Beneath the Cross of Jesus

AO Hymn - APRIL 2025

Beneath the Cross of Jesus
LYRICS BY ELIZABETH CLEPHANE 1868;
TUNE: "ST. CHRISTOPHER" BY FREDERICK MAKER 18813

Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock
Within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat,
And the burden of the day.

There lies beneath its shadow
But on the further side
The darkness of an awful grave
That gapes both deep and wide;
And there between us stands the cross
Two arms outstretched to save
A watchman set to guard the way
From that eternal grave.

I take, O cross, thy shadow
For my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine
Than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by,
To know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame,
My glory all the cross.

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May you find rest beneath the cross.♡

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