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We love to tell the story Yet there is more to do

Author: F. E. Belden
Tune: [We love to tell the story]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 We love to tell the story;
Yet there is more to do;
For faith brings no salvation
Without obedience too.

Chorus:
Then tell the old, old story,
And heed its precepts, too;
'Tis well to tell the story,
Yet there is more to do.

2 It is a precious story,
And we believe it true;
But who of us can answer
That this alone will do? [Chorus]

3 Let Faith repeat the story,
Let Works proclaim it true;
For they alone are blessed
Who God's commandments do. [Chorus]

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1312

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Author: F. E. Belden

Belden was born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1858. He began writing music in his late teenage years after moving to California with his family. For health reasons he later moved to Colorado. He returned to Battle Creek with his wife in the early 1880s, and there he became involved in Adventist Church publishing. F. E. Belden wrote many hymn tunes, gospel songs, and related texts in the early years of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Belden was able to rapidly write both music and poetry together which enabled him to write a song to fit a sermon while it was still being delivered. He also wrote songs for evangelist Billy Sunday. Though Belden’s later years were marred by misunderstandings with the church leadership over his royal… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We love to tell the story Yet there is more to do
Title:	More to do
Author:	F. E. Belden
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Then tell the old, old story
Copyright:	Public Domain