The Rugged Cross

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

The rugged cross.

After his conversion in a salvation army meeting he and his wife became brigade leaders before. Used at wowchurch the singer is john berry on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best. 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.

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross br the emblem of suff ring and shame br and i love that old cross where the dearest and best br for a world of lost sinners was slain br so i ll cherish the old rugged cross br till my trophies at last i lay down br i will cling to the old rugged. George bennard was a native of youngstown ohio but was reared in iowa. The old rugged cross is a popular hymn written in 1912 by evangelist and song leader george bennard 1873 1958. For a world of lost sinners was slain.

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The old rugged cross. Chorus 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. 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.

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