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Words: Arabella Katherine Hankey, 1866. The lyrics are similar to those of I Love to Tell the Story. Both are drawn from Hankey’s poem “The Old, Old Story.”
Music: “Evangel,” William Howard Doane, 1870 .
Tell me the
old, old story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
Tell me the story simply, as to a little child,
For I am weak and weary, and helpless and defiled.
Refrain
Tell
me the old, old story, tell me the old, old story,
Tell me the old, old story, of Jesus and His love.
Tell me the
story slowly, that I may take it in,
That wonderful redemption, God’s remedy for sin.
Tell me the story often, for I forget so soon;
The early dew of morning has passed away at noon.
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Tell me the
story softly, with earnest tones and grave;
Remember I’m the sinner whom Jesus came to save.
Tell me the story always, if you would really be,
In any time of trouble, a comforter to me.
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Tell me the
same old story when you have cause to fear
That this world’s empty glory is costing me too dear.
Yes, and when that world’s glory is dawning on my soul,
Tell me the old, old story: “Christ Jesus makes thee
whole.”
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