The Old Rugged Cross cover by Eric Alan Marx.

The Old Rugged Cross cover by Eric Alan Marx.



I am singing along with the song that a Piano player Natalie Raynes did at Natalie Raynes Music on Youtube.  I created it using Zoom.



The Old Rugged Cross

Words and Music: George Bennard



Verse 1:

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

The emblem of suffering 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.



Verse 2:

O 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:



Verse 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:



Verse 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:



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