{"slug": "take-up-thy-cross-the-savior-said", "title": "Take Up Thy Cross, the Savior Said", "first_line": "Take up thy cross, the Savior said", "author": "charles-william-everest", "author_date": "1833", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Discipleship", "Cross", "Consecration"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Charles William Everest, \"Take up thy cross, the Savior said,\" published in Visions of Death, and Other Poems (Hartford, 1833). Everest d. 1877; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Take up thy cross, the Sav -- ior said, If thou wouldst my dis -- ci -- ple be; De -- ny thy -- self, the world for -- sake, And hum -- bly fol -- low aft -- er me.", "prose": ["Take up thy cross, the Savior said,", "If thou wouldst my disciple be;", "Deny thyself, the world forsake,", "And humbly follow after me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Take up thy cross, let not its weight Fill thy weak spir -- it with a -- larm; His strength shall bear thy spir -- it up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm.", "prose": ["Take up thy cross, let not its weight", "Fill thy weak spirit with alarm;", "His strength shall bear thy spirit up,", "And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, Nor let thy fool -- ish pride re -- bel; Thy Lord for thee the cross en -- dured, To save thy soul from death and hell.", "prose": ["Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame,", "Nor let thy foolish pride rebel;", "Thy Lord for thee the cross endured,", "To save thy soul from death and hell."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Take up thy cross, then, in His strength, And calm -- ly ev -- ery dan -- ger brave; 'Twill guide thee to a bet -- ter home, And lead to vic -- t'ry o'er the grave.", "prose": ["Take up thy cross, then, in His strength,", "And calmly every danger brave;", "'Twill guide thee to a better home,", "And lead to vict'ry o'er the grave."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Take up thy cross, and fol -- low Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For on -- ly those who bear the cross May hope to wear the glo -- rious crown.", "prose": ["Take up thy cross, and follow Christ,", "Nor think till death to lay it down;", "For only those who bear the cross", "May hope to wear the glorious crown."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}