Lyrics
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,\nThe emblem of suffering and shame;\nAnd I love that old cross where the dearest and best\nFor a world of lost sinners was slain.\n\nSo I'll cherish the old rugged cross,\nTill my trophies at last I lay down;\nI will cling to the old rugged cross,\nAnd exchange it some day for a crown.\n\nO that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,\nHas a wondrous attraction for me;\nFor the dear Lamb of God left His glory above\nTo bear it to dark Calvary.\n\nTo the old rugged cross I will ever be true,\nIts shame and reproach gladly bear;\nThen He'll call me some day to my home far away,\nWhere His glory forever I'll share.