Oh Rugged Cross Lyrics

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.

Oh rugged cross lyrics. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. 3 in the old rugged cross stained with blood so divine a wondrous beauty i see.

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. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me.

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. And oh that rugged cross my salvation where your love poured out over me now my soul cries out hallelujah praise and honour unto thee verse 3 sent of heaven god s own son to purchase and redeem. 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.

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. The story behind the old 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. 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.

For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912. 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. Lyrics to old rugged cross by brad paisley.