Faith, Hope, Charity Poem by John Bowring

'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.