Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Ashamed of Christ our souls disdain
Topic: The Gospel/Baptism
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Azmon
Hymn Number: 280
Page Number: 106, 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.
Each faithful follower Jesus views
With infinite delight;
Their lives to him are dear--their death
Is precious in his sight.
To bear his name--his cross to bear--
Our hightest honor this!
Who nobly suffers for him now,
Shall reign with him in bliss.