The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Beneath the Cross of Jesus

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1738305The Army and Navy Hymnal — Beneath the Cross of JesusHenry Augustine SmithElizabeth Cecilia Clephane
(St. Christopher by Frederick Charles Maker)

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Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
The shdow 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.
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 unworthiness.
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 nor loss
My sinful self my only shame,
My glory all the cross.
Amen