Choose ye his cross to bear

Choose ye his cross to bearWho bowed in Jordan's wave?—Clad in his armor will ye dare,In faith, a watery grave?

All hail! ye blessed band,Shrink not to do his will;In deep humility this workOf righteousness fulfill;—

Tread in his steps, with prayerInvoke his Spirit free,And as he burst the gates of deathSo may our rising be.