 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
 | Salem Town - Readers - 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,... | |
 | Calendars - 1852 - 340 pages
...shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him. — JAMKS i. 12. JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shall be. Perish every fond ambition, HOUSE OF MY PILGRIMAGE. Yet how rich is my... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever, Joseph E. Sweetser - Hymns, English - 1852 - 266 pages
...by angel-bands attended, We awake among the blest. Hastings. 8S&7S. rf I/O. Taking up the Cross. 4. 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... | |
 | Francis King (of Newry.) - 1852 - 88 pages
...they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." — JOHN xvii. 3. HYMN. JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be ; Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; Yet... | |
 | Christian life - 1852 - 400 pages
...or required in becoming a disciple of Christ, so that she could at once fully adopt the language, " Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee, Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be." Just one year from her espousal to Christ the village of was all excitement,... | |
 | Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky - 1852 - 426 pages
...every one, learned or unlearned, may try themselves : whom do they please ? — GOD or the world ? 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, Tet how... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...human hearts, as in wild and solemn cadences it rose and fell! Now I hear them sing the verse, " Jeans, I my cross have taken All to leave and follow thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Tlmu henceforth my strength shalt be." A husband and wife, well stricken in years and sorrows, were... | |
 | Edmund Clay - 1852 - 186 pages
...people, Long opprest and scorn'd before : Faithful Saviour ' All shall now Thy name adore. 8—Ta. 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,... | |
 | Fanny Osborne - Geography - 1852 - 394 pages
...favorite, 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... | |
 | American Sabbath Tract Society - Sabbath - 1853 - 394 pages
...commandments of G-od and the faith of Jesus. (Hey, 14. 12.) TAKING UP THE CROSS, BY JOSEPH STENNETT. Jesus, I my cross have taken., All to leave and follow thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shalt be. Let the world neglect and leave me£ They have left my Saviour too; Human... | |
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