Tell Me The Story Of Jesus
- Words:
- Fanny J. Crosby
- Music:
- John R. Sweeney
Sheet music
- 1Tell me the story of Jesus,Write on my heart ev’ry word;Tell me the story most precious,Sweetest that ever was heard;Tell how the angels in chorus,Sang as they welcomed His birth;“Glory to God in the highest!Peace and good tidings to earth.”Tell me the story of Jesus,Write on my heart every word:Tell me the story most precious,Sweetest that ever was heard.
- 2Fasting alone in the desert,Tell of the days that are past.How for our sins He was tempted,Yet was triumphant at last;Tell of the years of His labor,Tell of the sorrow He bore,He was despised and afflicted,Homeless, rejected and poor:Tell me the story of Jesus,Write on my heart every word:Tell me the story most precious,Sweetest that ever was heard.
- 3Tell of the cross where they nailed Him,Writhing in anguish and pain;Tell of the grave where they laid Him,Tell how He liveth again.Love, in that story so tender,Clearer than ever I see;Stay, let me weep while you whisper,“Love paid the ransom for me.”Tell me the story of Jesus,Write on my heart every word:Tell me the story most precious,Sweetest that ever was heard.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1880, the words are in 305 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.