The Old Rugged Cross Hymn Lyrics

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown.

The old rugged cross hymn lyrics.

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. 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. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.

Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912. 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. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame.

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. 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.