49 Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken Author—Henry F. Lyte, 1793–1847 Music—From Leavitt’s “Christian Lyre,” 1831Attributed to Wolfgang A. Mozart, 1756–1791 Arranged by Hubert P. Main, 1839–-1925 Tune Name—“Ellesdie” Meter—87.87 Doubled 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. Matthew 16:24 Shortly after his ordination to the Anglican Church ministry, in 1815, Henry Lyte was asked to visit a fellow clergyman who was