Christian Hymns ‎#262

262. Jesus, I my cross have taken

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, or hoped, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition!
God and heaven are still my own.

2 Let the world despise and leave me;
They have left my Saviour, too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me--
Thou art not, like them, untrue.
Man may trouble and distress me,
'Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials sore may press me,
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest.

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 stayed my heart on Thee:
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather,
All must work for good to me.

4 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 Saviour died to win thee:
Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine?

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

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, I my cross have taken
• Meter: 8, 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1898
• Topic: Blessedness of Believers; Cares; Consecration; Christian Courage; Doubt and Fear; Following Christ; Renouncing All for Christ
• Notes: H. F. Lyte, 1824.

Tune Information

• Name: WORLD, FAREWELL! OF THE I'M WEARY
• Composer: T. Rosenmüller (1649)
• Meter: 8, 7.
• Key: F Major