The cross, it standeth fast
The cross, it standeth fast. Horatius Bonar* (1818-1889).
From Songs of Faith and Hope, Third Series (1866). It was entitled ‘Cross and Throne’. It had six stanzas:
The cross, it standeth fast. Hallelujah! The winds of hell have blown, Yet ‘tis not overthrown, Hallelujah! It shall stand for ever.
It is the old cross still, Hallelujah! On which the living One Did for man’s sins atone. Hallelujah! It shall stand for ever.
Old cross, on thee I lean. Hallelujah! Old, and yet ever new, I glory still in you. Hallelujah! Thou shalt stand...
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