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 
Chorus So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross (the old rugged cross) Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged cross (the old rugged cross) And exchange it some day for a crown 
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 
In that 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 some day to my home far away Where His glory forever I’ll share 
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