# 159 The Old Rugged Cross
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.
Refrain : 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.
2. Oh, 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.
3. To the old rugged cross I will ever be true, Its shame and reproach gladly bear; Then He’ll call me some day To my home far away, Where His glory for ever I’ll share.