This song is a constant reminder of the precious sacrifice of my Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, it touches my spirit and my soul each time I listen to it. I sang this song when I was a teenager and when I gave my life to God in the year this song was sang again in the service and ever since I can't stop singing this soul lifted song. I cherish that rugged cross and I pray I meet my saviour one day. My Brother even now lays dying in the hospital. Waiting for a bed in Hospice care. In my heart I sing it for him. May he soon take the hand of his guide for The Journey. May it be swift and sweet. I can't wait to receive the crown. This song is so inspiring.
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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. When he was a child the family moved to Albia, Iowa. He wrote words and tune for his best known hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" in Why is such symbol of shame found so attractive? Text: This hymn was begun in by George Bennard as he was holding evangelistic meetings in Michigan.
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George Bennard was a native of Youngstown, Ohio , but was reared in Iowa. After his conversion in a Salvation Army meeting, he and his wife became brigade leaders before leaving the organization for the Methodist Church. During the meetings Rev. George Bennard finished "The Old Rugged Cross" and on the last night of the meeting Bennard and Mieras performed it as a duet before a full house with Pearl Torstensen Berg, organist for the meeting, as accompanist. Gabriel , a well-known gospel-song composer helped Bennard with the harmonies. Bennard retired to Reed City, Michigan , and the town maintains a museum dedicated to his life and ministry. British television dramatist Dennis Potter used the gospel song prominently in several of his plays, most notably Pennies from Heaven ; and the song also played a major part in " Gridlock " , an episode of the long-running sci-fi drama series Doctor Who. In his art parody volume Art Afterpieces, Ward Kimball created a variation on the painting Expulsion from Paradise by the 15th-century artist Giovanni di Paolo , which shows God pointing at a large circle below him. Kimball centered the record label of The Old Rugged Cross, as published by Victor , on the circle in the picture, complete with the trademark of Nipper His Master's Voice.
