I Love to Tell the Story

Verse 1
I love to tell the sto­ry
Of un­seen things above, (II Cor. 4:18)
Of Je­sus and His glo­ry, (John 1:14)
Of Je­sus and His love.
I love to tell the sto­ry,
Because I know ’tis true;
It sa­tis­fies my long­ings (Ps. 107:9)
As no­thing else can do.

Chorus
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. (II Tim. 3:15)

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 (Rom. 10:14)
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, (Ps. 33:3, Ps. 40:3, Ps. 96:1, Ps. 98:1, Ps. 144:9, Ps. 149:1, Rev. 5:9, Rev. 14:3)
’Twill be the old, old sto­ry
That I have loved so long.