THE BALLAD OF THE CROSS
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The Ballad of the Cross
Copyright © 1997 Elton Smith and Larry Holder
http://songsofpraise.org/song.php?songid=34
CCLI Number: 2449647
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(INTRODUCTION)
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(VERSE 1)
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By the
prophets, God foretold
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of the
sending of His Son
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Who would
give His life
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to
set the captive
free.
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Stepping
down from His throne
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and the
glory He had known,
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Jesus
came to give His
life for you and
me.
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Though He
knew well the cost,
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He was pre-
pared to suffer loss
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and
give Himself as ransom for us
all.
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Into our
hopeless world He
came,
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Endured the
suffering and the
shame,
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Every
moment staying
faithful to the
call.
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(VERSE 2)
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Yet the
One who spoke of love
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was re-
jected and despised;
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He knew
all too well the
sinful heart of
men.
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Those with
eyes refused to see;
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Those with
ears refused to hear,
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as they
sought a way to
bring Him to an
end.
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By a
friend He was betrayed,
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By
soldiers, led away,
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Yet
for this very hour He had
come.
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They did not
take - He freely
gave;
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For
those He came to
save,
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the
road to the
cross He walked a-
lone.
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(CHORUS 1)
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He could have
called a million
angels to His side,
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Or
stepped down from the cross and walked a-
way.
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Yet His
love held Him
there,
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Through the
pain and de-
spair,
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To
free us from the
debt we could not
pay.
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(VERSE 3)
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In His
suffering and pain
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Took the
guilt and the shame
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As He
hung between the
heavens and the
ground.
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Every
nail, every thorn,
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Every
stare, every scorn
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pierced the
One who so
freely laid it
down.
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With His
face to the sky,
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"It is
finished!" was His cry
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The
words that broke the gates of
hell.
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When His
final words were
said,
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Breathed His
last, bowed His
head,
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Darkness o'er the
land so quickly
fell.
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(CHORUS 2)
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Yet death and
darkness could not
stand against His power:
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He
rose, victorious o'er the
grave.
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In His
light we now may
live,
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By the
grace He came to
give
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All who
call upon His
name are surely
saved!
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All who
call upon His
name are surely
saved!