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;
the Lord for you accepted death
upon a cross, on Calv’ry’s hill.
4. Take up your cross, then, in Christ’s strength,
and calmly ev’ry danger brave:
it guides you to abundant life
and leads to vict’ry o’er the grave.
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
First Line:
“Take up your cross,” the Savior said, “if you would my disciple be;
Songbook: Trinity Psalter Hymnal 2018
Page Number: 511
Song Key: E minor
Language: English
Authors: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877
Tune Name: ERHALT UNS, HERR
Themes: Suffering and deliverance
Composer: Joseph Klug, "Geistliche Lieder", 1543; Harm. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
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