Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Beneath the Cross of Jesus
By Elizabeth C. Clephane and
Frederick Charles Maker.
Public Domain.

   C         Cdim     C
Beneath the cross of Jesus
   G                  C
I fain would take my stand,
     Am             A   Dm
The shadow of a mighty rock
    F     F7    E
Within a weary land;
   C                     C7
A home within the wilderness,
  F      A       Dm
A rest upon the way,
          G               C       C7
From the burning of the noontide heat,
 F       C     G       C
And the burden of the day.

Upon the cross of Jesus
Mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One
Who suffered there for me:
And from my stricken heart with tears
Two wonders I confess--
The wonders of redeeming love
And my unworthiness.

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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