Rugged Cross Hymn Lyrics

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.

Rugged cross hymn lyrics.

George bennard left the following account regarding the writing of this hymn. 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. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912. 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.

Sheet music available. 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. For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross.

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. As george contemplated on these truths he realized that the cross was the very heart of the gospel. When i began to write the old rugged cross i composed the melody first. The inspiration came to me one day in 1913 when i was staying in albion michigan.

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. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. O 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.

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.