The Old Rugged 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 and best
 For a world of lost sinners was slain
 So Ill 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
 So Ill 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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 So Ill 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