{"id":9450,"date":"2025-10-19T10:05:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/?p=9450"},"modified":"2025-10-19T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:09:53","slug":"the-old-rugged-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/the-old-rugged-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Rugged Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-704x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-704x1024.jpeg 704w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-206x300.jpeg 206w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-768x1117.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-1056x1536.jpeg 1056w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-1408x2048.jpeg 1408w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401-1200x1746.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6401.jpeg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-735x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-735x1024.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-768x1071.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-1102x1536.jpeg 1102w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-1469x2048.jpeg 1469w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402-1200x1673.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6402.jpeg 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<br><strong>Refrain:<\/strong><br><strong>So I&#8217;ll cherish the old rugged cross,<\/strong> <strong>till my trophies at last I lay down;<\/strong> <strong>I will cling to the old rugged cross,<\/strong> <strong>and exchange it some day for a crown.<\/strong><br>2. 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. (<strong>Refrain<\/strong>)<br>3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, a wondrous beauty I see, for &#8217;twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died, to pardon and sanctify me. (<strong>Refrain<\/strong>)<br>4. To that old rugged cross I will ever be true, its shame and reproach gladly bear; then he&#8217;ll call me some day to my home far away, where his glory forever I&#8217;ll share. (<strong>Refrain<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/the-old-rugged-cross\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Old Rugged Cross&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choir-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}