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"The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." 6:14

Courtesy of Old Rugged Cross Museum
Words & Music: George Bennard, (MIDI, score).

The Old Rugged Cross was written in Albion, Michigan. Or Pokagon, Michigan. Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. All three towns claim to be the of this hymn.

On a hill far stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and
And I love that old cross the dearest and best
For a world of lost was slain.

So I'll cherish the old cross,
my trophies at last I lay down;
I cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it day for a crown.

O old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God His glory above
To bear it to Calvary.

In that old rugged cross, with blood so divine,
A beauty I see,
For on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To and sanctify me.

To the old rugged cross I will be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly
Then He'll call me some day to my far away,
Where His glory forever share.