Old Rugged Cross Church

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.

Old rugged cross church. The old rugged cross church dowagiac mi. View all restaurants near the old rugged cross church on tripadvisor. 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 and i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.

The birthplace of the old rugged cross. He sang the final version for the first time at a revival meeting in the pokagon methodist episcopal church. 1 74 mi old tavern inn 8 89 mi prime table restaurant 7 09 mi pizza transit 7 12 mi jim s smokin cafe 8 89 mi ho ping garden. 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.

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. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912. Words and music george bennard. And this is the why way of the old rugged cross church is here today to offer these things to the families of each precious life that has been lost to covid 19.

Although our hearts are heavy we must remember that sometimes god delivers his people through the fire and not from the fire. The church is undergoing restoration. In 1913 the rev george bennard completed his hymn the old rugged cross while staying in pokagon mi. The story behind the old rugged cross.