The Celebration Hymnal

444

I Love to Tell the Story

1 I love to tell the story  
Of unseen things above,  
Of Jesus and His glory,  
Of Jesus and His love.  
I love to tell the story,  
Because I know its true.  
It satisfies my longings  
As nothing else can do.  

Refrain:  
I love to tell the story!  
'Twill be my theme in glory  
To tell the old, old story  
Of Jesus and His love.  

2 I love to tell the story;  
More wonderful it seems  
Than all the golden fancies  
Of all our golden dreams.  
I love to tell the story,  
It did so much for me;  
And that is just the reason  
I tell it now to thee. [Refrain]  

3 I love to tell the story;  
'Tis 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 in scenes of glory,  
I sing the new, new song,  
'Twill be the old, old story,  
That I have loved so long. [Refrain]

WORDS: A. Catherine Hankey
MUSIC: William G. Fishcer
Theme: The Living Church: Missions and Ministry