THE OLD RUGGED CROSS | INDIVIDUAL SELECTION | BETHEL BORN AGAIN GOSPEL HOUR (CLASSIC)

The Old Rugged Cross, By: Melissa Spence
The individual selection is #08 from the Pentecostal Hymnal for Apostolics.
Prophet, Bishop Luther Martin Allison is the founder of the Bethel Born Again Church of Jesus Christ, Apostolic located at 3 - 5 Oakland Road, Kingston 11. He was a Great Prophet of his time, and carried the gifts of healing and the working of miracles. This excerpt is a classic, The Bethel Born Again Gospel Hour, It was the media outreach of the Bethel Born Again Church of Jesus Christ, Apostolic at the time. The words of the song is posted below, Enjoy!
CREDITS: Overseer Christopher St. John Walker of the Bethel Born Again Church of Jesus Christ, Apostolic Florida located at 2500 Silver Star Road, Orlando, Florida 32804. You may reach him at [e-mail]!
1.
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.
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 someday for a crown.
2.
Oh, 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.
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 someday for a crown.
3.
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
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 someday for a crown.
4.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.