The way of the cross means sac­ri­fice,
As to God you yield your all;
To be laid on the al­tar, the place of death,
Where fire will sure­ly fall.

Refrain

’Tis the way of the cross! are you will­ing for this?
What does bear­ing the cross mean to you?
You who’ve giv­en your­self, your all, to God!
To God are you whol­ly true?

As the voice of song and pray­er we raise,
How easy to say, We give all!
Till some rough­er cross lies just be­fore,
And stern­er is du­ty’s call.

Refrain

Do you fal­ter then, or, true to death,
Just die on the cross in the way,
Till the full­ness of life from the Liv­ing One
Is fill­ing you day by day?

Refrain

’Tis the place of life—for you die to live,
One with Je­sus cru­ci­fied;
With the life alone to be lived thro’ you,
Of the ris­en, the glo­ri­fied!

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