I Love to Tell the Story

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I love to tell the sto ry, of unseen things above,
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Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
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I love to tell the sto ry, because I know ‘tis true;
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It satisfies my long ings as nothing else can do.
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I love to tell the story, ‘twill be my theme in glory,
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To tell the old, old sto ry of Jesus and His love.

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I love to tell the sto ry, more wonderful it seems,
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Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.
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I love to tell the sto ry, it did so much for me;
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And that is just the reason I tell it now for free.
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I love to tell the story, ‘twill be my theme in glory,
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To tell the old, old sto ry of Jesus and His love.

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I love to tell the sto ry, “tis pleasant to repeat.
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What seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
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I love to tell the sto ry, for some have never heard,
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The message of salvation from God’s own Holy Word.
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I love to tell the story, ‘twill be my theme in glory,
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To tell the old, old sto ry of Jesus and His love.

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I Love to Tell the Story

I love to tell the sto ry, for those who know it best,
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Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
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An when, in scenes of glo ry, I sing the new, new, song,
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“Twill be the old, old sto ry that I have loved so long.
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I love to tell the story, ‘twill be my theme in glory,
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To tell the old, old sto ry of Jesus and His love.

Written by A. Catherine Hankey. Arrangement Copyright © 1999 Don Wigton. All rights reserved. This PDF
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