RitualSong ‎#808

808. Take Up Your Cross

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;
His 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 his strength,
And calmly ev'ry danger brave:
It guides you to a better home
And leads to vict'ry o'er the grave.

5 Take up your cross, and follow Christ,
Nor think till death to lay it down;
For only those who bear the cross
May hope to wear the glorious crown.

Text Information

• First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said
• Title: Take Up Your Cross
• Author: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: 12th Sunday: Year B; 13th Sunday: Year A; 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Year A; 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Year C; 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Year B; Discipleship

Tune Information

• Name: ERHALT UNS HERR
• Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
• Meter: LM
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: Geistliche Lieder, 1543