So I Cherish The Old Rugged Cross
2 oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me.
So i cherish the old rugged cross. In the old rugged cross stain d with blood so divine a wondrous beauty i see for the dear lamb of god left his glory above to pardon and sanctify me 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 to the old rugged cross i will ever be true. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. To pardon and sanctify me.
I will cling to the old rugged cross. In the old rugged cross stained with blood so divine such a wonderful 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. 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 someday for a crown.
And exchange it some day for a crown. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. In the old rugged cross stained with blood so divine. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary.
In the old rugged cross stain d with blood so divine a wondrous beauty i see for twas on that old cross jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me so i ll cherish the old rugged cross. 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 someday for a crown.
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. A wondrous beauty i see. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.
Till my trophies at last i lay down. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. 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 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 so i ll cherish the old rugged cross. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above.
I will cling to the old rugged cross.