Words To The Song The Old Rugged Cross

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Words to the song the old rugged cross. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary. Used at wowchurch the singer is john berry on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame. 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.

Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. Bennard retired to reed city michigan and the town maintains a museum dedicated to his life and ministry. The story behind the old rugged cross. 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. How i love that old cross where. The old rugged cross uses a sentimental popular song form with a verse chorus pattern in 6 8 time and it speaks of the writer s adoration of christ and his sacrifice at calvary. 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.

2 timothy 4 8 date. The old rugged cross is the first song my mother taught me to sing when i was very young i am 73 now she taught me to pay it on piano and i just heard sandi patty sing it i am writing a poem about it now. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. Old rugged cross author.

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. 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.