Text: | I Love to Tell the Story |
Author: | A. Catherine Hankey, 1834-1911 |
Tune: | [I love to tell the story] |
Composer: | William G. Fischer, 1835-1912 |
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 | |
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First Line: | I love to tell the story |
Title: | I Love to Tell the Story |
Author: | A. Catherine Hankey, 1834-1911 |
Refrain First Line: | I love to tell the story |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Topic: | New Birth; The Christian Way of Life: Praise and Testimony |
Copyright: | Words used by permission of Sybil Tremellen |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [I love to tell the story] |
Composer: | William G. Fischer, 1835-1912 |
Key: | A♭ Major |