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TONIC SOLFA THE OLD RUGGED CROSS A25

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On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

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The emblem of suffering and shame;

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And I love that old cross where the dearest and best

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For a world of lost sinners was slain.

CHORUS
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So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,

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‘Til my trophies at last I lay down;

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I will cling to the old rugged cross,

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And exchange it some day for a crown.

TONIC SOLFA THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
Verse 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.

CHORUS

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,

‘Til my trophies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rugged cross,

And exchange it some day for a crown.

Verse 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.

Verse 3

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.

Verse 4

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.