Old Rugged Cross Song Meaning

One of the world s best loved hymns was composed here in 1912.

Old rugged cross song meaning.

To the old rugged cross i will ever be true. 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. And as you walk may you be well reminded of that old rugged cross and all it means to you and to me we who have been saved by the work of christ on that cross ephesians 1 7. The old rugged cross.

Its shame and reproach gladly bear. Then he ll call me someday to my home far away where his glory forever i ll share. As a methodist evangelist 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. He returned from several preaching engagements to his home 1101 e.

Story behind the hymn. Have a good day brethren. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912 to january 12 1913. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame.

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. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame. Bennard traveled with ed e. The story behind the hymn the old rugged cross during the early years of his ministry rev.

He struggled to write some appropriate lyrics but all that came was the passage i ll cherish the old rugged cross the song seemed to take shape in bits and pieces. Birthplace of old rugged cross. 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. George bennard was praying for a full understanding of the cross and its plan in christianity.

And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.