The Cross

Hymns designed for the use of the Second Advent Band (N. Stevens and H. B. Skinner, 1843), printed p. 33 (PDF 37). Words only: the hymnal prints no music. All on p. 33, above Hymn 22. Three unnumbered stanzas (C. M.). The Millennial Harp (Part II, p. 50, «The Cross and Crown.») prints the same first lines with music, each stanza extended by «Yes, there's a cross…» lines and a refrain; stanza 3 there reads «And then go home to wear the crown».

Must Simon bear his cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No, there's a cross for ev'ry one,
And there's a cross for me.

How happy are the saints above
Who once went mourning here;
But now they taste unmingled love
And joy without a tear.

We'll bear the consecrated cross
Till from the cross we're free,
And then go home our crowns to wear,
For there's a crown for me.