Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Jesus I my cross have taken
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> Lyte
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 923
Page Number: 548, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus,--I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee;
I am poor, despised, forsaken,--
Thou henceforth my all shalt be;
Perish every fond ambition,--
All I've sought, or hoped, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition,--
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,
'T will but drive me to thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest,
O, 't is not in grief to harm me
While thy love is left to me;
O, 't were not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with thee!
Soul,--then know thy full salvation,
Rise, o'er sin, and fear, and care,
Joy to find in every station,
Something still to do or bear;
Think what Spirit dwells within thee,
Think what Father's smiles are thine;
Think that Jesus died to save thee:
Child of heaven, can'st thou repine?
Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith, and winged by prayer,
Heaven's eternal day's before thee,
God's own hand shall guide thee there,
Soon shall close thy earthly mission;
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim's days;
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise!