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Old Old Story
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TSLL m.l~ ·t!h'@ old ,I Itll,~l ,S,t(jry~ Of '~sBen tlliD.g~ abov~ i,"""""" Q t J:~USitT;~ and IDIS G1.O!l:ft
Of J lliSUS mid t-I.is Love,
TeU me the -Story' sl'cr"ly, That I 'may t~kr. i~ ~.
Tb,~t wlonderful Re~!emptiGm~ GD:I3~~, RE M;mm Y' fo:r sin!
Tdl mf~ the St~ry loffien" :For I ftJ,ir~e:t so soon I!
'The ~If F!,arl'y:: !lew' ,,' iof '1UDrmnO'
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Has :IHlS!S6,d ,~w.~·Y' at: noon ~ -
T;eD 'UU~t thl6 f~]'-'ory ~ortly"
With ea:~nest to:rre'6, ,and g,r ave , ltemJemller" tfm. the sinner VUlao,m JESUS IClIJ:D.e 'to, s,a;vc~
-, "en, me title Stprr al'f.\nljT;S, It YO'll \ll'o'1ald. reaUy be, In, IBDJ time .Qlf tto'tlbllie;,
A connortlS'1" "to n).il~,~
Tell me the same o]d SW'r,' 'Wlu~~;n 'JOn h~ve I cru.1l:S1~ ·t:01 [e.H!'ll Tbit this wID(rld.~s em_ptoy!gl,oO' I,s, eQsltimL~f me too dleal\
1re19'i ,an.a ".;amen ~~I~I.~ Woorl.ld~s Glory 8.b:a:D, l[lar,wn up on m.y Sfl 0],.
TsU me the n~ti old StiOI"Y,
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""~'HRl.ST _ ~GUS,MAKESTHEE ~I HOI,La~
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Y'ov_ ask me fillT" be Story
10,1' UJilSeleiD 'thin~, m11ov!8 F Of' ,J,n~;iUIg :an_~ IDs Glory'l
10 f Illll,St* :and ,fIisl Love J'~
"'Ot1 w,m't '" ' 'I e 01, ,I DId Stor:y/' ,AD,rd IIUlithing: else ri dQ! deed I re&mlOr 'W'O dlE7'~,
It ;alwillyl StiBirDa so ,lew!
Bu"t I am 'V\ra~tmfl" momreJo: 's I, Oh,! he,:w. shall 1 ~'epa
'_ To teU ,~ the old, olll Story,U
Hlijw' l:E,~tis "a.ves ram sm, '?
Listen, :aL_dl 'will teD Y'O'Il;
IGod. help both f. DU. mId, me· _ And m-akl8 II'" .e o'md, @Id StorJ'~~
Bm ~ B' ,A&lI unto, t'bee!, -
o DnlSl~ in a pl,~as aID t g,l[!rd.e:D\J' Gom 'p]aced at happy Inlh:~ ; And all within was pelicJ~fu1, AD.d :all arennd W·(I.;8 fa1lrli!
Buf oh l (bier dl's!ob1eye,d rum!
Th!t D%1e tl1ill~ft ll.e de:med.
1Ther lo,h,.led :I}ort took'l and taste,iI; TbGf' II;,d~ it~, aud-,tbey di:ed.!
H~ 'SDUlil'B l~e :lan, of Ad;a\m~
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Bu.t, So:o. of" G.on D_B weU,
,An.a brlDg limn Sal¥atioln
]To'm, sin, and d~atb, ,and hell,
ODie of the hol~ A_ g11!~ .
H:~(1 come from Heaven a ·Imr,e,.
ITDI teU tAle true, , de: .. , grry-,
Of J'e 'D il, d E is . ve.
And. was jl·t trlle-tllctt Story P
~ 1D1r "IlNIiIl!IFIi·t '!!II'iIlo ill'liiA iI'"I ,., te II:!! O~j
J...U'iliiJ' l'1'~!j.Ii. iIi~,1Jjjo V""L'N,,;I _'1;.1' ~~'WJ'
And :fOuTIJd fIim in ,Si mOJ:nler, And, lm!elV tl18t ~:t 'Will'S He,
H J Whom he . a " her prD~led., So ma_ liD p "
aad eDme ,. il .• ve OIO/f' :WDer,· " ,~ v ~a_IUi,Illlil, ha,.Ji ,~l'\,YiI"!iin. ,art ll,"",-t I ,.E,"~II D "'",' u.u, I!I..U'i.U.'!iiiO Ul ~ ~
He was ,'~, oilntllmt to Ido 'ilt, ~~
To eek ad art's'th.'e-lors'tll AlthOllfli'h Be - " I£W' beforehanll ..........
Ie ,e,w u~ th:at. it would eOSit~,
BI0 livedl I H' mOls,t nroI.. ;
His 0very , hDb;~h,t was Love, Aud ~ver, ilotioD 5ho~~t1d iil ~~
TOI 'man, IntI (~i(Jn ~bove"
'U\' 1'1- - in -i~ I. u ~o[,~lJ' .;
.12; WIS a : . 'IOI"kim;~- MI::D, :::~j!
Who l(n~"'~- he .p.oor manl'9, Uiolsl , tQI I ell as IlBsiOB can:?
IS ]IS:t thrf!e yl~IEf3 werle l{lv~ly' ,[ He eeuld 0 move b~ hl~-,i
Ao,d time ,and BtJJ:""~I\l,gth '1Noullild f31il me TID teD 'rm.e, eed He (Ud~
HegallflQ llW'ay UQI m&1lne~,
For II e had BUlle to give 1, BlitHe I a-I pO:Vlf(rr of 'h'~Br'D ' An!d made dead p~orple live.
