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MONROE.
8,
7.
Original.
"Let
him
deny
himself,
take
up
his
cross
and
follow
me."
Matt
16:-24.
Henry
F.
Lyte,
1832
Key
of
A
Minor,
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
W.
S.
Turner
1850.
1. Je
-
sus,
I
my
cross
have
tak
-
en,
Na
-
ked
poor,
de
-
spised,
for
-
sa
-
ken,
All
to
leave
and
fol
-
low
thee;
Thou,
from
hence,
my
all
shall
be,}
Per
-
ish,
ev'
-
ry
fond
am
-
bi
-
tion,
2. Let
the
world
de
-
spise
and
leave
me;
Hu
-
man
hearts
and
looks
de
-
ceive
me
They
have
left
my
Sa
-
viour
too:
Thou
art
not,
like
them
un -
true;
}
And
while
thou
shalt
smile
u
-
pon
me,
3. Man
may
trou
-
ble
and
dis
-
tress
me,
Life
with
tri
-
als
hard
may
press
me;
"Twill
but
drive
me
to
thy
breast:
Heaven
will
bring
me
sweet
-
er
rest.}
O'tis
not
in
grief
to
harm
me,
All
I've
sought
or
hoped
or
known;
Yet
how
rich
is
my
con
-
di
-
tion,
God
and
heaven
is
still
my
own.
God
of
wis
-
dom,
love
and
might.
Foes
may
hate,
and
friends
dis
-
own
me;
Show
thy
face
and
all
is
bright,
While
thy
love
is
left
to
me!
O'
twere
not
in
joy
to
charm
me,
Were
that
joy
un
-
mixed
with
thee.
The
above
hymn
was
composed
in
1832.
The
author
is
Henry
Francis
Lyte:
he
gave
it
the
title
of
Low,
we
have
left
all
and
followed
thee.
The
hymn
has
six
double
stanzas.
This
is
said
to
be
one
of
tho
noblest
of
our
Christian
Lyric.
Henry
Francis
Lyte,
a
clergyman
of
the
church
of
England,
was
born
in
1793,
ordainod
minister
in
1818,
and
died
in
1847.
W.
S.
Turner
was
a
methodist
minister,
author
of
the
above
tune,
died
at
Fort
Valley,
Ga.
in
1891.
He
composed
a
large
num-
ber
of
hymns
and
tunes,
and
was
an
itinerant
preacher.
For
a
full
sketch
of
Turner,
we
refer
to
James'
brief
history
of
Sacred
Harp,
page
137.
And
also
see
page
390
in
this
volumn.