Words And Music By George Bennard, 1913.
Lyrics
On A Hill Far Away Stood An Old Rugged Cross
The Emblem Of Suffering And Shame
And I Love That Old Cross Where The Dearest And Best
For A World Of Lost Sinners Was Slain
Refrain:
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
O 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 A Dark Calvary
Refrain:
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
To That 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
Refrain: (2x)
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
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