 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 my...  Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and State - Page 78by Samuel Spahr Laws - 1906 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 - Devotional exercises - 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,... | |
 | Conduct of life - 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... | |
 | Frances Osborne - Geography - 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Samuel Colcord Bartlett - Physical sciences - 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 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... | |
 | John Eyre - New York (State) - 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 thee ; 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... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 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... | |
 | Child rearing - 1851 - 436 pages
...were poured forth to the listening ear of mercy. And, from that time, Ellen felt that she could say, " Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow Thee." We do not mean to say that pride, selfishness, ami many other sinful feelings, never again came into... | |
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