Comments on: Jesus I My Cross Have Taken http://www.onoj.com/churchcollegelife/jesus-i-my-cross-have-taken/14/ this is the website of jono brooks. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: travis ham http://www.onoj.com/churchcollegelife/jesus-i-my-cross-have-taken/14/comment-page-1/#comment-3 travis ham Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:02:34 +0000 http://www.onoj.com/music/jesus-i-my-cross-have-taken#comment-3 It looks like they do have a demo mp3 of a few verses of the song here at the link you provided above: http://www.igracemusic.com/hymnbook/hymns/j03.html Glad to hear folks are finally digging this great song! It only took 6 years huh :-P Thankfully it's in our hymnal here at BCBC, so I've been getting away with singing it for a while, though to a tune that was arranged back in 1872. Great stuff. It looks like they do have a demo mp3 of a few verses of the song here at the link you provided above: http://www.igracemusic.com/hymnbook/hymns/j03.html

Glad to hear folks are finally digging this great song! It only took 6 years huh :-P
Thankfully it’s in our hymnal here at BCBC, so I’ve been getting away with singing it for a while, though to a tune that was arranged back in 1872. Great stuff.

]]> By: Wesley Crawford http://www.onoj.com/churchcollegelife/jesus-i-my-cross-have-taken/14/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Wesley Crawford Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:40:51 +0000 http://www.onoj.com/music/jesus-i-my-cross-have-taken#comment-2 Kevin Twit posted another hymn today by the same hymnwriter: “The Pilgrim’s Song” by Henry Lyte (author of Jesus I My Cross Have Taken) My rest is in heaven; my rest is not here Then why should I murmer when trials are near? Be hushed my dark spirit! The worst that can come But shortens my journey, and hastens thee home It is not for me to be seeking my bliss And building my hopes in a region like this I look for a city which hands have not piled I pant for a country by sin undefiled The thorn and the thistle around me may grow I would not lie down upon roses below I ask not my portion, I seek not a rest Till I find them, O Lord, in Thy sheltering breast Afflictions may damp me, they cannot destroy One glimpse of Thy love turns them all into joy And the bitterest tears, if Thou smile but on them Like dew in the sunshine, grow diamond and gem Let doubt then, and danger, my progress oppose They only make Heaven more sweet at the close Come joy, or come sorrow, whate’er may befall And hour with my God will make up for it all A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand I march on in haste through an enemy’s land The road may be rough, but it cannot be long And I’ll smooth it with hope, and I’ll cheer it with song! Kevin Twit posted another hymn today by the same hymnwriter:

“The Pilgrim’s Song” by Henry Lyte (author of Jesus I My Cross Have Taken)

My rest is in heaven; my rest is not here
Then why should I murmer when trials are near?
Be hushed my dark spirit! The worst that can come
But shortens my journey, and hastens thee home

It is not for me to be seeking my bliss
And building my hopes in a region like this
I look for a city which hands have not piled
I pant for a country by sin undefiled

The thorn and the thistle around me may grow
I would not lie down upon roses below
I ask not my portion, I seek not a rest
Till I find them, O Lord, in Thy sheltering breast

Afflictions may damp me, they cannot destroy
One glimpse of Thy love turns them all into joy
And the bitterest tears, if Thou smile but on them
Like dew in the sunshine, grow diamond and gem

Let doubt then, and danger, my progress oppose
They only make Heaven more sweet at the close
Come joy, or come sorrow, whate’er may befall
And hour with my God will make up for it all

A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand
I march on in haste through an enemy’s land
The road may be rough, but it cannot be long
And I’ll smooth it with hope, and I’ll cheer it with song!

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