“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 someday for a crown.”

“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 someday 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.” Thank you, Lord!