Amazing Grace
John Newton (1725 – 1807) American folk Melody From New Apostolic Church Hymnal #311 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed! Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease; I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who called me here below, Will be forever mine. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright Shining as the sun; We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than When we’d first begun. 老大在中学的合唱团和本市的 All City Chorus 每年都要演唱这首歌。 曲子很美, 每次我都听得如痴如醉,弦律已经哼得很熟了。前段时间我们教会唱诗班排练时, 指挥选了这首歌。 这是我第一次完完整整地学习歌词, 感觉很震撼, 因为排练时间很紧, 我们很快就学下一首歌了。 今天的礼拜中,指挥选了 #312 。 我翻开厚厚的 HYMNAL , #311 "Amazing Grace" 在左页, #312 "Come, Thou fount of every blessing" 在右页。 唱晚 #312 后, 我没有合上手中的 choir book 。礼拜完了, 再次仔仔细细地读了 "Amazing Grace" 的歌词, 人就怔在那里,感觉除了震撼 还是震撼! 回家的路上, 忍不住和家人分享我的感受。 LG( 也是指挥 ) 问大家知不知道谁是 "Amazing Grace" 的作者, 随后就讲了 John Newton 的故事 -- 怎么从一个黑奴贩子转变成一个牧师, 最后成为英国废奴制度的积极倡导者。老大也把历史书上的相关知识给我们介绍了。车里安静下来, 窗外是 New England 的金秋, 天是那么的蓝, 云是那么的白, 满眼是金黄火红的枫叶! 感谢主!
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