THE CROSS WAS HIS OWN

They borrowed abed to lay His head

When Christ the Lord came down;

They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass

For Him to ride to town;

But the crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore

Where His own-

The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the bread when the crowd He fred

On the grassy mountain side,

He borrowed the dish of broken fish

With which He satisfied.

But the crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore

Where His own-

The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the ship in which to sit

To teach the multitude;

He borrowed a nest in which to rest-

He had never a home so rude;

But the crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore

Where His own-

The Cross was His own.

He borrowed a room on His way to the tomb

The Passover Lamb to eat;

They borrowed a cave for Him a grave,

They borrowed a winding sheet.

But the crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore

Where His own-

The Cross was His own.

~Unknown