II e"a1w81' '!H~0J11jled "a;t Leisu~e P;ar ~~erJ' q:ns 'W no ca:me::
Howe;",le-r 'tired or busy-
'Thley fo'u. __ d Him jUB't '~ll! 'be !UIDl.e.' I
R~ h~~dl eacih tale lof S(iI):rlow
Wi th, an ~trb~Dtti:Ve, ea~,
-ftld ·.ork aW"3! leJaJl2ih burden lor su;_ ',er mg, sin, liJi[ I ~ear ~
Lo~o': ~ ~cu:"k :!·....-if 7010 Ie;an lU~Slr ]!'t---
Look at JQt1[H' d ins Lo~rd 1. __
·~'taRlld Bear' I he CruSI and w'a'tch I '_hu ~ I~f; Beholld tb.~, LRilDh of G~,1) !~ ~~,
" ie, , - ~nd$ ,and Fee,t :1"1:: pim',Ged, , . e canDelt hide Eli, , i a..c-e ; And crud. men I sta.nti ~tarimg~,.~j' :' R crowds) abolu.t _he p,ilat,e.
~J laugh a Him and mock Him' IThley tell Ilim to '.' 'cam,e d(;l'wtJ,.~" h,d eave tIh,nt. C'ros s of snfF~l~in;i An,·~, ckauL~ i' for at ICrewn~
~y di,d Hie bea:r ,their' mowDgs, :?
" ':as He ~ ,'tile ~ '~ .. bty GOld ? ~
~ ~lrlUld He 'na.IB dfs'troyed them" With Ol:n:e almlighty wDrd ?
T;M~I J E:S!fJ" . It:rn~lj ha;"e dl,pon'e it i; ,But 11~t m~ tell ~rou why
H£ wauliZ' not use His p'Drw'~ " ,Bu,t ehose fJ s'ta.y'nd die.,
Bre' , d become omr Iff Sm~;~ :~ ,j
,~ d, what v-Ie eoul ,cr llaY:t
He pB~d IN,ST13,AD,, and TOR, -Sl~ 'O-c- tnat nile m~dftd day .. ,
mIllFl:":' m'F':r.1Io noiF...,. 1~;1IlI! '
,~, 1Ij;!I.miII~'" Vwu ~.&.'V~' '~,
,0, wonder'fBl Red\Ii!'mpti~n!
G'lIlD~:S litE ~!E lOY;' fb~~11 ~m 1:
The. Door' of . ;may,en is, lope1J\, And YOU 'may ~ tel" in !:
F~r' GOD r,e~el.s,e'Q. {l'Il: 11"~'\llE!e,ty'l,~1 To sbow ,th~ wo k 'Wits anne; ,An ' , J JU;,~ s:J ilL! iur-tec'nUD
, ,.'e;r:la,red t'blr! vmtfJtry won,!,
And 'DO'W,. He 'bas as e eD.dled~
, of! :9,"-,;_ UJlDa ,tb~ Tm'?iD'e~ _, f -r,b be a. Pr:wE.e, and. ' ,a,VIlour~,J~
An,tll claim "US for' H'"'s, QIVfIl .. ,
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B,UT wh.en I e '1!!ft His people, .. ' e pro .' - ed them. to 'e1D,
I~' TbTe Ootfifolitelll', n ·to t~;Jchthgm , me:, gui,d,'1: them.j, .' D 1:-. e end"
Tf-lfJ is '~THlI O_:,n" OLD TO .. : . ;, 'U Bay, D'D you take i. ~i ~
This wJJOOer.:mI Red~mptio~ GOD~S REMEDY , :r sin OJ'
D's, JtCnm :at h'e~rt b,~"H'~ve it,~
'0 1fOU believe i -,131 tru.e, ,ADd'mermt ftJ - H,VER,Y SI·~; - 'R.! ,AllJd 'th,uefoJ;~ 'm~aQt -for YOU :?
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~ULiliJII. 'T ·KD ~ GREAT SA1iIV.AT~,ig(N;
FOf' J B ", '113 '10'1', " m gi''\re I.
B eliev e l and JOli re·cei, e. it !
B eiel" ! :a:n-d yQ' . haIl. HV1eJ
Let-,v!t11'}J(u.ly see i.t
That ... htis' bu mad,e yOD 6"ee; .- lid, if i. ,S et:9 them ' ouling,
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CA. THESE BOIES LIVEP
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'Ttlt! OJ". Old 510'11' is a poe min 't'iIIi'O Part s writle n by Arab ella Catherine Hankev (l~3 4-1911) in 1866 and first published in 1867 by'William M acintcsh of 24 P.aternoste,r Row; London:
This 1,875 eonlon, bV the' s.ame publlsher, r~tai:n'S' the format. and the wording' of the First Edition. ,Some miner chances in em phas i s an d pu n ct u at i tin h i8.'i;,fe b e'en n 01 e.d ..
ExtenslV'e' 'information concerning the' poem, the, auther, two derivative hymns and a 1944 recorded recitation of plan II b,\I Minnie' ElsI.e Fraernan (1811-1959) is awilable at
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Thls Hie was ccrnplled or imag'es' scarmed 'and formatted from a copy purchased in May 2 007 bV :5'rep:h,en M. Laws,on from Sih,fer Trees Becks, (oventry. The 4.2.5 bV 6.5 inch bccklet wa"S originally property of Eqith"H'ilton, Yie Old 'Plough lnn, ~ 0 Church Street, 5eaf.or~, and ll,lv;as presented "To Edith Prom M iss' Eliot." One, might Imagine that M iss Eliot was Edith's Sunday School ie.ather, since the author promoted and Wrote maierlals for Bible edw::at,ion classes.
Pr~pared b~{Stephen M. Law$on
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