Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

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

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews

Topic: Love

Writer: Isaac Watts

Composer: C Mehul

Meter: LM

Tune: Gilead

Hymn Number: 101

Page Number: 040, 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, an empty sound.



Were I inspired to preach and tell

All that is done in heaven and hell;

Or could my faith the world remove,

Still I am nothing without love.



Should I distribute all my store

To feed the hungry, clothe 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 fulfill.