll glory in my gain.
Topics: The Christian System Repentance and Faith; Renunciation of the World
And must I part with all I have
Lead Me to Calvary
Author: Jennie E. Hussey, 1874-1958 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 127 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 First Line: King of my life, I crown thee now Refrain First Line: Lest I forget Gethsemane Lyrics: 1 King of my life, I crown thee now,
thine shall the glory be;
lest I forget thy thorn-crowned brow,
lead me to Calvary.
Refrain:
Lest I forget Gethsemane,
lest I forget thine agony,
lest I forget thy love for me,
lead me to Calvary.
2 Show me the tomb where thou wast laid,
tenderly mourned and wept;
angels in robes of light arrayed
guarded thee while thou slept. [Refrain]
3 Let me, like Mary through the gloom,
come with a gift to thee;
show to me now the empty tomb,
lead me to Calvary. [Refrain]
4 May I be willing, Lord, to bear
daily my cross for thee;
even thy cup of grief to share,
thou hast borne all for me. [Refrain] Used With Tune: DUNCANNON
Lead Me to Calvary
Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
Author: Claudia F. Hernaman, 1838-1898 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 Lyrics: 1 Lord, who throughout these forty days
for us did fast and pray,
teach us with you to mourn our sins
and close by you to stay.
2 As you with Satan did contend,
and did the victory win,
O give us strength in you to fight,
in you to conquer sin.
3 As you did hunger and did thirst,
so teach us, gracious Lord,
to die to self, and so to live
by your most holy Word.
4 And thro' these days of penitence,
and thro' your Passiontide,
forevermore, in life and death,
O Lord, with us abide.
5 Abide with us, that through this life
of doubts and hope and pain,
an Easter of unending joy
we may at last attain! Topics: Conflict Spiritual Used With Tune: LAND OF REST
Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
I have decided to follow Jesus
Meter: 10.10.10.8 Appears in 70 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-33 Lyrics: 1 I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus,
No turning back, no turning back.
2 The world behind me, the cross before me;
the world behind me, the cross before me;
the world behind me, the cross before me,
No turning back, no turning back.
3 Though none go with me, I still will follow;
though none go with me, I still will follow;
though none go with me, I still will follow,
No turning back, no turning back.
4 Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
No turning back, no turning back.
Topics: Children and Youth Profession of Faith; Courage; Discipleship; Evangelism; Invitation; Sacraments and Ordinances Profession of Faith Used With Tune: ASSAM Text Sources: Traditional
I have decided to follow Jesus
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service
Author: Albert Frederick Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 50 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-35 Topics: Healing; Justice; Ordination; Servanthood; Peace Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service
Good King Wenceslas
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-35 First Line: Good King Wenceslas looked out Lyrics: 1 Good King Wenceslas looked out
on the feast of Stephen,
when the snow lay round about,
deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night,
though the frost was cruel,
when a poor man came in sight,
gathering winter fuel.
2 “Hither, page, and stand by me,
if thou knowest it, telling:
yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?”
“Sire, he lives a good league hence,
underneath the mountain,
right against the forest fence,
by St. Agnes’ fountain.”
3 “Bring me flesh and bring me wine,
bring me pinelogs hither;
thou and I will see him dine,
when we bear them thither.”
Page and monarch, forth they went,
forth they went together,
through the rude wind’s wild lament,
and the bitter weather.
4 “Sire, the night is darker now,
and the wind blows stronger;
fails my heart, I know not how;
I can go no longer.”
“Mark my footsteps, my good page,
tread thou in them boldly.
Thou shalt find the winter’s rage
freeze your blood less coldly.”
5 In his master’s steps he trod,
where the snow lay dinted;
heat was in the very sod
which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christians all, be sure,
wealth or rank possessing,
ye who now will bless the poor,
shall yourselves find blessing. Topics: Christmas; Stephen; Epiphany Used With Tune: TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM
Good King Wenceslas
We Would Be Building
Author: Purd E. Deitz Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 31 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:30 First Line: We would be building; temples still undone Topics: Christ Teacher; Commitment; Purpose; Unity; Youth, Hymns for; Church, The Youth, Hymns for Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
We Would Be Building
Have You Counted the Cost?
Author: A. J. Hodge Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:28 First Line: There's a line that is drawn by rejecting our Lord Topics: Invitation; Materialism / Priorities Used With Tune: [There's a line that is drawn by rejecting our Lord]
Have You Counted the Cost?
