Text: | I love to tell the story |
Author: | Miss Katherine Hankey |
Tune: | HANKEY |
Composer: | William G. Fischer, 1835-1912 |
1 Tell me the old, old story
Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory,
Of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story,
Because I know it's true;
It satisfies my longings
As nothing else would do.
Refrain:
Tell me the old, old story,
'Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story,
Of Jesus and His love.
2 I love to tell the story;
More wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies
Of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story:
It did so much for me.
And that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee. [Refrain]
3 I love to tell the story,
'Tis pleasant to repeat
What seems, each time I tell it,
More wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story,
For some have never heard
The message of salvation
From God's own holy Word. [Refrain]
4 I love to tell the story,
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory,
I sing the new, new song,
'Twill be the old, old story,
That I have loved so long.
Amen. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I love to tell the story |
Author: | Miss Katherine Hankey |
Refrain First Line: | I love to tell the story |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evangelism; Jesus (See also Christ): Story of |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HANKEY |
Composer: | William G. Fischer, 1835-1912 |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 with Refrain |
Key: | A♭ Major |