The Old Rugged Cross

Chorus 1

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

Verse 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

Verse 2

Oh the 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

Verse 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

Verse 4

To the old rugged cross

I will ever be true

It's shame and reproach gladly bear

Then He'll call me some day

To my home far away

Where His glory forever I'll share