Hymns for Worship - 578

Title The Old Rugged Cross
Number 578
Hymnal Hymns For Worship (Revised)
Key Signature Bb
Starting Pitch MI
Starting Pitch Direction Down
Starting Beat 6
Time Signature 6/8

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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.

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

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 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, 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.

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