Title: Beneath the Cross of Jesus
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Beneath the cross of Jesus
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I fain would take my stand,
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The shadow of a mighty rock
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within a weary land;
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A home within the wilderness,
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a rest upon the way,
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From the burning of the noontide heat,
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and the burden of the day.
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O safe and happy shelter,
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O refuge tried and sweet,
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O trysting place where Heavens love
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and Heavens justice meet!
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As to the holy patriarch
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that wondrous dream was given,
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So seems my Saviours cross to me,
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a ladder up to heaven.
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Upon that cross of Jesus
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mine eye at times can see
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The very dying form of One
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Who suffered there for me;
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And from my stricken heart with tears
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two wonders I confess;
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The wonders of redeeming love
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and my unworthiness.
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I take, O cross, thy shadow
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for my abiding place;
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I ask no other sunshine
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than the sunshine of His face;
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Content to let the world go by
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to know no gain or loss,
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My sinful self my only shame,
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my glory all the cross.
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