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Jun 9, 2022 · Updated Jun 09, 2022. “I Love to Tell the Story” was part of a lengthy fifty-stanza two-part poem, The Old, Old Story, written by Katherine Hankey (1834-1911). If you know this old hymn, you may have been captivated by its simplicity as it declares the composer’s faith in Jesus. The words, full of evangelistic zeal, carry the hearer to ...
Scripture References: all st. = Ps. 66: 16, John 15:27 "I Love to Tell the Story" is one of two hymn texts derived from a long poem on the life of Christ written by A. (Annabelle) Catherine Hankey (b.
- Kate Hankey (1866)
- I Love to Tell the Story
- William G. Fischer (1869)
I Love to Tell the Story. " I Love to Tell the Story " is a well-known hymn which was written as a poem by an English evangelist, Katherine Hankey. It was set to music by William G. Fischer. Hankey had a serious spell of sickness while on a mission in Africa. During her long days of convalescence, she wrote a long piece on the life of Jesus in ...
This poem had two sections, the first published in January 1866 and entitled The Story Wanted, the second published later that year in November under the title The Story Told. Our hymn is drawn from stanzas in the second section. The text of the refrain was written by the composer of the music, William G. Fisher, in 1869.
Jul 13, 2014 · In 1866, at the age of thirty, Kate became ill. Her illness and recovery left her bedridden during her long convalescence. While homebound, Kate wrote a lengthy poem about the life of Christ. The poem was divided into two sections. The first was titled “The Story Wanted” and the second part was titled “The Story Told.”
Refrain: I love to tell the story; 'Twill be my theme in glory. To tell the old, old story. Of Jesus and his love. 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.
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She wrote the poem “Tell Me the Old, Old Story of Unseen Things Above,” The poem, which included 50 verses, was divided into two parts: “The Story Wanted” and “The Story Told.” An American composer put Katherine’s poem to music. Katherine’s love for God was evident in the words of her poem.
