Sweet Story of Jesus

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.

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.

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.