TAKE UP THY CROSS, FOLLOW ME

I journeyed one day along 
a country road
And there a stranger journeyed too
Bent low beneath the burden of
His load
It was a cross, a cross I knew.

CHORUS
Take up Thy cross and follow me,
follow me
I hear the blessed Saviour\'s call
How can I make a lesser
sacrifice
When Jesus gave His all.

I cried Lord Jesus
and He spoke my name
I saw His hands all bruised
and scarred
I tried to kiss away the
marks of shame
The shame for me that He had
borne.

Thy cross I’ll carry till
the crown appears
The way I journey soon will end
When God Himself shall wipe all tears
And hold sweet fellowship
with friends.