Luke 14:27: Whosoever doth not bear his cross, &c

Millions the Christian name
Without the cross receive,
Servants of men and slaves of fame
In ease and pleasures live;
Following the world His foe
They throng the spacious road,
Nor will in Jesu's footsteps go
By Calvary to God.

But better taught by grace
His doctrines I approve.
Cheerful His daily cross embrace.
And all His sufferings love:
With joy I follow Him
Who once for sinners died.
And nothing know, desire, esteem
But Jesus crucified.
1429. Which ofyou...sitteth not down first, and, dr c.—xw. 28.
I Lord, I have counted first the cost,
My all must for Thy love be lost:
I know, the sure foundation stands
Establish'd by almighty hands;
And Thou who hast Thy work begun,
From faith to faith shalt lead me on,
Till bold I to the summit press,
And rise complete in holiness.

I reckon on Thy Spirit's power
To build me up into a tower,
Thy gracious all-sufficiency
Shall bring forth the head-stone in me:
The more I sink in my own eyes
The higher in my Lord's I rise,
Fall into nothing through Thy love,
And thus I reach Thy throne above.