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Though I may speak with bravest fireAuthor: Hal H. Hopson (1972)Tune: O WALY WALY Published in 15 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. |
