Yes, indeed, Mark 10:21 says “take up your cross and follow me.” But Matthew 19:21 has it as “and come and follow me” and Luke 18:22 has it as “and come, follow me.”
194
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Reverently
31243, Hymns, There Is a Green Hill Far Away, no. 194
1. There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.
2. We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains he had to bear,
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
3. There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin.
He only could unlock the gate
Of heav’n and let us in.
4. Oh, dearly, dearly has he loved!
And we must love him too,
And trust in his redeeming blood,
And try his works to do.
Text: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818–1895
Music: John H. Gower, 1855–1922
John 19:16–20
Hebrews 13:12
175
O God, the Eternal Father
Worshipfully
31243, Hymns, O God, the Eternal Father, no. 175
1. O God, th’Eternal Father,
Who dwells amid the sky,
In Jesus’ name we ask thee
To bless and sanctify,
If we are pure before thee,
This bread and cup of wine,
That we may all remember
That offering divine—
2. That sacred, holy off’ring,
By man least understood,
To have our sins remitted
And take his flesh and blood,
That we may ever witness
The suff’ring of thy Son,
And always have his Spirit
To make our hearts as one.
3. When Jesus, the Anointed,
Descended from above
And gave himself a ransom
To win our souls with love—
With no apparent beauty,
That man should him desire—
He was the promised Savior,
To purify with fire.
4. How infinite that wisdom,
The plan of holiness,
That made salvation perfect
And veiled the Lord in flesh,
To walk upon his footstool
And be like man, almost,
In his exalted station,
And die, or all was lost.
Text: William W. Phelps, 1792–1872. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.
Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809–1847
D&C 20:77, 79
Isaiah 53:2–5
246
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Boldly
31243, Hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers, no. 246
1. Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
Christ, the royal Master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See his banners go!
[Chorus]
Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
2. At the sign of triumph
Satan’s host doth flee;
On, then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory.
Hell’s foundations quiver
At the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise.
3. Like a mighty army
Moves the Church of God;
Brothers, we are treading
Where the Saints have trod.
We are not divided;
All one body we:
One in hope and doctrine,
One in charity.
4. Onward, then, ye people;
Join our happy throng.
Blend with ours your voices
In the triumph song:
Glory, laud, and honor
Unto Christ, the King.
This through countless ages
Men and angels sing.
Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834–1924
Music: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842–1900
Deuteronomy 31:6
2 Timothy 2:3
They don't teach you to read the bible very well, do they?
Mt 10:38* And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Mt 16:24* Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mr 8:34* And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Lu 9:23* And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Lu 14:27* And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Ga 6:14* But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
1Co 1:17* For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1Co 1:18* For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Ga 6:12* As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Eph 2:16* And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Php 3:18* (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
The first century church had the Cross at its very foremost.