Old Rugged Cross Lyir

The story behind the old rugged cross.

Old rugged cross lyir. 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. Lyrics to old rugged cross by brad paisley. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross.

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. 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. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross.

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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. 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. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary. 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.

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. 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. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912.