Text: | Tell Me the Stories of Jesus |
Author: | William H. Parker (1845-1929) |
Tune: | STORIES OF JESUS |
Composer: | Frederic A. Challinor (b. 1866) |
1 Tell me the stories of Jesus
I love to hear;
Things I would ask Him to tell me
If He were here;
Scenes by the wayside,
Tales of the sea,
Stories of Jesus,
Tell them to me.
2 First let me hear how the children
Stood round His knee;
And I shall fancy His blessing
Resting on me:
Words full of kindness,
Deeds full of grace,
All in the love-light
Of Jesus’ face.
3 Into the city I’d follow
The children’s band,
Waving a branch of the palmtree
High in my hand;
One of His heralds,
Yes, I would sing
Loudest hosannas!
Jesus is King!
4 Tell me, in accents of wonder,
How rolled the sea,
Tossing the boat in a tempest
On Galilee!
And how the Master,
Ready and kind,
Chided the billows,
And hushed the wind.
5 Tell how the sparrow that twitters
On yonder tree,
And the sweet meadow-side lily
May speak to me—
Give me their message,
For I would hear
How Jesus taught us
Our Father's care.
6 Show me that scene in the garden,
Of bitter pain;
And of the cross where my Saviour
For me was slain—
Sad ones or bright ones,
So that they be
Stories of Jesus,
Tell them to me.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Tell me the stories of Jesus |
Title: | Tell Me the Stories of Jesus |
Author: | William H. Parker (1845-1929) (1904) |
Meter: | 8.4.8.4.5.4.5.4. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Book Three: Children's Hymns and Songs |
Copyright: | Used by permission of the National Christian Education Council. |
Notes: | And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them. Mk. 10:13. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | STORIES OF JESUS |
Composer: | Frederic A. Challinor (b. 1866) |
Meter: | 8.4.8.4.5.4.5.4. |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Used by permission of the National Christian Education Council. |
Notes: | M.M. 126 |