The Old Rugged Cross Hymnary

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The old rugged cross hymnary. The old rugged cross first line. After his conversion in a salvation army meeting he and his wife became brigade leaders before. George bennard was a native of youngstown ohio but was reared in iowa. 12 8 12 8 with refrain key.

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. George bennard 1873 1958 meter. So i ll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last i lay down. 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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