Jesus Christ claims His Throne (Photo credit: Waiting For The Word)

On A Hill Far Away. Stood An Old Rugged
Cross. Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

 

 

1.      On
a hill far way

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

2.      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.

 

 

 

 

3.      In
the old rugged…