Metal Print – I’ll cherish the old rugged cross

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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; I will cling to the old rugged Cross, And exchange it some day for a crown. In the 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. 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; 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. 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.