TAKE UP THE CROSS

1 I walked one day along a country road And there a stranger jourynyed too Benth low beneath the burden of his load It was a cross, a cross I knew. Chorus: Take up thy cross and follow Me, I hear the blessed Savior call; How can I make a lesser sacrifice, when Jesus gave His all? 2 I cried, "Lord Jesus" and He spoke my name: I saw His hands all bruised and torn; I stooped to kiss away the marks of shame, the shame for me that He had borne. Chorus: Take up thy cross and follow Me, I hear the blessed Savior call; How can I make a lesser sacrifice, when Jesus gave His all? 3 "Oh, let me bear thy cross, dear Lord" I cried, And low a cross for me appeared. The one, forgotten I had cast aside the one so long that I had feared. Chorus: Take up thy cross and follow Me, I hear the blessed Savior call; How can I make a lesser sacrifice, when Jesus gave His all? 4 My cross I'll carry till the crown appears. The way I journey soon will end. Where God Himself shall wipe away all tears. And friend hold fellowship with friend. Chorus: Take up thy cross and follow Me, I hear the blessed Savior call; How can I make a lesser sacrifice, when Jesus gave His all?