John 16:6: But because I have said these things unto you, &c

The love of Jesu's cross how rare!
We sadden its approach to see,
Afraid His sacred load to bear,
And trace His steps to Calvary:
Our dread to lose the goods below,
With fame, or friends, or ease, to part,
Overwhelms the faithless soul with woe,
And fills with grief the selfish heart.

Sorrow may enter and remain;
A Christian heart it should not fill:
Saviour, in us it cannot reign,
Who bow submissive to Thy will:
Our faith and hope superior rise
And keep the struggling evil down,
Till fully saved we grasp the prize,
And through Thy cross obtain Thy crown.