Song 116 · BBC Songs 88
1. On a hill fare away stood an old
On a hill fare 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 as slain 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, the 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. 43
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
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true Its shame and reproach gladly bear, Then he'll call me someday to my home far away, When his glory for ever I'll share