|
|
| |
|
If we take up the cross,
will we but suffer pain?
Nay, if we bear the cross,
be sure that we will die!
The meaning of the cross
is that we may be slain;
The cross experienced
the self will crucify.
Divine deliverance
e’er slays man by the cross;
Though cruel it may seem,
it is a grand release.
Christ ne’er will be
our life if we escape the cross;
Christ ne’er will be
expressed but by our sure decease.
The cross’s final goal,
that God’s will be fulfilled;
His will’s arch enemy
is but the self of man.
If self be done away
and all the soul-life killed,
God’s will shall then prevail
and prospered be His plan.
|
marker 99
|
LYRICS
|
Meter:
|
12 12 12 12
|
|
Writer(s):
|
|
|
Trans/Adapted:
|
| |
Dates:
|
|
|
Bible Refs:
|
|
MUSIC
|
Name:
|
INVITATION
|
|
Meter:
|
6 6 6 6 D
|
|
Writer(s):
|
|
|
Dates:
|
1881
|
LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
|
Hymn/Song Book
|
Song #
|
Key
|
| # 226 | Eb | | # 268 | Eb | | # 399 | Eb | | # 534 | No key |
echo ' | ';
|
Hymn Writer
