Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken in Tonic Solfa
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken in Tonic Solfa to LUX EOI, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 6 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| sJe---ssus,d'I-smy- | scross-fhave-fta--mken,- |
| lAll-lto-sleave-mand- | rfol--dlow-rThee;--- |
| sDes---sti-d'tute,-d'des-- | tpised,-lfor--r'sa--sken,- |
| feThou-mfrom-rhence-smy- | sAll-feshalt-sbe.--- |
| fPer--fish-mev--mery- | lfond--lam-lbi--setion,- |
| lAll-tI’ve-d'sought-tor- | mhoped-seor-lknown;--- |
| sYet-d'how-m'rich-r'is- | d'my-tcon--ldi--stion!- |
| saGod-fand-mheaven-lare- | dstill-rmy-down.--- |
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- Key
- D major
- Doh
- D
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (A)
- Range
- d to m' (D to F♯, a tenth)
- Tune
- LUX EOI
- Words
- Henry Francis Lyte
Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847). Sources and licences.
The solfa line by line
The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.
Doh is D · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in D major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my All shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought or hoped or known;
Yet how rich is my condition!
God and heaven are still my own.
Let the world despise and leave me,
They have left my Savior too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me,
Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while Thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate and friends may shun me;
Show Thy face, and all is bright.
Go, then, earthly fame and treasure!
Come, disaster, scorn, and pain!
In Thy service, pain is pleasure;
With Thy favor, loss is gain.
I have called Thee Abba, Father!
I have stayed my heart on Thee;
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather,
All must work for good to me.
Man may trouble and distress me,
’Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest.
Oh, ’tis not in grief to harm me
While Thy love is left to me!
Oh, ’twere not in joy to charm me
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Take, my soul, thy full salvation;
Rise o’er sin and fear and care,
Joy to find in every station,
Something still to do or bear.
Think what Spirit dwells within thee,
What a Father’s smile is thine,
What a Savior died to win thee,—
Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine?
Haste, then, on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by prayer;
Heaven’s eternal day’s before thee,
God’s own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission,
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days,
Hope soon change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight and prayer to praise.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum D and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
- Pitch the first note. The tune starts on s (A).
- Count the time. 4/4 means four crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest.
- Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t and the chromatic fe se sa. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.
New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.
About the hymn
Henry Francis Lyte wrote these words. They were printed in the Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (St. Louis, 1927), as hymn 335.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Eights and Sevens Double (8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to LUX EOI; any other Eights and Sevens Double tune fits them as well.
- Words: Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847)
- Music (1874): Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900)
Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847).
Sung to the same tune: As in Solemn Congregation, Christ the Word! Thine Incarnation, Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit, Could the Creatures Help or Ease Us, Hear What God the Lord Hath Spoken, Holy Father, Thou Hast Taught Me, In the Name Which Earth and Heaven, Legion Was My Name by Nature, Let the World Despise and Leave Me, Love Divine, All Love Excelling, Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy, Peace Be to This Habitation, We Have Met in Peace Together, Westward, Lord, the World Alluring.
Questions about Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
What is the doh of Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken?
In this version, in D major, doh is D. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.
What note does Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken start on?
It starts on s (A in D major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken in the public domain?
Yes. Henry Francis Lyte died in 1847, Arthur Seymour Sullivan died in 1900; the words were in print by 1927 and the music in 1874. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.