The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Jesus, I my cross have taken

No. 499
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune ELLESDIE.
Words Henry F. Lyte.
Music Johann C. W. A. Mozart.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Jesus, I my cross have taken,All to leave and follow thee:All things else I have forsaken;Thou from hence my all shalt be.Perish every fond ambition,All I've sought, or hoped, or known;Yet how rich is my condition,While I prove the Lord my own.

Let the world despise and leave me—They have left my Saviour, too;Human hearts and looks deceive me—Thou art faithful, thou art true.O, 'tis not in grief to harm me,While thy love is left to me;O, 'twere not in joy to charm me,If that love be hid from me.

Soul, then know thy full salvation;Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care;Joy to find in every stationSomething still to do or bear.Think what Spirit dwells within thee;Think what Father's smiles are thine;Think that Jesus died to win thee;Child of Heaven, canst thou repine?

Haste thee on from grace to glory,Armed by faith and winged by prayer;Heaven's eternal day's before thee;God's own hand shall guide thee there.Soon shall close thy earthly mission,Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days;Hope shall change to glad fruition,Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «499» (large), tune name «ELLESDIE. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; the «D.» in a smaller size), «JOHANN C. W. A. MOZART.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «Je - sus,»: system 1 = verse lines 1–2, system 2 = lines 3–4, system 3 = lines 5–6; lines 7–8 are printed in italics as a second line under system 2, preceded by «D. S.—», and are sung there after the «D. S.» at the end of system 3 (the music returns to the segno at the start of system 2 and ends at «Fine.»). Stanza 1 below is assembled in the order sung. The italic reference line «501, 844.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 501 or 844) stands under the music; stanzas 2–4 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«4»; stanza 4 breaks after its fourth line and ends at the top of the right column, followed by «Henry F. Lyte.» in italics. Lines 2, 4, 6, 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «?» («too ;», «salvation ;», «repine ?»); it is closed up here. Spelling («Saviour», «'tis», «'twere», «Armed», «winged»), punctuation and capitals («Spirit», «Father's», «Heaven») are the print's; apostrophes are written straight. Pencil annotations of the exemplar at the top of the page and in the margin are not printed matter.