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Text: | The Old Rugged Cross |
Author: | George Bennard |
Tune: | OLD RUGGED CROSS |
Composer: | George Bennard |
1 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.
Chorus:
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.
2 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. [Chorus]
3 In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
Such a wonderful beauty I see;
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
To pardon and sanctify me. [Chorus]
4 To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear.
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross |
Title: | The Old Rugged Cross |
Author: | George Bennard |
Refrain First Line: | So I'll cherish the old rugged cross |
Meter: | Irregular meter |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2008 |
Topic: | Commitment, Dedication, Consecration, Devotion; Eternal Life, Heaven |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | OLD RUGGED CROSS |
Composer: | George Bennard |
Meter: | Irregular meter |
Key: | B♭ Major |
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