It Must Be Told

’Tis a sweet and ten­der sto­ry

How the Fa­ther from above

Looked down on His err­ing child­ren

With the pi­ty­ing eye of love;

How He sent His well be­lov­èd

Forgiveness to un­fold;

That sweet and ten­der sto­ry

O Christ­ian

must be told.

It must be told

it must be told

The sto­ry must be told;

That sweet and ten­der sto­ry

O Christ­ian

must be told.

’Tis the ve­ry same old sto­ry

That has warmed the cold world’s heart

Through the cen­tu­ries that have van­ished

But its charm can ne’er de­part;

There are souls that have not heard it

Some hearts so strang­ely cold;

To these

O fal­ter­ing Christ­ian

The sto­ry must be told.

Say you not that una­vail­ing

Seem the words you try to speak;

Trust the Ho­ly Spir­it’s unc­tion

It shall strength­en what is weak.

Go forth to do His bid­ding;

The truth shall make you bold;

Though few shall heed your sto­ry

That sto­ry must be told.