Glaring Glory

"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Galatians 6:16).

God forbid that I should glory,
Save in my Savior's cross.
Though the world hates the story
That says their gain in loss.

The cross condemns this world of sin
With glaring clarity
And shows the state that it is in
With its hostility.

The cross has nothing glorious
Save Jesus, Whom it bore,
Who lived, Who died, Who rose for us,
And lives forevermore.

So let the world be crucified,
As on the cross condemned,
That Christ may thus be glorified:
The Hope of sinful men.