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[You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirred]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 34545 17656 53556 Used With Text: Why Don't You Tell It to All?

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirr'd Refrain First Line: O why don’t you tell the sweet story of Christ Lyrics: 1 You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirr’d, O tell me that story once more; ’This the dearest and sweetest that I ever have heard, Why have you not told it before? Refrain: O why don’t you tell the sweet story of Christ? So many would come at his call, If only they knew the old story from you, The why don’t you tell it to all? 2 There are many would start for the mansions above, Repenting of folly and sin, If you would but tell of God’s wonderful love, And help them the journey begin. [Refrain] 3 Why do you not tell the sweet story of Christ Wherever a sinner is found? Oh, tell of the love and the life sacrificed, That maketh salvation abound. [Refrain] 4 Will you hasten to tell of the Lamb that was slain To take our transgression away? You never can tell that sweet story in vain, Then tell it to someone today. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirred]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Why Don't You Tell It to All?

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #126 (1897) First Line: You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirr'd Refrain First Line: O why don’t you tell the sweet story of Christ Lyrics: 1 You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirr’d, O tell me that story once more; ’This the dearest and sweetest that I ever have heard, Why have you not told it before? Refrain: O why don’t you tell the sweet story of Christ? So many would come at his call, If only they knew the old story from you, The why don’t you tell it to all? 2 There are many would start for the mansions above, Repenting of folly and sin, If you would but tell of God’s wonderful love, And help them the journey begin. [Refrain] 3 Why do you not tell the sweet story of Christ Wherever a sinner is found? Oh, tell of the love and the life sacrificed, That maketh salvation abound. [Refrain] 4 Will you hasten to tell of the Lamb that was slain To take our transgression away? You never can tell that sweet story in vain, Then tell it to someone today. [Refrain] Tune Title: [You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirred]

Why Don't You Tell It to All?

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Celestial Songs #282 (1921) First Line: You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirr'd Refrain First Line: O why don't you tell the sweet story of Christ? Languages: English Tune Title: [You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirr'd]

People

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Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "Why Don't You Tell It to All?" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersy, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Composer of "[You have told me of Christ and my heart has been stirred]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry