Hymn 1:134 [Had I The Tongues Of Greeks And Jews]

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Title:     Hymn 1:134 [Had I The Tongues Of Greeks And Jews]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

Religion vain without love, 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3.

Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,
And nobler speech that 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 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 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.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:134 [Had I The Tongues Of Greeks And Jews]

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