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.

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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.

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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.

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