Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ." - Phil 3:7
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VERSE 1
Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee,
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my all shalt be.
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
All I've sought, or hoped, and known;
Yet how rich is my condition!
God and heav'n are still my own.
VERSE 2
Take, my soul, Thy full salvation;
Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care;
Joy, to find in every station,
Something still to do or bear;
Think what Spirit dwells within thee;
What a Father's smile is thine;
What thy Saviour died to win thee;
Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine?
VERSE 3
Man may trouble and distress me;
'Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me;
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest;
Oh 'tis not in grief to harm me,
While Thy love is left to me,
Oh, 'twere not in joy to charm me
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
VERSE 4
Haste then on from grace to glory,
Arm'd by faith, and wing'd by prayer;
Heaven's eternal day's before thee;
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission;
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.
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The Redeemed Hymnal - 4th Edition
The hymn book of the The Redeemed Christian Church of God
