Old Rugged Cross Original Lyrics

So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.

Old rugged cross original lyrics.

For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. 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.

So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame. 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.

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. In the old rugged cross stain d with blood so divine a wondrous beauty i see for the dear lamb of god left his glory above to pardon and sanctify me 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 to the old rugged cross i will ever be true. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. 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 someday for a crown.

So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame and i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. Used at wowchurch the singer is john berry on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners.

The story behind the old rugged cross. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me for the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary 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 in the old rugged cross stain d with. Bennard retired to reed city michigan and the town maintains a museum dedicated to his life and ministry. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912.

The old rugged cross uses a sentimental popular song form with a verse chorus pattern in 6 8 time and it speaks of the writer s adoration of christ and his sacrifice at calvary. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.