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55. The Old Rugged Cross
“Carrying His own cross, He went out to the place of the Skull.” John 19:17 NIV
Text & Music: George Bernard; Key of B flat major
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
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
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
