On a hill far away So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, O that old rugged cross, So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Then He'll call me some day So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, I will cling to the old rugged cross, "The Old Rugged Cross," one of the world's best loved hymns, was composed in Albion, Michigan in 1912 by the Reverend George Bennard (1873-1958). The son of an Ohio coal miner, Bennard was a lifelong servant of God, chiefly in the Methodist ministry. He wrote the words and music of over three hundred other hymns. None achieved the fame of "The Old Rugged Cross," the moving summation of his faith.
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The Old Rugged Cross
Words and Music by Rev George Bennard, 1912
Stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame
How I love that old cross
Where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown
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.
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 my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
And exchange it some day for a crown.
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On this day, June 7, 1913, according to his own account, George Bennard introduced the new hymn in a revival meeting he was conducting in Pokagon, Michigan. "The Old Rugged Cross," soon became one of the top ten most popular hymns of the twentieth century.
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