{"id":3234,"date":"2025-12-13T19:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/13\/hymn-21-the-old-rugged-cross-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T19:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:05:34","slug":"hymn-21-the-old-rugged-cross-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/all-believer-hymn-book\/hymn-21-the-old-rugged-cross-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 21 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Believer Hymn Book<\/p>\n<p>Hymn 21 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Lyrics<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,<br \/>\n\tthe emblem of suffering and shame;<br \/>\n\tand I love that old cross where the dearest and best<br \/>\n\tfor a world of lost sinners was slain.<\/p>\n<p>\tChorus<\/p>\n<p>\tSo I&#8217;ll cherish the old rugged cross,<br \/>\n\ttill my trophies at last I lay down;<br \/>\n\tI will cling to the old rugged cross,<br \/>\n\tand exchange it some day for a crown.<\/p>\n<p>\t2. O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,<br \/>\n\thas a wondrous attraction for me;<br \/>\n\tfor the dear Lamb of God left his glory above<br \/>\n\tto bear it to dark Calvary<\/p>\n<p>\t3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,<br \/>\n\ta wondrous beauty I see,<br \/>\n\tfor &#8217;twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,<br \/>\n\tto pardon and sanctify me.<\/p>\n<p>\t4. To that old rugged cross I will ever be true,<br \/>\n\tits shame and reproach gladly bear;<br \/>\n\tthen he&#8217;ll call me some day to my home far away,<br \/>\n\twhere his glory forever I&#8217;ll share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Believer Hymn Book Hymn 21 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Lyrics &nbsp; 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. Chorus So I&#8217;ll cherish the old rugged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-believer-hymn-book"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4014,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions\/4014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}