Take Up Thy Cross (Everest)

Take up thy cross

the Sav­ior said

If thou wouldst My dis­ci­ple be;

Deny thy­self

the world for­sake

And hum­bly fol­low af­ter Me.

Take up thy cross

let not its weight

Fill thy weak spir­it with alarm;

His strength shall bear thy spir­it up

And brace thy heart and nerve thine arm.

Take up thy cross

nor heed the shame

Nor let thy fool­ish pride re­bel;

Thy Lord for thee the cross en­dured

And saved thy soul from death and hell.

Take up thy cross then in His strength

And calm­ly sin’s wild del­uge brave

’Twill guide thee to a bet­ter home

It points to glo­ry o’er the grave.

Take up thy cross and fol­low Christ

Nor think til death to lay it down;

For on­ly those who bear the cross

May hope to wear the glo­ri­ous crown.

To Thee

great Lord

the One in Three

All praise for­ev­er­more as­cend:

O grant us in our home to see

The heav­en­ly life that knows no end.