Beneath The Cross Of Jesus Hymn Lyrics

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, [heat,

From the burning of the noontide

And the burden of the day.

2 O safe and happy shelter,

O refuge tried and sweet,

O trysting place, where Heaven’s love

And Heaven’s justice meet !

As to the holy patriarch

That wondrous dream was given,

So seems my Saviour’s cross to me

A ladder up to heaven.

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

Two wonders I confess— [tears,

The wonder of His glorious love,

And my own worthlessness.

5 T take, O cross, thy shadow

For my abiding place;

T 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.