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Though I may speak with bravest fireAuthor: Hal H. Hopson (1972)Tune: O WALY WALY Published in 14 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, SibeliusAudio files: MIDI | ||
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 Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
Our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;
By this we worship, and are freed.
Hal H. Hopson (born 22 June 1933) is a full-time composer and church musician residing in Dallas, Texas. He has over 1000 published works, which comprise almost every musical form in church music. With a special interest in congregational song, he continues to make a significant contribution to the new repertoire of hymn tunes and responsorial psalm settings as evidenced by the proliferation of his settings that are included in newly published hymnals and psalm collections.
His cantata, God with Us, was one of the few compositions selected by a panel at the Kennedy Space Center, Washington, DC, to be placed in a capsule during the American Bicentennial in 1976. The capsule will be opened at the Tricentennial in 2076 and will be heard aga… Go to person page >| First Line: | Though I may speak with bravest fire |
| Title: | The Gift of Love |
| Author: | Hal H. Hopson (1972) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
| Copyright: | Copyright © 1972 by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
| Instances (14) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| African American Heritage Hymnal #522 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hal H. Hopson, b.1933 | Hal H. Hopson, b.1933 | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:3 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major | English | 2001 | |||||||
| Baptist Hymnal 1991 #423 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire | Hal H. Hopson | Hal H. Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:1 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major | 1991 | ||||||||
| Celebrating Grace Hymnal #440 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire | Hal Hopson | Hal Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major or modal | 2010 | ||||||||
| Chalice Hymnal #526 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hal H. Hopson | Hal H. Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major or modal | English | 1995 | |||||||
| Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #498 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire | Hal H. Hopson, b.1933 | Hal H. Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major or modal | 1993 | |||||||||
| Presbyterian Hymnal #335 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Though I May Speak | Hal H. Hopson | John Weaver | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13 | O WALY WALY | G Major | English | 1990 | |||||||
| Renew! #155 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hal H. Hopson | Hall Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major | English | 1995 | |||||||
| Sing Joyfully #126 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hal Hopson | Hal Hopson | [Though I may speak with bravest fire] | G Major | English | 1989 | |||||||||
| The United Methodist Hymnal #408 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hall Hopson | Hal Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major | English | 1989 | |||||||
| The Worshiping Church #593 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hal Hopson | Hal Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:13; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 3:17; John 15:11-12; John 13:34 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major or modal | English | 1990 | |||||||
| Trinity Hymnal #597 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire | Hal H. Hopson | Hal Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; 1 Corinthians 13 | GIFT OF LOVE | G Major | English | 1990 | |||||||
| Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #372 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Though I May Speak | Hal H. Hopson | Hal H. Hopson | 8.8.8.8 | O WALY WALY (GIFT OF LOVE) | G Major or modal | English | 1996 | ||||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #397 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | The Gift of Love | Hal H. Hopson, 1933- | Hal H. Hopson, 1933- | 8.8.8.8 | 1 Corinthians 13:12; John 15:11-12; 1 John 4:19; John 13:34; Ephesians 3:17; Galatians 5:22 | GIFT OF LOVE | f sharp minor | 2001 | ||||||||
| Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #223 | Though I may speak with bravest fire | Hal Hopson | Hal Hopson | 1 Corinthians 13 | Gift of Love | 1996 |
