Chorus: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.
Verse 1: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.
Verse 2: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
Verse 3:In the Old rugged cross, stained blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see;
For 't was on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
To pardon and santify me.
Verse 4: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
Where His glory forever I'll share.