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No Cross, No Crown

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 12, 1864

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 23, No. 20.

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No Cross, No Crown.

No cross, no crown! no toil, no gain, No pleasure but is mixed with pain— Welcome, thrice welcome, then a mingled cup, The crown o'ertops the cross when lifted up.
No cross, no crown! no labor, no renown, No sunshine without cloud, no smile without a frown; Life's labors and life's sorrows are the cross we have to bear— Thank God the crown's in Heaven we shall forever wear.
No cross, no crown! ah yes, but e'en the Holy Had help to Calvary; so on the road to glory, We too have One to help us, and we need not halt or faint, For with our fears and weakness, he is very well acquaint.
No cross, no crown! then help me, Lord Self to deny, and lean upon thy Word; All that both heart and flesh desire, I yield to do whate'er thou dost require.
No cross, no crown! then hail, all hail, Whate'er the Master bids, nor shall Earth's sorrows or earth's glittering toys Lure my fond eyes from heavenly joys.
No cross, no crown! then let what will betide, Drive the nails into our hands, and the spear into our side, Let men cast us out as evil, and our very name despise, All hail, all hail, the cross! for the crown's before our eyes.