By grace I have salvation sure
- ’Tis true: there was no cost! -
’Thout charge was changed this selfish heart
- Sin’s grip was canceled, lost!
But surely there’s a cross to bear
- And rough is yet the way
Accustomed - proud - I’ve here become
To th’ encumbrance of each day.
For this I fear to love my cross
And pride myself on loss:
(For) to live for cross and not for Christ
’Would be the greatest loss.