Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #589 (1985) Meter: 7.7.7.5 First Line: Holy Spirit, gracious guest, Hear and grant our heart's request Lyrics: 1 Holy Spirit, gracious guest,
Hear and grant our heart’s request
For that gift supreme and best:
Holy heav’nly love.
2 Faith that mountains could remove,
Tongues of earth or heaven above,
Knowledge, all things, empty prove
If I have no love.
3 Though I as a martyr bleed,
Give my goods the poor to feed,
All is vain if love I need:
Therefore give me love.
4 Love is kind and suffers long,
Love is pure and thinks no wrong,
Love than death it self more strong:
Therefore give us love.
5 Prophecy will fade away,
Melting in the light of day;
Love will ever with us stay:
Therefore give us love.
6 Faith and hope and love we see
Joining hand in hand agree-
But the greatest of the three,
And the best is love. Topics: Christan Life Love for One Another Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Tune Title: GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL
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