The old rugged cross (Listen to midi)

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1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

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the emblem of suffering and shame,

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and I love that old cross where the dearest and best,

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for a world of lost sinners was slain.

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So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,

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till my trophies at last I lay down.

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I will cling to the old rugged cross,

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and exchange it some day for a crown.

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2. O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,

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has a wondrous attraction for me,

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for the dear Lamb of God left His glory above,

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to bear it to dark Calvary. + CHORUS

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3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,

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a wondrous beauty I see,

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For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,

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to pardon and sanctify me. + CHORUS

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4. To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,

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its shame and reproach gladly bear.

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Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,

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where His glory forever I'll share. + CHORUS

(George Bennard)