Text: | On a Hill Far Away (The Old Rugged Cross) |
Author: | George Bennard, 1873-1958 |
Tune: | THE OLD RUGGED CROSS |
Composer: | George Bennard, 1873-1958 |
1 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.
Refrain:
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.
2 O 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. [Refrain]
3 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. [Refrain]
4 To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,
It's shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross |
Title: | On a Hill Far Away (The Old Rugged Cross) |
Author: | George Bennard, 1873-1958 |
Refrain First Line: | So I'll cherish the old rugged cross |
Meter: | Irregular with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death; Cross |
Copyright: | © 1913 by George Bennard, renewed 1941 (extended) by The Rodeheaver Co. (a div. of Word, Inc.) |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THE OLD RUGGED CROSS |
Composer: | George Bennard, 1873-1958 |
Meter: | Irregular with Refrain |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | © 1913 by George Bennard, renewed 1941 (extended) by The Rodeheaver Co. (a div. of Word, Inc.) |