“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity.”
—1 Cor. ch. xiii. v. 13.
Heaven’s great triad still abideth,
The divinely blended Three,—
Faith, Hope, and Charity,—
Over all supreme presideth.
Faith in Him whose love protecteth,
And through sorrow, sin, and strife,
As His power to all gave life,
All controlleth, all directeth.
Hope—that like a constellation,
Ever smiling from above,
Brings with ever-living love
God’s bright promise of salvation.
Charity—of all supremest,
Greatest, noblest of the three—
Beam upon us, Charity!
Bringing blessings as thou beamest.
(John Bowring)
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