Lyrics Of Rugged Cross

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.

Lyrics of rugged cross.

And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. The story behind the old rugged cross. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross.

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. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day 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.

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. 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 br the emblem of suff ring and shame br and i love that old cross where the dearest and best br for a world of lost sinners was slain br so i ll cherish the old rugged cross br till my trophies at last i lay down br i will cling to the old rugged. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me.

So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912. 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 someday for a crown.

So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. 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.