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
Bennard (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.

Refrain
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.

Refrain

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.