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I walked one day along a country road,
And there a stranger journeyed, too,
Bent low beneath
the burden of His load:
It was a cross, a cross I knew.
“Take up thy cross and follow Me.”
I hear the blessèd Savior call;
How can I make a lesser sacrifice,
When Jesus gave His all?
I cried, “Lord Jesus,”
and He spoke my name;
I saw His hands all bruised and torn;
I stooped to kiss away
the marks of shame,
The shame for me that He had borne.
“Take up thy cross and follow Me.”
I hear the blessèd Savior call;
How can I make a lesser sacrifice,
When Jesus gave His all?
“O let me bear Thy cross,
dear Lord,” I cried,
And lo, a cross for me appeared,
The one forgotten I had cast aside,
The one, so long, that I had feared.
“Take up thy cross and follow Me.”
I hear the blessèd Savior call;
How can I make a lesser sacrifice,
When Jesus gave His all?
My cross I’ll carry
till the crown appears,
The way I journey soon will end
Where God Himself
shall wipe away all tears,
And friend hold fellowship with friend.
“Take up thy cross and follow Me.”
I hear the blessèd Savior call;
How can I make a lesser sacrifice,
When Jesus gave His all?
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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10 8 10 8 and refrain
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Dates:
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1922
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Bible Refs:
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Mk 8:34;
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MUSIC
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Name:
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TAKE UP THY CROSS
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Meter:
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10 8 10 8 and refrain
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1922
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