Old Rugged Cross Arranged By Bennard

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.

Old rugged cross arranged by bennard. The old rugged cross george bennard february 4 1873 october 10 1958 was an american hymn composer and preacher. Hope publishing company at sheet music plus. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me.

George bennard was a native of youngstown ohio but was reared in iowa after his conversion in a salvation army meeting he and his wife became brigade leaders before leaving the organization for the methodist church. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. Bennard a native of youngstown ohio who grew up in iowa preached in michigan and composed the old rugged cross in albion where it was first sung. Lyrics to 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.

Orchestra sheet music book by george bennard. The old rugged cross written by george bernard 1912 performed by bryan davis copyright 2011 bryan davis purchase bryan davis cd affirmations here. 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. He is best known for composing the famous hymn the old rugged cross.

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

Toward the end of the twentieth century song leaders when soliciting requests for favorite songs from the congregation would often receive at least one request for the old rugged cross written by george bennard in 1913 this gospel hymn has proven to be a sentimental favorite of christians and unsaved alike.