The Best Gospel Songs and their composers ‎#109

109. Standing By the Cross

1 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross we spend,
Life and health and peace possessing
From the sinner’s dying Friend.

Refrain:
Standing by the cross, standing by the cross,
Standing by the cross of Calvary;
Looking up to Christ, trusting in His love,
Hoping in His mercy full and free.

2 Here I’ll rest forever viewing,
Mercy pour’d in streams blood;
Precious drops, my soul bedewing,
Plead and claim my peace with God. [Refrain]

3 Truly blessed is the station,
Low before His cross to lie,
While I see divine compassion,
Beaming in His gracious eye. [Refrain]

4 Here I feel my sins forgiven,
While upon the Lamb I gaze;
And my thot’s are all of heaven,
And my lips o’erflow with praise. [Refrain]

5 Still in ceaseless contemplation,
Fix my heart and eyes on Thee,
Till I taste Thy full salvation,
And, unvailed, Thy glories see. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
• Title: Standing By the Cross
• Author: Allen
• Author (Refrain): A. J. S.
• Refrain First Line: Standing by the cross, standing by the cross
• Publication Date: 1904

Tune Information

• Name: [Sweet the moments, rich in blessing]
• Composer: A. J. Showalter