Lyrics From The Old Rugged Cross

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.

Lyrics from the old rugged cross.

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. The story behind the old rugged cross. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. 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. 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. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary.

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. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. 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.