Tell Me the Old, Old Story

Verse 1
Tell me the old, old sto­ry
Of un­seen things ab­ove, (II Cor. 4:18, Col. 3:1-2)
Of Je­sus and His glo­ry, (John 1:14, John 17:24)
Of Je­sus and His love. (Eph. 3:17-19)
Tell me the sto­ry simp­ly,
As to a lit­tle child,
For I am weak and wea­ry, (Matt. 11:28, Rom. 5:6)
And help­less and de­filed. (Isa. 64:6)

Chorus
Tell me the old, old sto­ry,
Tell me the old, old sto­ry,
Tell me the old, old sto­ry,
Of Je­sus and His love. (Rom. 5:8, I John 4:9-10, I John 4:19)

Verse 2
Tell me the sto­ry slow­ly,
That I may take it in,
That won­der­ful re­demp­tion,
God’s re­me­dy for sin. (Rom. 3:24-25, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:13-14, I Pet. 1:18-19)
Tell me the sto­ry oft­en,
For I for­get so soon; (II Pet. 1:12-13, II Pet. 3:1-2)
The ear­ly dew of morn­ing
Has passed away at noon.

Verse 3
Tell me the sto­ry soft­ly,
With ear­nest tones and grave;
Remember I’m the sin­ner
Whom Je­sus came to save. (Matt. 9:13, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:32, Luke 19:10, I Tim. 1:15)
Tell me the sto­ry al­ways,
If you would real­ly be,
In any time of trou­ble,
A com­fort­er to me.

Verse 4
Tell me the same old sto­ry
When you have cause to fear
That this world’s emp­ty glo­ry
Is cost­ing me too dear. (Matt. 16:26, Mark 8:36)
Yes, and when that world’s glo­ry
Is dawn­ing on my soul, (Rom. 8:18)
Tell me the old, old sto­ry:
Christ Je­sus makes thee whole. (Matt. 9:22, Mark 5:34, Mark 10:52, Luke 8:48, Luke 17:19, Luke 18:42, John 5:6-9)