i love to tell the story

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.




I love to tell the story!

„Twill be my theme in glory

to tell the old, old story

of Jesus and His love.




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.




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.




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