I Love to tell the story

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 it’s true,
It satisfies my longings,
As nothing else would do.

I love to tell the story,
More wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies
Of all the golden dreams;
I love to tell the story,
It did so much for me,
And this 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.

Arabella C Hankey