The Old Rugged Cross Lyrics

The Old Rugged Cross lyrics

On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross,

The emblem of suff'ring and
shame,

And I love that old Cross where the dearest and best,

For a
world of lost sinners was slain.



So I'll cherish the old rugged
Cross,

Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old
rugged Cross,

And exchange it some day for a crown.



Oh, that
old rugged Cross so despised by the world,

Has a wondrous attraction for
me,

For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above,

To bear it to
dark Calvary.



So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross,

Till my
trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged Cross,

And exchange it some day for a crown.



In the old rugged Cross,
stain'd with blood so divine,

A wondrous beauty I see,

For the dear
Lamb of God, left his Glory above,

To pardon and sanctify me.



So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross,

Till my trophies at last I lay
down,

I will cling to the old rugged Cross,

And exchange it some
day for a crown.



To the old rugged Cross, I will ever be true,

Its shame and reproach gladly bear,

Then He'll call me some day to my
home far away,

Where his glory forever I'll share.



So I'll
cherish the old rugged Cross,

Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged Cross,

And exchange it some day for a
crown.