WHAT BECAME OF THE MAN WHO CARRIED THE CROSS?

Have you thought of the man who carried the cross
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill;
Just a face in the crowd who had gathered to watch
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
He was pressed into service right there on the spot
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill
To be known as the man who carried the cross
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill.
What was he thinking as beside Jesus he trod
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Did he know the man beside him was the true Son of God
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Was he sickened by the sight and the smell of the blood
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Did any words pass between them as the way they did plod
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
What became of the man who carried the cross
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Did he know he was a sinner, helpless and lost,
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Did he know Jesus would die to pay sin’s dreadful cost,
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Were his senses in turmoil , troubled and tossed,
As they walked my Lord up Calvary’s Hill?
Was he there in Jerusalem that year at Pentecost
After walking my Lord up Calvary’s hill,
When Peter preached Christ crucified for those who are lost,
For he’d walked with my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
Did he come to lay his sins at the foot of the cross,
He who’d walked with my Lord up Calvary’s hill?
What became of the man who had carried the cross
And walked with my Lord up Calvary’s hill?

a. franklin staples

March 29, 1999

Copyright © 1999 by A. Franklin Staples