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FOR BILL

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Did they cost a lot?

They did not!

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

What was their worth?

More than the earth.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Was that all?

Naught so small!

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

And the life of One

Who is God’s Son.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

What did it buy?

You and I!

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

And a loving heart,

Pledged from the start.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Simple it sounds,

There grace abounds.

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Whatever the creed,

This Cross we need.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

That we might win,

The fight with sin.

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

It’s already been done,

The fight has been won.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

God’s gift of love,

Sent from above

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

That we might be

Forever free.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

So much pain,

So much gain.

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Take hope from this sign,

Of our Saviour divine.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Just a cross on a hill,

Do we worship it still,

Two pieces of wood and three nails?

Not the cross, but the Man,

In whom new life began.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Took His breath,

Brought Him death,

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

That He might arise,

And ascend the skies.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

Were to no avail,

Death did not prevail,

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

His life He gave,

Our souls to save.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

He arose,

As God chose

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

And us the same,

With His Spirit’s flame.

 

Two pieces of wood and three nails.

We can not explain,

Why we should gain,

But we give praise to Thee

Through eternity;

For two pieces of wood and three nails.

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