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I Will Cling to the Cross

I will cling to the cross where I first found rest

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [I will cling to the cross where I first found rest]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I will cling to the cross where I first found rest,
And proclaim to the world its story;
I will cling to the cross, for my hope is there,
And its banner shall be my glory.

Refrain:
I will cling to the cross till my work is done,
I will cling to the cross till the crown is won;
Cling to the cross, cling to the cross,
I will cling to the cross till my work is done,
Then rest in the fields of glory.

2 I will cling to the cross, my Redeemer’s cross,
When the storm and the winds are sweeping;
For I know that he looks from the heav’nly hills
And a watch o’er my soul is keeping. [Refrain]

3 I will turn to its light in the hour of death,
With a faith which will falter never,
Then at home with the blest, in my Father’s house,
Of the cross I will sing forever. [Refrain]

Source: Sunday-School Praises: prepared especially for use in the Sunday-School #160

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I will cling to the cross where I first found rest
Title: I Will Cling to the Cross
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I will cling to the cross till my work is done
Copyright: Public Domain

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Sacred Trio #356

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Showers of Blessing #38

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Sunday-School Praises #160

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The Sacred Trio #356

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Words of Life #24

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