495 Tell Me the Old, Old Story
Katherine Hankey, 1834-1911
For comments on the author, Katherine Hankey, and an account of the origin of this hymn, see Hymn 493.
MUSIC. Dr. W. H. Doane heard the poem read at a Y.M.C.A. Conference at Montreal in 1867 and was so impressed by it that he copied it and later set it to music while riding on a stage coach during a vacation in the White Mountains.
For comments on W. H. Doane, see Hymn 313.