Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#273

273. 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 sall 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 Man may trouble and distress me,
’Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heaven 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.

3 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?

4 Haste Thee 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 this earthly mission,
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, I my cross have taken
• Title: Jesus, I my Cross Have Taken
• Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 (1824)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: Sanctification

Tune Information

• Name: JAG BEHÖFVER DIG, O JESUS
• Composer: Oskar Ahnfelt
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7. D.