The hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" has stood the test of time, being performed and recorded by numerous gospel and county music artists over the years since it was composed in 1913. But a museum ...

A farmer friend of mine told me that Pastor George Bennard, the composer of the hymn “The Old Rugged Cross,” once lived on that road. Last summer, I spent a week near Reed City, Mich., ...

I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown.” George Bennard lived his retirement years in Reed City, Michigan, and passed away there in 1958.