Great Hymns Of The Faith ; Tell Me The Old Old Story

 This is copied from the bulletin of Calvary Baptist Church on 472 Ocean Road in Portsmouth NH 03801 (603) 436-7736. The bulletin is dated February the 23rd of 2025.


Great Hymns Of The Faith


"Tell Me The Old Old Story"
Katherine Hankey, 1834-1911

        "I love to tell the story", and that other equally popular hymn by Miss Hankey "Tell me the old, old story", are both cantos taken from a long poem on the life of Christ, which was written in two parts. Miss Hankey, the daughter of a banker, was taken seriously ill in her home of England, and for a long time confined to her bed. At last the malady subsided, and she entered upon an extended period of convalescence through the months of 1866.

        Grateful to her Lord and Master for her recovery and for the story of salvation "that satisfied my longings", as she expressed  it. She made the long days radiant with meditations on the life of Jesus: and out of these meditations wrote a long poem on the story of His life. The first part, which was begun in January, 1866, was titled "The Story Wanted". The second part, which was in the nature of a sequel to the first part, as is implied by its title, "The Story Told".

        It is said that the year after it was written, 1867, the composer, Doctor William H. Doane, was attending the international convention of the Y.M.C.A. being held in Montreal. Where Major General Russell read the lines, "Tell me the old, old story", Doane was so greatly moved that he secured a copy and afterward took it with him to the White Mountains, where he composed the winsome melody to which it is sung.



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