The Old Rugged Cross

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VS1

On a

hill

far

a -

way

Stood

an

old

rugged

cross,

The

emblem

of

suf

-

fering

and

shame...

And I

love

that

old cross

Where

the

dear

-

est

and

best

For a

world

of lost

sin

-

ners

was

slain...

CH1

So I'll

cherish

the

old

rug

-

ged

cross...

Till

my

trophies

at last

I

lay

down...

I will

cling

to the

old

rugged

cross,

And ex -

change

it some -

day

for

a

crown...

VS2

O that

old

rugged

cross

So

de -

spised

by

the

world,

Has a

wondrous

at -

trac

-

tion

for

me...

For the

dear

Lamb

of

God

Left

his

glory

above

To

bear

it to

dark

Cal

-

va

-

ry...

CH2

So I'll

cherish

the

old

rug

-

ged

cross...

Till

my

trophies

at last

I

lay

down...

I will

cling

to the

old

rugged

cross,

And ex -

change

it some -

day

for

a

crown...

VS3

To that

old

rugged

cross

I

will

ev

-

er

be

true,

Its

shame

and re -

proach

glad

-

ly

bear...

Then he'll

call

me

some

day

To

my

home

far

away,

Where his

glory

for -

ev

-

er

I'll

share...

CH3

So I'll

cherish

the

old

rug

-

ged

cross...

Till

my

trophies

at last

I

lay

down...

I will

cling

to the

old

rugged

cross,

And ex -

change

it some -

day

for

a

crown...