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The Old Rugged Cross - 159

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.