You Are Salt for the Earth
Author: Marty Haugen, 1950- Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-35 First Line: You are salt for the earth, O people Refrain First Line: Bring forth the kingdom of mercy Topics: Kingdom; Reign of Christ; Reign of Christ; Christian Life Used With Tune: BRING FORTH THE KINGDOM
You Are Salt for the Earth
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-33 Lyrics: 1 How clear is our vocation, Lord,
when once we heed your call
to live according to your word
and daily learn, refreshed, restored,
that you are Lord of all
and will not let us fall.
2 But if, forgetful, we should find
your yoke is hard to bear;
if worldly pressures fray the mind
and love itself cannot unwind
its tangled skein of care:
our inward life repair.
3 We marvel how your saints became
in hindrances more sure:
whose joyful virtues put to shame
the casual way we wear your name,
and by our faults obscure
your power to cleanse and cure.
4 In what you give us, Lord, to do,
together or alone,
in old routines or ventures new,
may we not cease to look to you:
the cross you hung upon,
all you endeavored, done.
Topics: Christian Year All Saints; Confession; Discipleship; Ordination/Installation; Renewal; Vocation; Will of God; Work Used With Tune: REPTON
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
Salvador, a ti me rindo
Author: A. R. Salas; Judson W. Van DeVenter (1855-1939) Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:33 Refrain First Line: Yo me rindo a ti Topics: El evangelio Consagración; The Gospel Consecration Used With Tune: I SURRENDER ALL
Salvador, a ti me rindo
I'm Glad I Counted the Cost
Author: W. J. H. Meter: 9.7.9.7 with refrain Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:28 First Line: When first I started to seek the Lord Refrain First Line: I’ve paid the price and obtained the prize Lyrics: 1 When first I started to seek the Lord,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
I fully measured to Jesus’ Word;
I’m glad I counted the cost.
Refrain:
I’ve paid the price and obtained the prize,
He saved my soul that was lost;
And now my treasures are in the skies,
I’m glad I counted the cost.
2 I laid my sorrows at Jesus’ feet,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And now I’ve pleasures so pure and sweet,
I’m glad I counted the cost. [Refrain]
3 I’ve bid farewell to this world of sin,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And now my Jesus abides within,
I’m glad I counted the cost. [Refrain]
4 I cast on Jesus my every care,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And all my burdens He helps to bear,
I’m glad I counted the cost. [Refrain]
5 ’Twill not be long till the Lord shall come,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And bear my soul to that heav’nly home,
I’m glad I counted the cost. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [When first I started to seek the Lord] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Im_Glad_I_Counted_the_Cost); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (76); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (100)
I'm Glad I Counted the Cost
In Gottes Namen heb'n wir an
Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:33 Topics: Gebet- und Bitt-Lied
In Gottes Namen heb'n wir an
I Will, I Will!
Author: B. E. W. Meter: 8.8.4.8.8.4.8.8.4 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:28 First Line: Oh, will you count the cost today? Refrain First Line: I’ll give up sin, the prize to win Lyrics: 1 Oh, will you count the cost today?
Oh, will you leave your sinful way?
I will, I will.
Oh, will you bear the cross for Him?
Oh, will you start the prize to win?
I will, I will.
Refrain:
I’ll give up sin, the prize to win,
And meekly bear the cross for Him,
I will, I will.
2 Oh, will you count the cost today?
Oh, will you walk the narrow way?
I will, I will.
Oh, will you persecutions bear,
And fight a starry crown to wear?
I will, I will. [Refrain]
3 Oh, will you count the cost today?
Oh, will you come without delay?
I will, I will.
Will you give up the world this hour,
And prove His mighty saving pow’r?
I will, I will. [Refrain]
4 Oh, will you count the cost today?
Despite what men and demons say?
I will, I will.
Oh, will you stand with Christ alone,
The Rock of Truth and Corner Stone?
I will, I will. [Refrain]
5 Oh, will you count the cost today?
Oh, will you speak and sing and pray?
I will, I will.
Oh, will you read the word He’s giv’n,
And do His will as ’tis is heav’n?
I will, I will. [Refrain] Topics: Decision Used With Tune: [Oh, will you count the cost today?] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Will_I_Will); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (36); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (338)
I Will, I Will!
Somlandela (We Will Follow)
Meter: 10.9.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 First Line: Somlandela, somlandel' uJesu (We will follow, we will follow Jesus) Lyrics: 1 We will follow, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow, we will follow him.
