BENEATH THE CROSS OF JESUS
1. 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 moontide heat,
And the burden of
the day.
2. Oh, safe and
happy shelter!
Oh, refuge tried
and sweet!
Oh, trusting place
where heaven's love
And heaven's
justice meet.
As to the holy
patriarch
That wondrous dream
was giv'n,
So seems my
Saviour's cross to me,
A ladder up to
heav'n.
3. There lies
beneath its shadow,
But on the farther
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.
Like a watchman set
to guard the way
From that eternal
grave.
4. Upon that cross
of Jesus
Mine eye at times
can see
The very dying form
of One,
Who suffered there
for me;
And from my smitten
heart, with tears,
Two wonders I
confess.
The wonders of His
glorious love,
And my own
worthlessness.
5. 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 nor
loss,
My sinful self my
only shame,
My glory all the
cross.
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