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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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 someday 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 on dark Calvary

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

Chorus:

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross…

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true

Its shame and reproach gladly bear

Then He’ll call me someday to His home far away

Where His glory forever I’ll share

Chorus:

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross…