Gaither Vocal Band The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference Lyrics

The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference Lyrics

'Twas a life filled with aimless desperation
Without hope walked the shell of
a man;
Then a hand with a nailprint stretched downward,
Just one touch
then a new life began.

Chorus:

And the old rugged cross made the
difference
In a life bound for heartache and defeat;
I will praise Him
forever and ever
For the cross made the difference for me.

Barren
walls echoed harshness and anger
Little faces ran in terror to hide;
Now
those walls ring with love, warmth and laughter, 
Since the giver of life
moved inside.

Repeat Chorus

There's a room filled with sad, ashen
faces
Without hope death has wrapped them in gloom;
But at the side of a
saint there's rejoicing,
For life can't be sealed in a tomb.

Repeat
Chorus