God gave me an hour; I wasted it.
He gave me a day; What a loss!
   I let it slip into eternity,
   Without taking up my cross!

He gave me a week; a month;
He let me have a year,
   But still His cross I didn't take,
   His yoke I didn't wear!

How many souls COULD I have won?
How many crowns have I lost,
   By wasting hours, days, and years,
   And not taking up my cross?