Verse 1
""Take up your cross, "" the Savior said,
""if you would my disciple be;
forsake the past, and come this day
and humbly follow after me.""
Verse 2
Take up your cross; let not its weight
pervade your soul with vain alarm;
his strength shall bear your spirit up,
sustain your heart, and nerve your arm.
Verse 3
Take up your cross, nor heed the shame,
nor let your foolish heart rebel;
for you the Lord endured the cross
to save your soul from death and hell.
Verse 4
Take up your cross and follow Christ,
nor think till death to lay it down;
for those who humbly bear the cross
one day will wear the glorious crown.
