Used at wowchurch the singer is john berry on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame.
The old rugged cross hymnal.
It most definitely has its place in either the ash wednesday or the good friday liturgy as there are rubrics for a handmade cross to be brought into the sanctuary.
How i love that old cross where.
So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.
The emblem of suffering and shame.
Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me.
So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.
And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.
I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown.
I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown.
The old rugged cross george bennard 1913.
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.
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The old rugged cross is a popular hymn written in 1912 by evangelist and song leader george bennard and it speaks of the writer s adoration of christ and his sacrifice at calvary.
The old rugged cross words.
On a hill far a way stood an old rug ged cross the em blem 2.
The old rugged cross is a hymn that has always baffled me for not being in a lutheran hymnal.
1 on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suff ring and shame.
So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down.
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.
I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown.
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 w.
For the dear lamb of god left his glory above to bear it to dark calvary.
And i love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.
However most lutherans know it very well.
O that old rug ged cross so des pised by the world has a won.