Sweet Story of Jesus

O beautiful story of Jesus our Lord

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [O beautiful story of Jesus our Lord]
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1. Oh, beautiful story of Jesus our Lord,
That brightens and hallows each page of His Word,
It tells us how humble and lowly His birth,
How many His trials and sorrows on earth.

Refrain
Sweet story of Jesus, the tender and meek,
Who came in His mercy lost sinners to seek,
Sweet story of Jesus! though oft it is told,
We love it, we love it—it never grows old.

2. How full of compassion was Jesus our Lord,
The sick and afflicted to health He restored,
The poor He remembered, the hungry He fed,
And gave to the weeping their friends from the dead. [Refrain]

3. But when in that story we read how He prayed
Alone in the garden, beneath its dark shade,
How, scorned and insulted, He died for our sake,
Our hearts at his anguish are ready to break. [Refrain]

4. But now He has triumphed o’er death and the grave,
He lives our Redeemer, and mighty to save;
To Him who exalted forever shall live,
All honor, dominion, and glory we give. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #6424

Author: Fanny Crosby

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Text Information

First Line: O beautiful story of Jesus our Lord
Title: Sweet Story of Jesus
Author: Fanny Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Sweet story of Jesus, the tender and meek
Copyright: Public Domain

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