Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: I love to tell the story
Topic: Invitation
Writer: Catharine Hankey
Composer: William Fischer
Meter: 7s and 6s double with chorus
Tune: I Love to Tell the Story
Hymn Number: 613
Page Number: 232, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI love to tell the sto-ry
Of un-seen things above,
Of Je-sus and his glo-ry,
Of Je-sus and his love.
I love to tell the sto-ry,
Be-cause I know 'tis true;
It sat-is-fies my long-ings,
As noth-ing else can do.
CHO.-I love to tell the sto-ry-
'Twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old sto-ry
Of Je-sus and his love.
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.-CHO.
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.-CHO.
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.-CHO.