Thursday, April 12, 2001
Thursday, April 12, 2001
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Said Watts,
(Matthew 16:24
NRSV)
Maybe the hope we have in Christ's resurrection was what Isaac Watts had in mind when he
penned a new song in 1707. It was a song for a Passion Week communion service. And here's the
interesting thing, it was the first church hymn in the English language that carried a personal
message. It was the first church hymn to use the pronoun "I." It took the singer on a tour of the
events of Passion Week. And then it did one thing more. It put words of a new outlook in his
mind. It formed the melody of a new theme in her mouth. Neither the Prelude nor Finale was
enough to capture the meaning of this week.
When I survey the wondrous Cross, On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small,
Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Dear God, I am grateful for the symbol of the cross that gives me hope and yet demands the gift
of my soul and my all. Amen.
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