Religion vain without love. <br /> <br />1 Cor. 13:1-3. <br /> <br />Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, <br />And nobler speech, that angels use, <br />If love be absent, I am found, <br />Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. <br /> <br />Were I inspired to preach and tell <br />All that is done in heav'n and hell; <br />Or could my faith the world remove, <br />Still I am nothing without love. <br /> <br />Should I distribute all my store <br />To feed the bowels of the poor, <br />Or give my body to the flame, <br />To gain a martyr's glorious name; <br /> <br />If love to God and love to men <br />Be absent, all my hopes are vain; <br />Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal, <br />The work of love can e'er fulfil.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-134/