We will follow, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow Jesus where he leads us.
2 Through the valleys, we will follow Jesus.
Through the valleys, we will follow him.
Through the valleys, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow Jesus where he leads us.
3 To the mountains, we will follow Jesus.
To the mountains, we will follow him.
To the mountains, we will follow Jesus.
To the mountains, we will follow Jesus.
4 In the city, we will follow Jesus.
In the city, we will follow him.
In the city, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow Jesus where he leads us.
5 In our classroom, we will follow Jesus.
In our classroom, we will follow him.
In our classroom, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow Jesus where he leads us.
6 In our calling, we will follow Jesus.
In our calling, we will follow him.
In our calling, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow Jesus where he leads us. Topics: Discipleship; Jesus Christ Miracles; Jesus Christ Teachings of Used With Tune: SOMLANDELA Text Sources: Traditional Zulu
Somlandela (We Will Follow)
We give our alleluias
Author: Thomas H. Troeger (b. 1945) Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:27 First Line: We need each other's voice to sing Topics: Church Ministry; Church nature of; Community; Ecumenism; Kindness; Proper 5 Year B; Sharing and Caring; The Church's Ministry and Mission; Unity Used With Tune: CHECKENDON
We give our alleluias
Who Now Would Follow Christ
Author: David Augsburger Meter: 8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:26-33 First Line: Who now would follow Christ in life Topics: Baptism; Commitment; Discipleship; Journey to the Cross; Lent Used With Tune: WARUM BETRÜBST DU DICH, MEIN HERZ Text Sources: “Wer Christo jetzt will folgen nach,” Ausbund (present-day Germany), 1583; trans. David Augsburger (USA), 1962, The Mennonite Hymnal, 1969, rev. 1983
Who Now Would Follow Christ
Count Well the Cost
Author: Alexander Mack Sr.; Ora W. Graber Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:26-33 First Line: “Count well the cost,” Christ Jesus says Lyrics: 1 “Count well the cost,” Christ Jesus says,
“when you lay the foundation.”
Are you resolved, though all seem lost,
to risk your reputation,
your self, your wealth, for Christ the Lord,
as you now give your solemn word?
2 Into Christ’s death be buried now
through baptism’s joyous union.
No selfish claim should you allow
if you desire communion
when Christ’s redeemed together meet,
the bread of fellowship to eat.
3 Within the church’s warm embrace
the child of God is molded.
God’s Spirit lights the infant face,
and in God’s grace is folded.
With childlike steps, Christ’s plan we trace,
till we grow up in godly grace.
4 In Christian growth we are matured,
of fruitful vines a token.
That this good growth may be assured
ofttimes to us is broken
the bread of fellowship replete
when Christ’s redeemed together meet. Topics: Baptism; Body of Christ; Church; Commitment; Discipleship; Heritage Church of the Brethren; Lent Used With Tune: MACH’S MIT MIR / EISENACH Text Sources: “Überschlag die Kost,” Geistreiches Gesang-Buch…, 1720; trans. Ora W. Graber (USA), European Origins of the Brethren, 1958, alt.
Count Well the Cost
Your Mercy Flows
Author: Wes Sutton, b. 1955 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14 First Line: Your mercy flows upon us like a river Topics: Confession and Assurance Used With Tune: [Your mercy flows upon us like a river]
Your Mercy Flows
Rise, O Church, like Christ arisen
Author: Susan Palo Cherwien Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 14:25-33 Topics: The Church; Discipleship; Eucharist; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Lord's Supper; Mercy; Sending; Service; Communion Used With Tune: SURGE ECCLESIA
Rise, O Church, like Christ arisen
It Was Not Peace I Came to Bring
Author: Paul O. Davidson Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Luke 14:26-27 Topics: Ash Wednesday; Enemies and Persecution; Jesus Christ Teaching of Used With Tune: [It Was Not Peace I Came to Bring]
It Was Not Peace I Came to Bring
Welcome Home, Precious Child
Author: F. Richard Garland Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11.5 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Luke 14:11-32 First Line: Welcome home, precious child. Come, reclaim your place Topics: Forgiveness; Hospitality Used With Tune: NEW WORLD
Welcome Home, Precious Child
What Can I Leave Behind
Author: Adam M. L. Tice Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Luke 14:27 Topics: Conversion and New Life; Discipleship; Following Christ; Healing; Lent; Suffering Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN
What Can I Leave Behind
