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Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
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 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.
WORDS: Charles William Everest, 1833;
MUSIC: alt. Attr. Freeman Lewis, 1825 Harm. John Leon Hooker, 1984
Scripture: Matthew 10:38 Luke 14:27
Theme: Life in Christ