Mark 10:38: Saviour, who ask to reign with Thee

Saviour, who ask to reign with Thee,
They ask (what yet they cannot know)
Thy cup of inward agony.
Thy burden of external woe;
With eagerness of blind desire,
They ask reproach, and pain, and loss,
They ask to be baptized with fire,
And hang expiring on Thy cross.

Cover'd with outward sufferings here
Thou wast, with inward sufferings fill'd;
They mark'd Thy perfect character,
They show'd Thee by Thy Father seal'd:
The cross Thou didst for sinners prove
The lot of all Thy followers is;
And leads us on to perfect love.
And paves our way to glorious bliss.