Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Asham'd of Christ our souls disdain
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: 379
Page Number: 185, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsASHAM'D of Christ! our souls disdain
The mean, ungen'rous 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 endur'd the painful cross,
For us despised the shame.
To his command let us submit
Ourselves without delay;
Our lives-yea, thousand lives, if ours,
His love can ne'er repay.
Each faithful foll'wer 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 highest honor this!
Who nobly suffers for him now
Shall reign with him in bliss.
But should we in the evil day,
From our profession fly,
Jesus, the judge, before the world
The traitors will deny.