Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#457

457. I Love to Tell the Story

1 I love to tell the story
of unseen things above,
of Jesus and his glory,
of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story,
because I know ’tis true;
it satisfies my longings
as nothing else can do.

Refrain
I love to tell the 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. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I love to tell the story Of unseen things above
• Title: I Love to Tell the Story
• Author: Katherine Hankey (1834-1911) (1866)
• Refrain First Line: I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory,
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.Ref.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Christan Life: Our Love for God

Tune Information

• Name: [I love to tell the story Of unseen things above]
• Composer: William G. Fischer (1835-1912) (1869)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.Ref.
• Incipit: 51551 32111 62165
• Key: G Major or modal