Words = << \lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = a { \set stanza = "1. " I love to tell the sto -- ry Of un -- seen things a -- bove, Of Je -- sus and His glo -- ry, Of Je -- sus and His love. I love to tell the sto -- ry Be -- cause I know 'tis true; It sat -- is -- fies my long -- ings As noth -- ing else can do. I love to tell the sto -- ry; 'Twill be my theme in glo -- ry To tell the old, old sto -- ry Of Je -- sus and His love. } \lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = c { \set stanza = "3. " I love to tell the sto -- ry; More won -- der -- ful it seems Than all the gold -- en fan -- cies Of all our gold -- en dreams. I love to tell the sto -- ry, It did so much for me; And that is just the rea -- son I tell it now to thee } \lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = c { \set stanza = "3. " I love to tell the sto -- ry; 'Tis pleas -- ant to re -- peat What seems each time I tell it, More won -- der -- ful -- ly sweet. I love to tell the sto -- ry; For some have nev -- er heard The mes -- sage of sal -- va -- tion From God's own ho -- ly Word. } \lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = d { \set stanza = "4. " I love to tell the sto -- ry; For those who know it best Seem hun -- ger -- ing and thirst -- ing To hear it like the rest. And when, in scenes of glo -- ry, I sing the new, new song, 'Twill be the old, old sto -- ry, That I have loved so long. } >>