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They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
Author: Daniel Webster Whittle Appears in 21 hymnals Refrain First Line: It can never grow old, it can never grow old Lyrics: 1. They tell me the story of Jesus is old,
And they ask that we preach something new;
They say that the Babe, and the Man of the cross,
For the wise of this world will not do.
Refrain
It can never grow old, it can never grow old,
Though a million times over the story is told;
While sin lives unvanquished, and death rules the world,
The story of Jesus can never grow old.
2. Yet the story is old, as the sunlight is old,
Though it’s new every morn all the same;
As it floods all the world with its gladness and light,
Kindling faraway stars by its flame. [Refrain]
3. For what can we tell to the weary of heart,
If we preach not salvation from sin?
And how can we comfort the souls that depart,
If we tell not how Christ rose again? [Refrain]
4. So with sorrow we turn from the wise of this world,
To the wanderers far from the fold;
With hearts for the message they’ll join in our song,
That the story can never grow old. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [They tell me the story of Jesus is old]
They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
[They tell me the story of Jesus is old]
Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: May Whittle Moody Incipit: 33321 67151 23123 Used With Text: The Story of Jesus
[They tell me the story of Jesus is old]
They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
Author: Daniel Webster Whittle Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6628 Refrain First Line: It can never grow old, it can never grow old Lyrics: 1. They tell me the story of Jesus is old,
And they ask that we preach something new;
They say that the Babe, and the Man of the cross,
For the wise of this world will not do.
Refrain
It can never grow old, it can never grow old,
Though a million times over the story is told;
While sin lives unvanquished, and death rules the world,
The story of Jesus can never grow old.
2. Yet the story is old, as the sunlight is old,
Though it’s new every morn all the same;
As it floods all the world with its gladness and light,
Kindling faraway stars by its flame. [Refrain]
3. For what can we tell to the weary of heart,
If we preach not salvation from sin?
And how can we comfort the souls that depart,
If we tell not how Christ rose again? [Refrain]
4. So with sorrow we turn from the wise of this world,
To the wanderers far from the fold;
With hearts for the message they’ll join in our song,
That the story can never grow old. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [They tell me the story of Jesus is old]
They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
Author: Maj. D. W. Whittle Hymnal: 20th Century Gospel Songs #5 (1957) Refrain First Line: It can never grow old, it can never grow old Languages: English Tune Title: [They tell me the story of Jesus is old]
They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
The Story of Jesus Can Never Grow Old
Author: Major D. W. Whittle Hymnal: Victorious Life Hymns #31 (1919) First Line: They tell us the story of Jesus is old Refrain First Line: It can never grow old Lyrics: 1 They tell us the story of Jesus is old,
And they ask that we preach something new;
They say that the Babe and the Man of the cross,
For the wise of this world will not do.
Refrain:
It can never grow old,
It can never grow old,
Though a million times over the story is told;
While sin lives unvanquished and death rules the world,
The story of Jesus can never grow old.
2 But what can we tell to the weary of heart,
If we preach not salvation from sin;
And how can we comfort the souls that depart,
If we tell not how Christ rose again. [Refrain]
3 Yet the story is old as the sunlight is old,
Though its new every morn all the same;
As it floods all the world with its gladness and light,
Kindling far away stars by its flame. [Refrain]
4 So with sorrow we turn from the wise of the world,
To the wanderers far from the fold;
With hearts for the message they’ll join in our song,
That the story can never grow old. [Refrain] Topics: Christ; Evangelism Tune Title: [They tell us the story of Jesus is old]
The Story of Jesus Can Never Grow Old
D. W. Whittle
1840 - 1901 Person Name: Daniel Webster Whittle Author of "They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old" in The Cyber Hymnal [Also published under the pseudonym El Nathan.]
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Whittle, D. W.. Six of his hymns (Nos. 295, 308,363, 385, 386, 417) are given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, under the signature of "El Nathan."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
D. W. Whittle
May Whittle Moody
1870 - 1963 Composer of "[They tell me the story of Jesus is old]" in The Cyber Hymnal Mary (May) Jennette Whittle Moody 1870-1963. Born at Chicago, IL, daughter of hymnwriter, Daniel Webster Whittle (El Nathan), and, upon marrying, daughter-in-law to Dwight Lyman Moody, she attended Northfield School in MA (one of two schools founded there by D L Moody), after which she attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. She then attended the Royal Academy of Music in London, England (1890-91). She became a singer, organist, composer, and hymn editor. She assisted her father and Dwight L Moody in their evangelistic work. In 1894 she married William Revell Moody, and they had four children: Irene, Dwight, Beatrice, and Virginia. Only Beatrice lived to adulthood, the others died before age six. She and her husband returned to Northfield, MA, where her husband headed the schools founded by his father. She had an organ in her home, and she collaborated with her father by composing some of the tunes for his hymn lyrics. The last year of his life, her father, Daniel, lived with them (he died in 1901). She died at East Northfield, MA.
John Perry
May Whittle Moody
