 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
 | Free Will Baptists (1780?-1911), Baptists Free Baptists, Free Baptists - 1851 - 256 pages
...taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Kaked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shalt bo ; Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped,...Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are all my own. 2 Let the world despise and leave me — They have left my Savior too ; Human hearts and... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1851 - 596 pages
...taken, All to leave and follow Thee ; I am poor, despised, forsaken, — Thou henceforth my all shalt be : Perish every fond ambition, — All I've sought,...; Yet how rich is my condition, — God and heaven may be mine own ! Let the world despise and leave me, It has left my Saviour too ; Human hearts and... | |
 | John Eyre - 1851 - 386 pages
...young lady in England, who was turned out of home for embracing religion, I give to the reader : " Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow...Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shalt be. Perish every fond amoition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; Yet how rich is my condition,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever, Joseph E. Sweetser - 1851 - 256 pages
...among the blest. Hastings. 175. 8s & 7s. Taking up the Cross. 4. JESUS, I my cross have taken, •-^i 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... | |
 | Daily food - 1851 - 386 pages
...things else for Thee forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be. Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I 've sought, or hoped, or known ; Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heav'n are still ruy own. " God is my strength and power." — 2 Sam. xxii. 33. DAYID is conscious... | |
 | Salem Town - 1851 - 422 pages
...the following piece, and tell to what kind of verse it belongs. See Construction of Verse, p. 68.] 1. JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee, Nslked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shall be ! Perished every fond ambition,... | |
 | Cornelius Holgate Hanford - 1917 - 276 pages
...explained by an incident: One evening in our bachelor camp in Seattle, he aroused my soul by singing: " 'Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow...is my condition! God and heaven are still my own.' "I felt the sting of remorse, for the first line of the hymn was a reminder of my broken vow. I was... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1917 - 734 pages
...de - spised, for - sa - ken, Thou from hence my All shall be: Per - ish ev -cry fond am - bi - lion, All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my con - di - tion, God and heaven are still my own. A - MEN. afeESlE^ ^ Jl 2 Man may trouble and distress... | |
 | 1917 - 112 pages
...relying Through that mortal strife, Jesus, take me, dying, To eternal life. — E f ..p jvppf=^ ^^^•h^^ JESUS, I my cross have taken. All to leave and follow Thee; Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my All shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've... | |
 | 1917 - 730 pages
...well remember that in his early days at Hampton as Chaplain one of his favorite hymns began with, ' ' Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee." The spirit characterizing that hymn undoubtedly grew upon him as the magnitude of the work to be done... | |
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