 JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, 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, God and heaven are still...  Domestic Memoirs of a Christian Family Resident in the County of Cumberland ... - Page 124by Henry Tudor - 1848 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Louisa Fisher Hawes - 1850 - 396 pages
...forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be : Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I've sought, or hop'd, or known; Yet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own. Let the wodd despise and leave me : They have left my Saviour too ; Human hearts and looks deceive me, Thou... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1850 - 380 pages
...idolatrous, blinded inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands. The language of each heart seems to be, " Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Only taou my leader be." In the language with which Mr. Bingham closes his full and valuable history,... | |
 | Louisa Fisher Hawes - 1850 - 388 pages
...course, and withal so beautiful, that it is presumed its insertion here will not be unacceptable. " Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee, Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be: Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I've sought,... | |
 | Hannah More - 1850 - 352 pages
...death, as life, be thou my guide, And save me, who for me hast died ! FORSAKING ALL FOR CHRIST. [Grant. JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shall be ; Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought,... | |
 | 1850 - 172 pages
...Thy sway ; Else the next cloud that veils my skies, • Drives all these thoughts away. HYMN 129. 1 JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow Thee ; Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be : Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I've sought,... | |
 | John Stevenson - 1850 - 476 pages
...power lifting thy soul above," and enabling thee from the heart to say with the poet : ,,.'', ." ' V JESUS, I my cross have taken, .. , All to leave and follow thee ; f , Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be: ''"' Perish ev'ry fond ambition,... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 pages
...favourite, and was so applicable to his situation, that I have remembered several of the verses. "' Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee: Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've... | |
 | 1881 - 792 pages
...did Moses reside in Midian ? Acts vii. 30. Were these years of preparation] lor his great work ? 1. Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee; Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be. 2. Perish every fond ambition, All... | |
 | Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1850 - 310 pages
...the Spirit steals in through massive walls, and lace and damask curtains, and she adopts the song, "Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee." And so God keeps alive and alert his church. Here are influences which no wisdom can forestall, no... | |
 | Henry Kemp Richardson - 1851 - 364 pages
...ever shall join ; And love and adore, without end, Their faithful Creator and mine. 88. 8s. &7s. 1 JESUS ! I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow...poor, despised, 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... | |
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