Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Ashamed of Christ my soul disdain
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 270
Page Number: 255, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAshamed of Christ! My soul disdain
The mean ungen'rous thought;
Shall I disown that frend, 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 despis'd the shame.
At his command we must take up
Our cross without delay;
Our lives - and thousand lives of ours
His love can ne'er repay.
Each faithful sufferer Jesus views
With infinite delight;
Their lives to him are dear, their deaths
Are precious in his sight.
To bear his name, his cross to bear!
Our highest honor this!
Who nobly suffers now for him,
Shall reign with him in bliss.
But should we in the evil day
From our profession fly,
Jesus the Judge, before the world,
The traitor will deny.