The Old Rugged Cross

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

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

Till my trophies at last I lay down

And I'll cling to that old rugged cross

And exchange it some day for a crown

To that old rugged cross, I will ever be true

Its shame and reproach gladly bear

Till He calls me some day to my home far away

Where His glory forever I'll share

I will 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

I will 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 (exchange it some day)

I'll exchange it some day (exchange it)

I'll exchange it some day for a crown