Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Jesus, I my cross have taken
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All to leave and follow Thee
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Destitute, despised, forsaken
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Thou from hence my all shall be
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Perish every fond ambition
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All I’ve sought or hoped or known
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Yet how rich is my condition
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God and heaven are still my own
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[Verse 2]
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Let the world despise and leave me
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They have left my Savior too
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Human hearts and looks deceive me
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Thou art not like them untrue
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Oh while Thou dost smile upon me
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God of wisdom, love and might
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Foes may hate and friends disown me
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Show Thy face and all is bright
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[Verse 3]
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Go then earthly fame and treasure
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Come disaster, scorn, and pain
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In Thy service, pain is pleasure
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With Thy favor, loss is gain
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I have called Thee, “Abba Father”
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I have stayed my heart on Thee
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Storms may howl and clouds may gather
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All must work for good to me
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[Verse 4]
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Soul, then know thy full salvation
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Rise o’er sin and fear and care
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Joy to find in every station
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Something still to do or bear
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Think what Spirit dwells within thee
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Think what Father’s smiles are thine
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Think that Jesus died to win thee
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Child of heaven canst thou repine
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[Verse 5]
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Haste thee on from grace to glory
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Armed by faith and winged by prayer
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Heaven’s eternal days before thee
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God’s own hand shall guide thee there
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Soon shall close thy earthly mission
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Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days
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Hope shall change to glad fruition
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Faith to sight and prayer to praise
[Outro]
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