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Words and tune Old Rugged Cross, George Bernard, 1913.
(FIRST VERSE)
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.
(CHORUS)
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 someday for a crown.
(SECOND VERSE)
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 on dark Calvary.
(CHORUS)
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 someday for a crown.
(THIRD VERSE)
In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see; For t’was on that old cross Jesus suffered and died, To pardon and sanctify me.
(CHORUS)
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 someday for a crown.
(FOURTH VERSE)
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.
(CHORUS)
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 someday for a crown.
ll photo credits: J. Heston. Location: Mincy-Drury Conservation Area, Taney County, Missouri • State of the Ozarks © Archive. 12/16/08