# Lord’s Day Hymn – “I saw the cross of Jesus”

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- Published: 2012-01-22T07:00:14-06:00
- Author: tollelege

**“I Saw the Cross of Jesus”**
 By Frederick Whitfield, 1829

I saw the cross of Jesus,
 When burdened with my sin; I sought the cross of Jesus,
To give me peace within; I brought my soul to Jesus, He cleansed it in His blood;
And in the cross of Jesus I found my peace with God.

I love the cross of Jesus,
 It tells me what I am– A vile and guilty creature, Saved
only through the Lamb; No righteousness nor merit, No beauty can I plead; Yet in
the cross I glory, My title there I read.

I trust the cross of Jesus,
 In every trying hour, My sure and certain refuge, My
never-failing power In ev’ry fear and conflict, I more than conqueror am; Living,
I’m safe, or dying, Through Christ, the risen Lamb.

Safe in the cross of Jesus!
 There let my weary heart Still rest in peace unshaken,
Till with Him, never to part; And then in strains of glory I’ll sing His wondrous
power, Where sin can never enter, And death is known no more.

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