Beneath the Cross of Jesus (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-18)  CPDL #52165:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-18).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 63 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

General Information

Title: Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Tune: Crucis umbra
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 76. 86. 86. 86

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 102, p. 57
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Original text and translations

English text

1  Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock Within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, A rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, And the burden of the day. 2  O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet, O trysting place where Heaven’s love And Heaven’s justice meet! As to the holy patriarch That wondrous dream was giv’n, So seems my Saviour’s cross to me, A ladder up to Heav’n. 3  There lies beneath its shadow But on the further side The darkness of an awful grave That gapes both deep and wide; And there between us stands the cross Two arms outstretched to save A watchman set to guard the way From that eternal grave.

4  Upon that cross of Jesus Mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me; And from my stricken heart with tears Two wonders I confess; The wonders of redeeming love And my unworthiness. 5  I take, O cross, thy shadow For my abiding place; I ask no other sunshine Than the sunshine of His face; Content to let the world go by, To know no gain or loss, My sinful self my only shame, My glory all the cross.