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The Old Rugged Cross
THE CROSS
It was
just an old tree
All withered and dry
Not fit for construction
Just laid aside--WHY?
A small
band of soldiers
Hurriedly try
To find ere the dawn
Rises in the east sky.
A trunk
that was ready, not much planning or care
No time to purchase, no
time to buy
Hasten to summons someone to bear
The cross to the spot where Jesus would die.
The
nails were then hammered
No painful outcry
The blood now was flowing
The cross raised up high.
That which was
lifeless
That which was dry
Now soaked with the blood
Of redemption drawn nigh
As John and the mother of Jesus stood by.
Stained
with blood so divine
The old cross now would be
A place where all sinners
The Savior could see.
A thief'
pleads for mercy
As he hangs there nearby
From the lips of the
Savior
Comes a tender reply
"Today
thou shalt be ... in paradise"
As the day turns to
darkness
"It is finshed"
He cries
Gives up the ghost, bows
his head and then dies.
By faith
I too travel
To that scene on the hill
Where sins are forgiven
The blood's flowing still.
I rise
from the spot
Where I kneel and I spy
Another old cross
That I'll bear till I die.
But when
I cross over
To the sweet bye and bye
I'll exchange that old cross
For a crown in the sky.
copyright
2000...revised 2001
Luella Sebo
"But
God forbid that I should glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
by whom the world is
crucified unto me,
and I unto the world."
Galatians 6:14
