I Love to Tell the Story – lyrics
adminI Love to Tell the Story
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:
I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.
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:
I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.
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:
I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.
Words: Katherine Hankey, ca. 1868
Music: William G. Fischer, 1869
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