Lyrics From The Old Rugged Cross

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.

Lyrics from the old rugged cross.

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

So i ll cherish the old rugged cross. 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.