#578.16 - The Old Rugged Cross

	Key	Value
Title	The Old Rugged Cross
Number	578.16
Key Signature	Bb
Starting Pitch	MI
Starting Pitch Direction	Down
Starting Beat	3
Time Signature	3/8
Hymnal	Hymns For Worship (Revised)

Lyrics

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.

Chorus

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.

Hymns for Worship

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