Who Wrote The Old Rugged Cross Lyrics

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

Who wrote the old rugged cross lyrics. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. 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. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.

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. 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. 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. Mieras from chicago to sturgeon bay wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the friends church from december 29 1912.

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame. George bennard was a native of youngstown ohio but was reared in iowa after his conversion in a salvation army meeting he and his wife became brigade leaders before leaving the organization for the methodist church. Lyrics to the old rugged cross on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame and i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.