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Can it Be True?

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Tell it again, let me hear the strange story Refrain First Line: Yes, it is true that for thee Jesus suffered

[Tell it again! let me hear the strange story]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Incipit: 53515 12171 56711 Used With Text: Can it Be True?

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Author: Rev. Ernest G. Wesley Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #95 (1896) First Line: Tell it again! let me hear the strange story Refrain First Line: Yes, it is true that for thee Jesus suffered Lyrics: 1 Tell it again! let me hear the strange story; Can it be true that for me Jesus died? Did He step down from the throne of His glory? Thorn-crown’d, rejected, was crucified? Refrain: Yes, it is true that for thee Jesus suffered; Yes, it is true that for thee Jesus died. 2 Tell it again! let me hear it; I’m weary, Weary of sin, of its guilt, of its shame; Can it be true? for sin’s pathway is dreary, Shadow’d with sorrow, with darkness, with blame. [Refrain] 3 Tell it again! for my heart, in its sadness, Longs for the peace which you tell me He gives; Can it be true that for me there is gladness? Can it be true that my sins He forgives? [Refrain] 4 Tell it again! I will try to believe it; If it is true that for me Jesus cares, Blessed salvation! I now will receive it; Jesus my sinfulness lovingly bears. [Refrain] Topics: Cross of Christ Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3 Languages: English Tune Title: [Tell it again! let me hear the strange story]

Can it be true

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Hymnal: Bright Gems #d156 (1887) First Line: Tell it again, let me hear the strange story Refrain First Line: Yes, it is true

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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Tell it again! let me hear the strange story]" in Songs of the Kingdom Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

Ernest G. Wellesley-Wesley

Person Name: Rev. Ernest G. Wesley Author of "Can it Be True?" in Songs of the Kingdom Ernest G. W. Wesley was born and educated in England. At the age of seventeen he started writing for local newspapers. When he was twenty-two he worked as special correspondent for The New York Times in Buenos Aries. While he was in Buenos Aries he became licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to the United States in the early 1870's and continued writing and contributing to religious and secular papers. He wrote between five and six hundred hymns and nearly two thousand articles on religious and theological topics. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)