It’s when i let these words soak into my soul that this song really resonates within me. yey. A loved elderly pastor in my past loved this song and appeared rugged himself; like life's rain had aged the wood of the cross.
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 & best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
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.
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.
(refrain)
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered & died,
To pardon & sanctify me.
(refrain)
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame & 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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