Take up your cross, the Saviour said,
If you would my disciple be
Deny yourself, the world forsake,
And humbly follow after me.

Take up your cross, let not its weight
Fill your weak spirit with alarm,
His strength shall bear your spirit up,
Shall brace your heart and nerve your arm.

Take up your cross and follow Christ,
Nor think till death to lay it down:
For only he who bears the cross
May hope to wear the glorious crown.

To you, great Lord, the One in three,
All praise for evermore ascend,
O grant us here below to see
The heav’nly lile that knows no end.