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Lyrics:George Bennard
Music:George Bennard
Meter:12.8.12.8. with chorus

This hymn has a unique tune

 

 1  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.

 

 2  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.

 

 3  In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,

       A wondrous beauty I see;

    For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,

       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.