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<h2>THE OLD RUGGED CROSS</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.&#8221; Galatians 6:14</h3></p>
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<td align="center" width="159"><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_e_bennard_g.jpg" alt="George Bennard (1873-1958)" width="106" height="167.333333333333"><br>
<span class="cou">Courtesy of Old Rugged Cross Historical Museum</span></td>
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<p><em>Words &amp; Music:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_e_bennard_g.html" target="_blank">George Bennard</a>, 1913 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_o_l_olrugged.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
<p>The Old Rugged Cross was written in Albion, Michigan. Or Pokagon, Michigan. Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. All three towns claim to be the birthplace of this hymn.</p>
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<p>On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,<br>
The emblem of suffering and shame;<br>
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best<br>
For a world of lost sinners was slain.</p>
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<p class="refrain">So I&#8217;ll cherish the old rugged cross,<br>
Till my trophies at last I lay down;<br>
I will cling to the old rugged cross,<br>
And exchange it some day for a crown.</p>
<p>O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,<br>
Has a wondrous attraction for me;<br>
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above<br>
To bear it to dark Calvary.</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
<p>In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,<br>
A wondrous beauty I see,<br>
For &#8217;twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,<br>
To pardon and sanctify me.</p>
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<p>To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;<br>
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;<br>
Then He&#8217;ll call me some day to my home far away,<br>
Where His glory forever I&#8217;ll share.</p>
<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
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