Blessed Good Friday

The Old Rugged Cross sung by the Statler Brothers

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

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

To the old Rugged Cross, I will ever be true
It's 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 some day for a Crown

So I'll cherish the old Rugged Cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old Rugged Crown
And exchange it some day for a Crown
And exchange it some day for a Crown.......

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 81

The Old Rugged Cross Written by George Bennard, sung by Loretta Lynn a native of Johnson Co. Kentucky


The Old Rugged Cross   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.

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.

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.

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.