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I love to tell the story

by Katherine Hankey

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 457.

Verse 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 ’tis 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

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