Voices United ‎#135

135. Beneath the Cross of Jesus

1 Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand:
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land,
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat
and the burden of the day.

2 Upon the cross of Jesus
my eyes at times can see
the very dying form of one
who suffered there for me;
and from my smitten heart with tears
two wonders I confess,
the wonder of his glorious love,
and my unworthiness.

3 I take, O cross, your shadow
for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss,
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all, the cross.

Text Information

• First Line: Beneath the cross of Jesus
• Title: Beneath the Cross of Jesus
• Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane (1868, alt.)
• Meter: 7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Christian Year: Holy Week; Christian Year: Holy Week; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Confession; Faith; God: Love; Jesus Christ: Cross; Jesus Christ: Life In; Jesus Christ: Love of; Jesus Christ: Passion; Jesus Christ: Refuge; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Redemption; Repentance; Rest; Sin; Sun; Trust; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year A; Lent 3: Year B; Lent 5: Year B; Lent 3: Year C; Lent 4: Year C; Proper 9: Year C; Reign of Christ: Year C; Tuesday in Holy Week: Year ABC; Good Friday: Year ABC

Tune Information

• Name: ST CHRISTOPHER
• Composer: Frederick Charles Maker (1881)
• Meter: 7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
• Key: D Major