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Old Rugged Cross

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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
 

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So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
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Till 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
 

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O that old rugged cross so despised by the world
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Has a wondrous attraction for me 
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For the dear lamb of God left His glory above
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To bear it on dark Calvary 
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