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Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken

REX GLORIAE · 8.7.8.7.D · words Henry F. Lyte · music Henry Smart

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Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken and fear, to scorn Sav fol o'er but dis have to me ter, my and sin, drive as left leave breast. pain! too. Thee. care; and Thy and ior, low trou de my soul, ly earth world I cross thy ble 4. Man 3. Go 2. Let 1. Je Take, my may then, the sus, 5. va tress trea leave tak spise dis and and have Rise 'Twill Come, They All sal tion; me, sure! me, en, full and fame all them, loss sweet do my like to me vor, or er is un shalt thing will Thy art from hence not, fa bring still true; be. gain. rest. bear! find tri ser hearts tute, ev spised, looks pain hard to in als vice, and de with Thy man ti Joy Life In Hu Des en, me; sure; me; tion sta press plea ceive sak With Some Heav'n Thou Thou de for is ery may and ther's is my dom, and smile left heart love hoped, I've a Thy have of Fa love set wis sought, known. thine; me! Thee: might, is to on and called Thou ev not what 'tis have while ish, Thee it in shalt ery Spir Think Oh, I And Per in harm Fa on bi What While I God All thee; me ther; me, tion, dwells grief Ab smile fond up ba, am to with still mixed shouldst un for and are all thou good Child Were All Show God Heav'n, joy work face, Heav'n of that must Thy and pine? Thee. me. bright. own! re with to is mine Sav is not howl, hate rich died joy clouds friends my ior in and and Yet What Oh, Storms Foes a 'twere may may how win charm gath own di thee— me, er, me: tion— to to may dis con 6. Haste then on from grace to glory, Armed by faith, and winged by prayer, Heav'n's eternal day's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thy earthly mission; Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days; Hope soon change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. Henry F. Lyte, 1824 REX GLORIAE 8.7.8.7.D Henry Smart, 1869

1.Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee.
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my all shalt be.
Perish, every fond ambition,
All I've sought, and hoped, and known.
Yet how rich is my condition—
God and Heav'n are still mine own!

2.Let the world despise and leave me,
They have left my Savior, too.
Human hearts and looks deceive me;
Thou art not, like them, untrue;
And while Thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me:
Show Thy face, and all is bright.

3.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.

4.Man may trouble and distress me,
'Twill but drive me to Thy breast.
Life with trials hard may press me;
Heav'n will bring me sweeter rest.
Oh, 'tis not in grief to harm me
While Thy love is left to me!
Oh, 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.

5.Take, my soul, 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;
What a Father's smile is thine;
What a Savior died to win thee—
Child of Heav'n, shouldst thou repine?

6.Haste then on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith, and winged by prayer,
Heav'n's eternal day's before thee,
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission;
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;
Hope soon change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

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