Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

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

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews

Topic: <no topic given>

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

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Meter: LM

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Hymn Number: Song 392

Page Number: 448, 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 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 works of love can e'er fulfil.