Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

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

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book

Date: 1829

Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams

Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell

First Line: Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews

Topic: Love and Union

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

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 170

Page Number: 193, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Had I the tongues of Greeks 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 tot he 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 works of love can e'er fulfil.