522. I Love to Tell the Story

1 I love to tell the story
of unseen things above,
Of Jesus' radiant glory,
of Jesus' endless love.
I love to tell the story,
because I know it's true;
it satisfies my longings
as nothing else can do.

Refrain:
I love to tell the story;
and when I am in glory
I'll tell the old, old story
of Jesus' endless love.

2 I love to tell the story;
more wonderful it seems
than all the golden visions
of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story,
I tell it now to you
because I want to share it,
because I know it's true. [Refrain]

3 I love to tell the story;
it's 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 I sing in glory,
I know the new, new song
will 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: Katherine Hankey (1866, alt.)
Refrain First Line: I love to tell the story
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Topic: Hymns About the Bible; Jesus Christ: Love of; Salvation (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: HANKEY
Composer: William G. Fischer (1869)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. with refrain
Key: A♭ Major



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