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Oh, beautiful story
of Jesus our Lord,
That brightens and hallows
each page of His Word,
It tells us how humble
and lowly His birth,
How many His trials
and sorrows on earth.
Sweet story of Jesus,
the tender and meek,
Who came in His mercy
lost sinners to seek,
Sweet story of Jesus!
though oft it is told,
We love it, we love it—
it never grows old.
How full of compassion
was Jesus our Lord,
The sick and afflicted
to health He restored,
The poor He remembered,
the hungry He fed,
And gave to the weeping
their friends from the dead.
Sweet story of Jesus,
the tender and meek,
Who came in His mercy
lost sinners to seek,
Sweet story of Jesus!
though oft it is told,
We love it, we love it—
it never grows old.
But when in that story
we read how He prayed
Alone in the garden,
beneath its dark shade,
How, scorned and insulted,
He died for our sake,
Our hearts at his anguish
are ready to break.
Sweet story of Jesus,
the tender and meek,
Who came in His mercy
lost sinners to seek,
Sweet story of Jesus!
though oft it is told,
We love it, we love it—
it never grows old.
But now He has triumphed
o’er death and the grave,
He lives our Redeemer,
and mighty to save;
To Him Who exalted
forever shall live,
All honor, dominion,
and glory we give.
Sweet story of Jesus,
the tender and meek,
Who came in His mercy
lost sinners to seek,
Sweet story of Jesus!
though oft it is told,
We love it, we love it—
it never grows old.
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Meter:
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11 11 11 11 with refrain
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Dates:
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Bible Refs:
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Lk 19:10;
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MUSIC
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Name:
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SWEET STORY OF JESUS
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Meter:
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Dates:
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1881
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