Keep Telling the Wonderful Story

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Keep telling the wonderful story, How Jesus on Calvary died

Author: Ada Blenkhorn
Tune: [Keep telling the wonderful story]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Keep telling the wonderful story,
How Jesus on Calvary died.
They wounded, for our great transgressions,
His hands and His feet and His side.

Refrain:
Keep telling the wonderful story
Of Jesus the mighty to save;
The message so full of His glory,
The life and the love that He gave.

2 Keep telling the wonderful story
The sinful are longing to hear.
The message the Master shall give you
Like music will fall on the ear. [Refrain]

3 Keep telling the wonderful story,—
The blind at His touch have their sight,
And hearts, so rebellious and sinful,
Are washed in His blood clean and white. [Refrain]

4 Keep telling the wonderful story
Of purity, pardon and peace,
Until thou shalt hear in thy spirit,
His summons, that biddeth thee cease. [Refrain]

Source: Uplifted Voices: a 20th century hymn book for sunday-schools and devotional meetings #69

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Author: Ada Blenkhorn

Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line:	Keep telling the wonderful story, How Jesus on Calvary died
Title:	Keep Telling the Wonderful Story
Author:	Ada Blenkhorn
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain