Beneath the Cross

Verse 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 noontide heat,
And the burden of the day.

Verse 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 Savior's
Cross to me,
A ladder up to heaven.

Verse 3:
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.
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!