The Old Rugged Cross


Verse I

On a hill far away
Stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
How 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

Verse II

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 bare it to 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

Verse III

Then He'll call me someday
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

I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it someday for a crown