1 There is something in that story
Of the Saviour’s love for men;
It appeals to me, my brother,
Let me hear it told again.
Yes, there’s something in that story,
For my tears begin to roll,
And I feel a wave of gladness
Sweeping o’er my guilty soul.
Refrain:
There is something in that story
Of the Saviour’s love for men;
It appeals to me, my brother,
Let me hear it told again.
As it tells the love of Jesus,
How he died on Calvary,
Let me hear that story, brother,
Let me hear it told again.
2 There is something in that story,
For it makes my load grow light;
And the world, which seemed so dreary,
Now looks beautiful and bright.
Yes, there’s something in that story,
For it lifts my mind above
Tho’ts of envy, strife and hatred,
To a plane of peace and love. [Refrain]
3 There is something in that story,
For my very soul is stirred;
There is kindness in each sentence,
There is love in ev’ry word.
Yes, there’s something in that story
Which has won this heart of mine;
Loving Jesus, I will trust thee;
Take my heart, for it is thine. [Refrain]
Source: New Songs of the Gospel No. 2: for use in religious meetings #32
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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