% Version 1.0 % Last edit: April 1, 2006 % The music and words produced by this source code are believed % to be in the public domain in the United States. The source % code itself is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution- % NonCommercial license, % http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ % Attribution: Geoff Horton % **** This is a template for standard 4-part hymns. It contains most % **** common options. Comment out the ones you don't need. \version "2.8.0" \include "english.ly" #(set-default-paper-size "letter") #(set-global-staff-size 20) title = "Take Up Thy Cross" composer = \markup { "William Gardiner's" \italic "Sacred Melodies" } poet = "Charles W. Everest, alt." meter = "LM" arranger = "" piece = "Gardiner" world = { \key af \major \time 3/4 } melody = \relative c' { \world ef4 af g | af2 bf4 | ef,( f) g | af2. | af4 g f | % end line 1 bf2 g4 | g8([ f] ef4) d | ef2 ef4 | ef2 af4 | af( g) f | % end line 2 ef2 c'4 | c( bf) af | g2 df'4 | df( c) bf | af( bf) g | af2. \bar "|." } alto = \relative c' { \world c4 ef df | ef2 df4 | bf( c) df | c2. | d4 ef d | % end line 1 ef2 ef4 | c4( bf) bf | bf2 df4 | c2 c4 | df2 df4 | % end line 2 ef2 ef4 | f2 f4 | ef2 g4 | af2 f4 | ef2 ef4 | ef2. \bar "|." } tenor = \relative c' { \world af4 c bf | af2 f4 | g( af) bf | af2. | bf4 bf bf | % end line 1 bf2 ef,4 | af4( g) f | g2 g4 | af2 ef4 | ef4.( f8) g4 | % end line 2 af2 af4 | af4( df) cf | bf2 bf4 | af2 df4 | c( df) bf | c2. } bass = \relative c { \world af4 af bf | c2 df4 | ef2 e4 | f2. | bf,4 bf af | % end line 1 g2 c4 | af4( bf) bf | ef2 ef4 | af2 af4 | bf2 bf4 | % end line 2 c2 af4 | df2 d4 | ef2 e4 | f2 df4 | ef2 ef4 | af2. \bar "|." } verseOne = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1. " “Take up thy cross,” the Sav -- ior said, “If thou wouldst my dis -- ci -- ple be; Take up thy cross with will -- ing heart, And hum -- bly fol -- low af -- ter me.” } verseTwo = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2. " Take up thy cross, let not its weight Fill thy weak soul with vain a -- larm; His strength shall bear thy spir -- it up And brace thy heart and nerve thine arm. } verseThree = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "3. " Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, And let thy fool -- ish pride be still; The Lord re -- fused not e'en to die Up -- on a cross, on Cal -- v'ry's hill. } \markup { \column { \fill-line { \large \bold \title } % title \fill-line { \caps \piece % piece \caps \composer % composer } \fill-line { \meter % meter \arranger % arranger } } } \score { \context ChoirStaff << \context Staff = upper << \context Voice = sopranos { \voiceOne << \melody >> } \context Voice = altos { \voiceTwo << \alto >> } \context Lyrics = one \lyricsto sopranos \verseOne \context Lyrics = two \lyricsto sopranos \verseTwo \context Lyrics = three \lyricsto sopranos \verseThree >> \context Staff = lower << \clef bass \context Voice = tenors { \voiceOne << \tenor >> } \context Voice = basses { \voiceTwo << \bass >> } >> >> \layout { \context { \Score % **** Turns off bar numbering \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } \context { \Lyrics % **** Prevents lyrics from running too close together \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.6 % **** Makes the text of lyrics a little smaller \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 % **** Moves lines of lyrics closer together \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-1 . 1) } } } \markup { \normalsize { \fill-line { \hspace #3.0 \line { \bold "4. " \column { "Take up thy cross, then, in his strength" " And calmly ev'ry danger brave;" "'Twill guide thee to a better home" " And lead to vict'ry o'er the grave." } } \hspace #3.0 \line { \bold "5. " \column { "Take up thy cross, and follow Christ," " Nor think till death to lay it down;" "For only he who bears the cross" " May hope to wear the glorious crown." } } \hspace #3.0 } } } \markup { \fill-line { " " \column { \small \caps \poet % poet } } } \paper { ragged-bottom = ##t top-margin = 0.25\in bottom-margin = 0.25\in } %{ Musically, this is from _The Hymnal 1982_, #609. The words are from _Worship and Service Hymnal_ Change log: Original Version 4/1/06 %}