Old Rugged Cross

On a hill far away

Stood an old rugged cross

The emblem of suffering and shame, yeah

And I love that old cross

Where the dearest and best

For a world of lost sinners was slain, yeah

So I'll cherish the old, the old rugged cross

Till my trophies at last, at last I lay down

I will cling to the old, 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, yeah

For the dear Lamb of God

Lifts His glory above

Oh, to bear it on dark Calvary

So I'll cherish the old, the old rugged cross

Where my trophies at last, at last I lay down

I will cling to the old, the old rugged cross

And exchange it some day for a crown

On a hill far away

Stood an old rugged cross

The emblem of suffering and shame, oh

And I love that old cross

Where the dearest and best

For a world of lost sinners was slain