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Text Based On John Chapter 19 (KJV)
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH
THE KING OF THE JEWS.
(Public Domain)
Words: George Bennard: 1873-1958
Music: George Bennard: 1873-1958
1913 (Irregular) v4/A
ON A HILL FAR AWAY
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.
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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 some day for a crown.
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.
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3.
In that 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.
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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.
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