{"id":6495,"date":"2019-05-09T14:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T19:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?p=6495"},"modified":"2019-05-09T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T19:19:20","slug":"old-rugged-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/2019\/05\/09\/old-rugged-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Rugged Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Old Rugged Cross<\/h1>\n

Sung by Dale Grubaugh. WORDS AND TUNE OLD RUGGED CROSS, GEORGE BERNARD, 1913.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/ILUdPS0FCgY”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FIRST VERSE:<\/h2>\n

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suff\u2019ring and shame;<\/p>\n

And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain.<\/p>\n

SECOND VERSE:<\/h2>\n

Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction for me;<\/p>\n

For the dear Lamb of God left his glory above, To bear it on dark Calvary.<\/p>\n

THIRD VERSE:<\/h2>\n

In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see;<\/p>\n

For t\u2019was on that old cross Jesus suffered and died, To pardon and sanctify me.<\/p>\n

FOURTH VERSE:<\/h2>\n

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true, Its shame and reproach gladly bear;<\/p>\n

Then he\u2019ll call me some day to my home far away, Where his glory forever I\u2019ll share.<\/p>\n

CHORUS:<\/h2>\n

So I\u2019ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;<\/p>\n

I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday for a crown.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”About the music…” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text]SMYRNA BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR OZARK, MISSOURI) <\/span>A few weeks ago, State of the Ozarks recorded Elias Tucker (Pastor Dale Grubaugh) singing as his wife Dannette played the piano.<\/p>\n

Few sounds evoke memories of tradition, church, fellowship and the holiday season more than a strong voice and unadorned but beautiful piano playing.<\/p>\n

As the music sounded out in the century-old church of rural Parch Corn Holler, a little bit of Ozark history was preserved.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Old Rugged Cross Sung by Dale Grubaugh. WORDS AND TUNE OLD RUGGED CROSS, GEORGE BERNARD, 1913.[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/ILUdPS0FCgY”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] FIRST VERSE: On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suff\u2019ring and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[954],"tags":[537,1112,1111],"class_list":["post-6495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ozarkschurch","tag-dale-grubaugh","tag-george-bernard","tag-old-rugged-cross","category-954","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6498,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495\/revisions\/6498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}