Beneath the cross of Jesus

1. Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock Within a weary hand; A home within the wilderness, A rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, And the burden of the day.

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 Saviour’s cross to me A ladder up to heaven.