Thou Say’st, “Take Up Thy Cross” by F. T. Palgrave, 1866 WIRKSWORTH—C. F. Green, Psalm Tunes, 1724 ST. BRIDE—Samuel Howard, 1710-1782 ST. EDMUND—Edmund Gilding, d. 1782 Thou Say’st, “Take Up Thy Cross” 1 Thou say’st, “Take up thy cross, O man, and follow me”; The night is black, the feet are slack, Yet we would follow thee. 2 But, O dear Lord, we cry, That we thy face could see, Thy blessed face one moment’s space, Then might we follow thee! 3 Dim tracts of time divide Those golden days from