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Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
Author: Charles William Everest Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 300 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 10:38 Lyrics: 1 Take up your cross, the Savior said,
If you would My disciple be;
Take up your cross with willing heart,
And humbly follow after Me.
2 Take up your cross, let not its weight
Fill your weak spirit with alarm;
Christ's strength shall bear your spirit up
And brace your heart and nerve your arm.
3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame,
And let your foolish heart be still;
Thy Lord for you accepted death
Upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.
4 Take up your cross, then, in Christ's strength,
And calmly every danger brave:
It guides you to abundant life
And leads to victory o'er the grave.
Used With Tune: BOURBON
Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
Author: Sylvia Dunstan, 1955-1993 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 10 Refrain First Line: Topics: Faith Used With Tune: PICARDY
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Author: Civilla D. Martin, 1863-1948 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.7.7.7 Appears in 104 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 10:29 First Line: Why should I feel discouraged Lyrics: 1 Why should I feel discouraged,
why should the shadows come,
why should my heart be lonely
and long for heav'n and home,
when Jesus is my portion?
My constant friend is he:
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
2 "Let not your heart be troubled,"
his tender word I hear,
and resting on his goodness,
I lose my doubt and fear;
tho' by the path he leadeth,
but one step I may see:
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
3 Whenever I am tempted,
whenever clouds arise,
when songs give place to sighing,
when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to him,
from care he sets me free;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he cares for me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he cares for me.
Topics: Trust in God; The Christian Life Consolation; Preservation of Christians Used With Tune: SPARROW
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Author: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #538 (1998) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39 Topics: Jacob; Pilgrimage; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: EXCELSIOR
Nearer, My God, to Thee
How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord
Hymnal: The Hymnal and Order of Service #439 (1926) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Scripture: Matthew 10:26-28 Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
Who unto the Saviour for refuge have fled,
Who unto the Saviour for refuge have fled?
2 "Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed;
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine,
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
5 "E'en down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And then, when gray hairs shall their temples adore,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
6 "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I cannot desert to His foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never--no never--no never forsake!
I'll never--no never--no never forsake!"
Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Faith and Justification; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday; Trinity, Twenty-first Sunday Languages: English Tune Title: ADESTE FIDELES (PORTUGUESE HYMN)
How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord
How Firm a Foundation
Author: John Rippon, 1751-1836 Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #527 (1998) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39 First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Topics: Pilgrimage; Scripture; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: FOUNDATION
How Firm a Foundation
Charles William Everest
1814 - 1877 Scripture: Matthew 10:38 Author of "Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Everest, Charles William, M.A., born at East Windsor, Connecticut, May 27, 1814, graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, 1838, and took Holy Orders in 1842. He was rector at Hamden, Connecticut, from 1842 to 1873, and also agent for the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. He died at Waterbury, Connecticut, Jan. 11, 1877 (See Poets of Connecticut, 1843). In 1833 he published Visions of Death, and Other Poems; from this work his popular hymn is taken:—
Take up thy cross, the Saviour said. Following Jesus. The original text of this hymn differs very materially from that which is usually found in the hymn-books. The most widely known form of the text is that in Hymns Ancient & Modern, where it appeared in 1861. It was copied by the Compilers from another collection, but by whom the alterations were made is unknown. The nearest approach to the original is in Horder's Congregational Hymn Book, 1884. Original text in Biggs's English Hymnology, 1873, p. 24. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Charles William Everest
Sylvia G. Dunstan
1955 - 1993 Person Name: Sylvia Dunstan, 1955-1993 Scripture: Matthew 10 Author of "You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd" in Sing! A New Creation After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy.
Sing! A New Creation
Sylvia G. Dunstan
Civilla D. Martin
1866 - 1948 Person Name: Civilla D. Martin, 1863-1948 Scripture: Matthew 10:29 Author of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Martin, Civilla Durfee (Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia, August 21, 1866--March 9, 1948, Atlanta, Georgia). Daughter of James N. and Irene (Harding) Holden. She married Rev. John F. Geddes, Congregational minister of Coventryvilee, N.Y. at Jordan Falls Methodist Church, Shelbourne Co., Nova Scotia, on May 19, 1891. There is thus far no information about their marriage and its end. After several years of teaching school, she married Walter Stillman Martin, a Baptist minister, and traveled with him in evangelistic work. However, because of frail health, she was compelled to remain home much of the time. In 1916, they became members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). They had one son, A.G. Martin. In her writing, she used only her initials, "C.D." rather than her full name of that of her composer-husband. She is reputed to have written several hundred hymns and religious songs. Her first one, "God Will Take Care of You," written in 1904 became world-famous. Her husband wrote the music for this and many of her other hymns. "His Eye is on the Sparrow" written in 1906 and set to music by Charles H. Gabriel, has also received wide acclaim. In addition to the above, "Like As A Father," "A Welcome for Me," and "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power" are among her better-known hymns.
Her husband and collaborator, W.S. Martin (1862-1935) preceded her in death. For the last 29 years of her life, she made her home in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was a member of the First Christian Church. Her funeral was held on March 10, 1948 at Spring Hill and the interment was in the West View Cemetery in Atlanta.
--Carlton C. Buck, DNAH Archives and email from Rev. Lester M. Settle (Glenholme, Nova Scotia) to Mary Louise VanDyke 18 September 2008, DNAH Archives.
Civilla D. Martin
