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| publisher = Methodist Episcopal Book Room }} "I Love to Tell the Story" is a well-known hymn which was written as a poem by an English evangelist, Katherine Hankey. It was set to music by William G. Fischer. Hankey had a serious spell of sickness while in a mission in Africa. During her long days of convalescence, she wrote a long on the life of Jesus in 1866 in two parts. The first part was a poem of fifty stanzas, titled "The Story Wanted" (dated January 29, 1866) and second part titled "The Story Told" (dated November 18, 1866).〔(Cyberhymnal: "I Love to Tell the Story" )〕 Certain verses were taken from Part I. by Dr. W. H. Doane in 1867 to make the popular and familiar hymn beginning, "Tell me the old, old story". From Part II. certain verses were selected to make the hymn, "I Love to Tell the Story". The tune was composed by William G. Fischer and appeared in Fischer's ''Joyful Songs'', Nos. 1 to 3 published in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Methodist Episcopal Book Room.〔 The refrain used was :"I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, :To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love. ==In recordings== thumb *Henry Burr recorded it circa 1916 for Angelophone Records ''(pictured)'' *Country singer Alan Jackson included it in his 2006 Gospel album ''Precious Memories''. *Christian singer Mark Lowry made it the title track of his Christian hymns album ''I Love to Tell the Story, A Hymns Collection'' released July 17, 2007 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Love to Tell the Story」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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