Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Ashamed of Christ our souls disdain
Topic: Baptism
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: R Simpson
Meter: CM
Tune: Balerma
Hymn Number: 260
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsASHAMED of Christ! Our souls disdain
The mean, ungenerous thought:
Shall we disown that Friend whose blood
To man salvation brought?
With the glad news of love and peace,
From heaven to earth he came;
For us endured the painful cross,
For us despised the shame.
To his command let us submit
Ourselves without delay;
Our lives-yea, thousand lives of ours-
His love can ne'er repay.
To bear his name-his cross to bear-
Our highest honor this!
Who nobly suffers for him now,
Shall reign with him in bliss.