Beneath the Cross of Jesus

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Elizabeth C. Clephane

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Beneath the cross of Jesus, I fain would take my stand,
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The shadow of a might-y Rock within a weary land;
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A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
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From the burning of the noontide heat and the burden of the day.

Verse 2
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Upon the cross of Jesus Mine eye at times can see
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The very dying form of One who suffered there for me;
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And from my stricken heart with tears, two wonders I confess:
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The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthi-     ness.

Verse 3
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I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place:
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I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
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Content to let the world go by, to know no gain nor loss;
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My sinful self my only shame, my glory, all the cross.