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Text: | The Old Rugged Cross |
Author: | G. B. |
Tune: | [On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross] |
Composer: | George Bennard |
Media: | MIDI file |
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.
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 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. [Refrain]
3 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. [Refrain]
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. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross |
Title: | The Old Rugged Cross |
Author: | G. B. (1913) |
Refrain First Line: | So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross |
Meter: | 12.8.12.8 R |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Crucifixion |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Old_Rugged_Cross); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (511) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross] |
Composer: | George Bennard (1913) |
Meter: | 12.8.12.8 R |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Old_Rugged_Cross); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (511) |
Media | |
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