I Cling To The Old Rugged Cross

I ll still cling to the old rugged cross i believe that this life with its great mysteries surely someday will come to an end but faith will conquer the darkness and death and will lead at last to my friend i believe that the christ who was slain on the cross has the power to change lives today.

I cling to the old rugged cross.

Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. Used at wowchurch the singer is john berry on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame. 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. The story behind the old rugged cross.

Refrain 3 in that old rugged cross stained with blood so divine a wondrous beauty i see. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. Till my trophies at last i lay down.

In the old rugged cross stained with blood so divine such a wonderful beauty i see for twas on that old cross jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me. 2 o that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. 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 twas on that old cross jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me so i ll cherish the old rugged cross. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912. Philippians 2 8 it was with heart and mind fixed on the death of jesus on the cross that george benard was moved to write these words in 1913 on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame and i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain so i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies. And exchange it some day for a crown.

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