Carry it All to the Cross

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When your heart cries for salvation

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [When your heart is dark with shadows]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 When your heart cries for salvation,
From the weight of sinful dross;
You will find it in its fullness
At the foot of Calv’ry’s cross.

Refrain:
Carry it all to the cross,
Carry it all, carry it all to the cross;
In your sorrow and your woe,
To the loving Saviour go,
Carry it all, carry it all to the cross.

2 Here the wrongs of life are righted,
Here earth’s bitter things grow sweet;
While we kneel with hearts submissive
At the Savior’s pierced feet. [Refrain]

3 Sore afflictions loose their keenness,
Trials lighter seem to be,
Sorrows vanish when we view them
In the light of Calvary. [Refrain]

4 Great indeed may be your burden,
Greater still the remedy;
Bring it all, his grace and mercy
Ever will sufficient be. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Praise and Salvation #138

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	When your heart cries for salvation
Title:	Carry it All to the Cross
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Carry it all to the cross
Publication Date:	1903
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.