Hallelujah for the Cross

Hymn lyrics by Horatius Bonar,
Music by James McGranahan

Verse 1

The cross, it standeth fast,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Defying every blast,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

The winds of hell have blown,

The world its hate hath shown,

Yet it is not overthrown;

Hallelujah for the cross!

Chorus

Hallelujah, hallelujah,

Hallelujah for the cross;

Hallelujah, hallelujah,

It shall never suffer loss!

Verse 2

It is the old cross still,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Its triumph let us tell,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

The grace of God here shone

Through Christ, the blessed Son,

Who did for sin atone,

Hallelujah for the cross!

Chorus

Verse 3

’Twas here the debt was paid,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Our sins on Jesus laid,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

So round the cross we sing

Of Christ, our offering,

Of Christ, our living King;

Hallelujah for the cross!

Chorus