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If we take up the cross, will we but suffer pain?
Nay, if we bear the cross, be sure that we will die!
The meaning of the cross is that we may be slain;
The cross experienced the self will crucify.
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Divine deliverance e’er slays man by the cross;
Though cruel it may seem, it is a grand release.
Christ ne’er will be our life if we escape the cross;
Christ ne’er will be expressed but by our sure decease.
Divine deliverance e’er slays man by the cross;
Though cruel it may seem, it is a grand release.
Christ ne’er will be our life if we escape the cross;
Christ ne’er will be expressed but by our sure decease.
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The cross’s final goal, that God’s will be fulfilled;
His will’s arch enemy is but the self of man.
If self be done away and all the soul-life killed,
God’s will shall then prevail and prospered be His plan.
The cross’s final goal, that God’s will be fulfilled;
His will’s arch enemy is but the self of man.
If self be done away and all the soul-life killed,
God’s will shall then prevail and prospered be His plan.
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Fremont, California, United States
Praise the Lord! The Lord was willing and even glad to take up His cross, for He knew the joy set before Him. The cross is not a suffering: the cross is termination that we can now partake of His willingness to take up the cross, we will not complain, we will not murmur, and we will not speak about. We will simply bear it in our daily life for the building of the church. Hallelujah! 😀
Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Thank you for this hymn in our morning revival this week. Peter lied to protect himself. Spiritual things are higher than our self. Lord keep us learning.
San Francisco, California, United States
Praise the Lord! I thank God giving us this hymn which gives me the way to have a practical experience of bearing the cross of our dear Lord. May Lord has mercy on me in order to practise this truth humbly!
Austin, TX, United States
I have been suffering pain too long! "if we bear the cross, be sure that we will die!" "Though cruel it may seem, it is a grand release." When we experience Christ's death, pain is over and the painful soul-life is slain, and victory has begun! This is indeed a "grand release!"
Fullerton, CA, United States
I believe that many of us in the churches today may not truly appreciate the vastness of the Lord's accomplishments on the Cross and it's true meaning in our daily lives. If we did realize it extensive meaning, then we'd die to the flesh, and the natural man sooner, and hasten the Lord's return. Our brother's continual ministry of the Cross and resurrection life is truly profound for us to aspire to. Amen!