Tell Me the Stories of Jesus

Tell me the sto­ries of Je­sus

I love to hear;

Things I would ask Him to tell me

If He were here;

Scenes by the way­side

Tales of the sea

Stories of Je­sus

tell them to me.

First let me hear how the child­ren

Stood round His knee

And I shall fan­cy His bless­ing

Resting on me;

Words full of kind­ness

Deeds full of grace

All in the love light of Je­sus’ face.

Tell me

in ac­cents of won­der

How rolled the sea

Tossing the boat in a tem­pest

On Ga­li­lee;

And how the Mak­er

Ready and kind

Chided the billows

And hushed the wind.

Into the ci­ty I’d fol­low

The child­ren’s band

Waving a branch of the palm tree

High in my hand.

One of His her­alds

Yes

I would sing

Loudest ho­san­nas

Jesus is King!

Tell how the spar­row that twit­ters

On yon­der tree

And the sweet mea­dow-side li­ly

May speak to me—

Give me their mes­sage

For I would hear

How Je­sus taught us

Our Fa­ther’s care.

Show me that scene in the gar­den

Of bit­ter pain.

Show me the cross where my Sav­ior

For me was slain.

Sad ones or bright ones

So that they be

Stories of Je­sus

Tell them to me.