Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#231

231. I 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)

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

• 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

• Name: [I love to tell the story]
• Composer: William G. Fischer, 1835-1912
• Key: A♭ Major