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I Must Tell It

Author: W. C. Martin Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: I cannot longer silent be Refrain First Line: And so I tell it, I gladly tell it Lyrics: 1 I cannot longer silent be; This precious treasure I must share; The Lord Himself commandeth me To tell the gospel ev’rywhere. Refrain: And so I tell it, I gladly tell it, Tell of Jesus’ love for you; And o’er and o’er again I tell it, Story ever sweet and true. 2 There never was a story told On earth, since passing time began, So precious as this story old Of Jesus’ tender love of man. [Refrain] 3 It warms this old world’s weary heart; It makes the dark day bright again; Its old-time charm can ne’er depart, The sweetest story known to men. [Refrain] 4 O yes! I must again declare The Savior’s mighty love for you, How it pursues you ev’rywhere And keeps you ev’ry hour in view. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I cannot longer silent be]

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[I cannot longer silent be]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. Edie Marks Incipit: 51353 21757 25422 Used With Text: I Must Tell It

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I Must Tell It

Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: The King of Kings #11 (1915) First Line: I cannot longer silent be Refrain First Line: And so I tell it, I gladly tell it Lyrics: 1 I cannot longer silent be; This precious treasure I must share; The Lord Himself commandeth me To tell the gospel ev’rywhere. Refrain: And so I tell it, I gladly tell it, Tell of Jesus’ love for you; And o’er and o’er again I tell it, Story ever sweet and true. 2 There never was a story told On earth, since passing time began, So precious as this story old Of Jesus’ tender love of man. [Refrain] 3 It warms this old world’s weary heart; It makes the dark day bright again; Its old-time charm can ne’er depart, The sweetest story known to men. [Refrain] 4 O yes! I must again declare The Savior’s mighty love for you, How it pursues you ev’rywhere And keeps you ev’ry hour in view. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I cannot longer silent be]
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I must tell it

Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: Bethany Hymns #10 (1908) First Line: I cannot longer silent be Refrain First Line: And so I tell it, I gladly tell it Languages: English Tune Title: [I cannot longer silent be]
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I Must Tell It

Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: Sing Unto the Lord #56 (1906) First Line: I cannot longer silent be Refrain First Line: And so I tell it Languages: English Tune Title: [I cannot longer silent be]

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William C. Martin

1864 - 1914 Person Name: W. C. Martin Author of "I Must Tell It" in The King of Kings Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL. John Perry

William Edie Marks

1872 - 1954 Person Name: Wm. Edie Marks Composer of "[I cannot longer silent be]" in The King of Kings Born: July 1872, Delaware (probably Wilmington) Died: November 20, 1954, Wilmington, Delaware. Buried: Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware. Marks was ap­par­ent­ly liv­ing in Wilm­ing­ton, Del­a­ware, in 1913. His works in­clude: Cream of Song, with Le­an­der Pick­ett & O. B. Cul­pep­per & (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pick­ett Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1906) Tears and Tri­umphs No. 4, with Le­an­der Pick­ett & Ben­ja­min Butts (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pen­te­cost­al Pub­lish­ing Company, 1910) Noted Hymns, 1927 (ed­it­or) Lyrics-- Christmas Joy Tasting the Joys Trying to Be More like Je­sus We Shall Hear Him Say, "Well Done" Music-- Best Thing I Ev­er Did, The End Is Not Yet, The I Am Go­ing to Con­tin­ue In the Morn­ing We Shall See It Is Mine Jesus Sa­tis­fies Jesus Took the Bur­den Off Keep Tell­ing It Last Mile of the Way, The Let Je­sus Re­move It To­day Lift Thy Face to the Light! Rapture In­deed! Tell It Wher­ev­er You Go When We Use Our Tal­ents You Ought to Know Him http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/k/marks_we.htm