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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

"Take up your cross," the Saviour said,

"If you would my disciple be;

Forsake the past, and come this day,

And humbly follow after me."

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Charles William Everest (1814-1877)

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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

Take up your cross; let not its weight

Pervade your soul with vain alarm;

His strength shall bear your spirit up,

Sustain your heart, and nerve your arm.

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Charles William Everest (1814-1877)

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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

Take up your cross, nor heed the shame,

Nor let your foolish heart rebel;

For you the Lord endured the cross

To save your soul from death and hell.

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Charles William Everest (1814-1877)

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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

Take up your cross, then in his strength,

And calmly every danger brave;

It guides you to a better home,

And leads to victory o’er the grave.

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Charles William Everest (1814-1877)

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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

Take up your cross and follow Christ,

Nor think till death to lay it down;

For only those who bear the cross

May hope to wear a golden crown.

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Charles William Everest (1814-1877)