Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Jesus I my cross have taken
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Hymn 196 (part II)
Page Number: 166 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee,
Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken-
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be!
Perished every fond ambition-
All I've sought, or hoped, or known,
Yet how rich is my condition-
God and heaven are all my own!
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 must work for good to me!
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 heavenly bliss is thine;
Think that Jesus died to save thee-
Child of Heaven-canst thou repine?
Haste thee on, from grace to glory,
Arm'd by faith, and wing'd 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 days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition-
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.