TRANSCRIPT

The familiar traditional hymn by George Bennard is sung here by Don Mathies, a fourth generation farmer in Herbert community.

'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.

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.'

Bennard, George