The Old Rugged Cross: Hymn With Lyrics

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The Old Rugged Cross

George Bennard, 1913

copyright status is Public Domain
Subject: Crucifixion

Scripture: Luke 9:23-24; Hebrews 13:12-13; Galatians 6:14

The Old Rugged Cross [.xml]
George Bennard, 1913
copyright status is Public Domain
Key: B♭
Meter: 12.8.12.8 R

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.

Refrain:
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;
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.

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.