Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews (FL)

Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book

Date: 1816

Compiler: Joseph Thomas

Publisher/Printer: J Foster

First Line: Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: XXXVIII

Page Number: 051, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Had I the tongues of Geeks and Jews,

And nobler speech than Angels use,

If love be absent, I am found

Like tinkling brass, and empty sound.



Were I inspir'd to preach and tell

All that is done in heav'n and hell;

Or could my faith the world remove,

Still I am nothing without love.



Should I distribute all my store,

To feed the bowels of the poor;

Or give my body to the flame,

To gain a martyr's glorious name.



If love to God and love to men

Be absent, all my hopes are vain,

Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,

The work of love can e'er fulfil.