Take Up Thy Cross, the Saviour Said by Charles William Everest BRESLAU—As Hymnodus Sacer, Leipzig, 1625 NESTOR CHANT—William Batchelder Bradbury Take Up Thy Cross, the Saviour Said 1 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said, If thou wouldst My disciple be; Deny thyself, the world forsake, And humbly follow after Me. 2 Take up thy cross; let not its weight Fill thy weak spirit with alarm, His strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. 3 Take up thy cross, nor heed