Intro e e e e verse e a on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross b a e the emblem of suffering and shame e a and i love that old cross where the dearest and best b e for a world of lost sinners was slain chorus e g b e so i ll cherish the old rugged cross a e till my trophies at last i lay down e a e g f m i will cling to the old rugged cross e b e and exchange it some day for a crown.
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In that old rugged cross stained with blood so divine a wondrous beauty i see for twas on that old cross jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me.
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So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown.
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Oh that rugged cross my salvation where your love poured out over me now my soul cries out hallelujah praise and honour unto thee sent of heaven god s own son to purchase and redeem and reconcile the very ones who nailed him to that tree oh that rugged cross my salvation where your love poured out over me now my soul cries out hallelujah.
As a methodist evangelist george bennard wrote the first verse of the old rugged cross in albion michigan in the fall of 1912 as a response to ridicule that he had received at a revival meeting bennard traveled with ed e.