A standard Christian hymn, 1913. words and music by Rev. George Bennard
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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
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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 despied by the world
Has a wond’rous attraction for me
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary
3. In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine
A wond’rous beauty I see
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
To pardon and sanctify me
4. 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