The Story Must Be Told

O the pre­cious Gos­pel sto­ry

How it tells of love to all;

How the Sav­ior in com­pas­sion

Died to save us from the fall;

How He came to seek the lost ones

And to bring them to His fold;

Let us hast­en to pro­claim it

For the sto­ry must be told.

The sto­ry must be told

The sto­ry must be told

That Je­sus died for sin­ners lost

The story must be told.

O the bless­èd Gos­pel sto­ry

Of His meek and low­ly birth

And the wel­come of the an­gels

When they sang good will to earth;

Of the cross

on which He suf­fered

As by pro­phets seen of old;

Of His death and re­sur­rect­ion

Let the story now be told.

O the won­drous Gos­pel sto­ry;

There is life in ev­ery word;

There is hope and con­so­la­tion

Where the mes­sage sweet is heard;

Let us tell it to the wea­ry

And its beau­ties all un­fold;

’Tis the on­ly guide to Heav­en

And the sto­ry must be told.