THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS
ELMER BAKER
I stood and looked…at a wooden cross…
And thought of why it was created…
Unbearable pain…until death came…
For the one who hung upon it…
Lord, we need… that wooden cross…
To help us all… remember…
We took the precious…son of man…
And drove the nails right thru his hands…
In the shadow of the Cross…
I couldn’t bear to look…
I knew that it was for me…
Each stripe my Savior took…
In the shadow of the Cross…
I hid my face in shame…
And turned my back on the one…
Who bore my pain…
We cast our lots… for the robes he wore…
And said where he was going…
He wouldn’t need them anymore…
Then made a crown… of thorny vines…
And pressed it unto his head…
He was struck… and he was spit on…
As we shoved him down the street…
And with a wicked smile…
We drove the nails right thru his feet…
In the shadow of the Cross…
I couldn’t bear to look…
I knew that it was for me…
Each stripe my Savior took…
In the shadow of the Cross…
I hid my face in shame…
And turned my back on the one…
Who bore my pain…
Lord, we need that wooden cross…
To help us understand…
The horror of its shadow…
And the wickedness of man…
In the shadow of the Cross…
I couldn’t bear to look…
I knew that it was for me…
Each stripe my Savior took…
In the shadow of the Cross…
I hid my face in shame…
And turned my back on the one…
Who bore my pain…
I turned my back on the one…
Who bore my pain
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