"Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
Philippians 2:8
Philippians 2:8
"Beneath the Cross of Jesus"
Music: Frederick Charles Maker, 1881 Lyrics: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, 1868 Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day. O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet, O trysting place where Heaven’s love and Heaven’s justice meet! As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was given, So seems my Savior’s cross to me, a ladder up to heaven. Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me; And from my smitten heart with tears two wonders I confess; The wonders of His glorious love and my own worthlessness. I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place; I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face; Content to let the world go by to know no gain or loss, My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross. |