[Holy Week]: #7; The Cross Was His Own

They borrowed a bed 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
  Were His own--
  The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the bread when the crowd He
    fed
  On the grassy mountain saide;
He borrowed the dish of broken fish
  With which He satisfied;
But the Crown that He wore and the Cross
    that He bore
  Were 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 crude;
But the Crown that He wore and the Cross
    that He bore
  Were 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
  Were His own--
  The Cross was His own.

--Author Unknown