TELL ME THE STORIES OF JESUS
"Let the little children come to Me...for the kingdom of heaven belongs
to such as these." Matthew 19:14
Words: William Henry Parker, 1885. Parker wrote this hymn for
his Sunday school students at the Chelsea Street Baptist Church, New
Basford, Nottingham, England.
Music: "Stories of Jesus," Frederick A. Challinor, 1903.
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.
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!"
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.