This rugged early American tune provides an assertive choral repertoire option during the Lenten season: "Take up your cross, the Savior said, if you would my disciple be; take up your cross with willing heart, and humbly follow after me." For SAB or SATB choir, with piano.

Composer Note

"The congregational hymn on which this anthem is based is a favorite at my Cincinnati parish of Calvary Episcopal Church; it is sung fervently during the Lenten season and other times when discipleship and the cross are particularly emphasized. This anthem setting (adapted from a piano solo in my book, Transformations print | digital) attempts to capture the assertive, visceral text and tune."

—Howard Helvey