for you dad!

So I was going through and editing my song on my playlist and ran across The Old Rugged Cross by none other than The Statler Brothers. I don't expect many of you to know who they are, but in my family every long car ride (or short for that matter), every trip, every opportunity to listen to some "good 'ol gospel" included The Statler Brothers. And, as is typical, I really didn't care for them (putting it mildly) as a kid, but I must admit I'm not so put off by them now - not that I have their cd's laying around. But, well this is for my dad! Thanks for making us listen to The Statler Brothers and all of the other bluegrass gospel albums on our many adventures to and fro the great west!

In case you are unfamiliar with this wonderful old hymn (one of my favorites - brings me to tears just about everytime I hear it) - here they are:

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.

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

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.

Refrain

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.

Refrain