The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9206

9206. Sweet And Old

1 Have you listened to the story,
Sweet and old?
Have you listened to the story,
Filling life with light and glory,
Men have told?
How there came a heav’nly stranger,
Cradled low in Bethl’hem’s manger,
Strong to shield from death and danger
God’s dear fold?

2 He was wronged above all others,
Mocked, denied;
He was wronged above all others,
Bruised and broken, O my brothers,
Crucified;
In a purple robe they bound Him,
With the cruel thorns they crowned Him;
Pitiless, they gathered round Him
Till He died.

3 When I heard the wondrous story,
So divine;
When I heard the wondrous story,
Coming down thro’ annals hoary,
Christ was mine;
O that love beyond comparing,
Burdened heart, thy sorrow sharing,
For thy sake the thorn-crown wearing!
Is He thine?

Text Information

• First Line: Have you listened to the story
• Title: Sweet And Old
• Author: William Haughton (1887)
• Language: English
• Source: Beautiful Songs by Solomon W. Straub (Chicago: S. W. Straub, 1887)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Have you listened to the story]
• Composer: Robert Lowry (1893)
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Sunny-Side Songs by W. Howard Doane (New York/ChicagoL Biglow & Main, 1893)
• Copyright: Public Domain