1. 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 'tis true;
  It satisfies my longings
  As nothing else can do.
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  I love to tell the story
  'Twill be my theme in glory
  To tell the old, old story
  Of Jesus and His love.
2. I love to tell the story;
  More wonderful it seems
  Than all the golden fancies
  Of all my 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.
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
  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
  To tell the old, old story
  Of Jesus and His love.
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,
  'Twill be the old, old story,
  That I have loved so long.