"The Gift of Love"

Tune: UMH #408


*1.Though I may speak with bravest fire,
And have the gift to all inspire,
And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.

*2.Though I may give all I possess, 
And striving so my love profess,
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.

3.Love never ends, though most things do,
Like prophecy and knowledge too.
And though I know only in part
I hope to know with my whole heart.

4.When I was young and oh, so mild
I reasoned like a little child.
When I grew old and rich in days
I put an end to childish ways.

5.Though now I see in a dim light
I soon will see all things aright.
And I will know, through faith alone, 
Even as I am fully known.

6.Fill me with love, fill me with life
And lead me through my daily strife,
So in the end my heart may be
Full of the joy I find in thee.

*Verses 1 and 2 come from "The Gift of Love" (UMH#408)