I. love to Tell the Story - wikipedia I. love to Tell the Story `` I Love to Tell the Story '' Hymn Written 1866 ( 1866 ) Text by Katherine Hankey Melody by William G. Fischer Published 1869 ( 1869 ) : Philadelphia Publisher Methodist Episcopal Book Room Katherine Hankey, lyricist for `` I Love to Tell the Story '' `` 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 ). 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 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 References ^ Jump up to : Cyberhymnal : `` I Love to Tell the Story '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Love_to_Tell_the_Story&oldid=774195991 '' Categories : 1866 poems 1869 songs English Christian hymns Hidden categories : Pages with timeline metadata Talk About Wikipedia Wikisource Add links This page was last edited on 6 April 2017, at 21 : 32. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote i love to tell the story
Answer: English evangelist, Katherine Hankey