Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Destitute, 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 own.
Let the world despise and leave me,
They have left my Savior, too.
Human hearts and looks deceive me;v
Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while Thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate and friends may shun me;
Show Thy face, and all is bright.
Go, then, earthly fame and treasure!
Come, disaster, scorn, and pain!
In Thy service, pain is pleasure;
With Thy favor, loss is gain.
I have called Thee Abba, Father!
I have stayed my heart on Thee.
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather,
All must work for good to me.’
Man may trouble and distress me,
‘Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest.
Oh, ’tis not in grief to harm me
While Thy love is left to me;
Oh, ’twere not in joy to charm me
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Take, my soul, thy full salvation;
Rise o’er sin and fear and care;
Joy to find in every station,
Something still to do or bear.
Think what Spirit dwells within thee,
What a Father’s smile is thine,
What a Savior died to win thee;
Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine?
Haste, then, on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by prayer;
Heaven’s eternal day’s before thee,
God’s own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close the earthly mission,
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days,
Hope soon change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.
Jesus is all the world to me: My life, my joy, my all.
He is my strength from day to day; Without Him
I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go;
No other one can cheer me so. When I am sad,
He makes me glad; He’s my Friend.
Jesus is all the world to me, And true to Him I’ll be.
Oh, how could I this Friend deny When He’s so true to me?
Following Him I know I’m right; He watches over me day and night.
Following Him by day and night, He’s my Friend.
Jesus is all the world to me, I want no better friend.
I trust Him now; I’ll trust Him when Life’s fleeting days shall end.
Beautiful life with such a Friend; Beautiful life that has no end!
Eternal life, eternal joy, He’s my Friend.
Jesus is tenderly calling you home
Calling today, calling today,
Why from the sunshine of love will you roam
Farther and farther away?
Refrain:
Calling today, calling today,
Jesus is calling, is tenderly calling today.
Jesus is calling the weary to rest
Calling today, calling today,
Bring Him your burden and you shall be blest;
He will not turn you away.
Jesus is waiting, oh, come to Him now
Waiting today, waiting today,
Come with your sins, at His feet lowly bow;
Come, and no longer delay.
Jesus is pleading, oh, list to His voice:
Hear Him today, hear Him today,
They who believe on His name shall rejoice;
Quickly arise and away.