Lyrics From The Old Rugged Cross

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

Lyrics from the old rugged cross.

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. 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. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. The story behind 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. Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary.

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. Oh 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 some day for a crown.