Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Jesus I my cross have taken
Topic: Christian/Cross
Writer: H Lyte
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Ellesdie
Hymn Number: 646
Page Number: 257, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJe-sus, I my cross have tak-en,
All to leave, and fol-low thee;
I am poor, despised, for-sak-en-
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Per-ish ev-ery fond am-bi-tion,
All I've sought and hoped and known:
Yet how rich is my con-di-tion-
God and heaven are still my own!
Let the world despise and leave me-
It has left my Saviour too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me-
Thou art not, like them, untrue;
Whilst thy graces shall adorn me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate, and friends may scorn me-
Show thy face, and all is bright.
Go, then, earthly fame and treasure,
Come, disaster, scorn and pain;
In thy service, pain is pleasure;
With thy favor, loss is gain.
I have called thee, Abba, Father;
I have set my heart on thee;
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather,
All will work for good to me.
Man may trouble and distress me-
'Twill but drive me to thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me-
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest.
O 'tis not in grief to harm me
While thy love is left to me;
O 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with thee.