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During
a period of spiritual struggling, George Bennard (1873-1958) started to study and
contemplate the cross
of Christ. Bennard had been very active
in the Salvation Army and later was
ordained as a evangelist for the
Methodist Episcopal Church. As he
studied on the verse Philippians 3:10,
"That I may know him, and the power of
his resurrection, and the fellowship of
his sufferings, being made conformable
unto his death," Bennard got the theme
for a hymn that has become a favorite
for many, "The
Old Rugged Cross."
In 1913, Rev. George
Bennard, an evangelist in the
Methodist/Episcopal church was “praying
for a full understanding of the cross
and its plan in Christianity.” Over a
period of time he studied more and more
about the cross. He prayed and meditated
on the cross of Christ, until one day he
was able to say, “I saw the Christ of
the Cross as if I were seeing John 3:16
leave the printed page, take form and
act out the meaning of redemption.”
Through this experience and others in
his life he penned the words and wrote
the tune to our hymn,
“The
Old Rugged Cross.”
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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.
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.
In the old rugged
cross, stained with blood so divine, a
wondrous beauty I see;
For 'twas on that old dross Jesus
suffered and died to pardon ad sanctify
me.
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.
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 someday for a crown.
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