Tune: Breslau
(\'Take up they cross, the Saviour said\')
1 Peter 4 v.13-16
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Rejoice, in that you do partake
Of Christ\'s sufferings for His sake
That when His glory be revealed
[Then] Gladness, and great joy unconcealed
If you be reproached for the name
Of Christ, know He suffered the same
Yet blessed are you, for the spirit
Of glory rests on you each whit
He the spirit of God, and though
Afflictions, insults you may know
From they who evil of Christ speak
But [He is] glorified in you, the meek
Let none suffer as murderer
Not thief, nor as evildoer
Nor as busybodies, meddlings
Interfering in other\'s things
Yet if any one as Christian
Suffers, no need for shame, no one
But glorify God through suffering
Trusting that He bring good, each thing