Came across this #242 in my Trinity Psalter Hymnal on my piano and loved it. Was surprised that the lyrics is of Chinese (unknown author) source. I should make a video of it. Of the various melodies, I prefer William H. Monk's (1871) and of course, that of the Chinese original's: both are linked below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u751f\u547d\u8bd7\u6b4c #016 \u7236\u554a\uff0c\u4e45\u5728\u521b\u4e16\u4e4b\u524d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinese Melody: https:\/\/www.lifesongs.cn\/hymns\/s016\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n English Melody: https:\/\/hymnary.org\/media\/fetch\/152780<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u7236\u963f\uff0c\u4e45\u5728\u521b\u4e16\u4e4b\u524d\uff0c \u867d\u7136\u5b87\u5b99\u9010\u6e10\u6539\u8fc1\uff0c \u795e\u7684\u601c\u60af\u662f\u6211\u8bd7\u6b4c\uff0c \u7231\u7684\u795e\u963f\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u73b0\u5728 Father, long before creation Though the world may change its fashion, Your compassion is our story, Loving Father, now before you Scripture References: st. 1\t=\tEph. 1:4 st. 3\t=\tJohn 3:16 This anonymous Chinese text was initially used as a theme song by Chinese Christians who kept the faith while the Cultural Revolution was in full swing. The hymn was sung in a Bible-study center in Peking during the winter of 1952-53. In 1953, Bliss Wyant, scholar of Chinese music and culture, gave the text to Francis P. Jones (b. Wisconsin [?] 1890; d. Claremont, CA, 1965 [?]), a missionary to China from 1915 to 1 1950. Jones translatedthe text into English and published it in the China Bulletin of the National Council of Churches (1953). After it appeared in The Hymnbook in 1955, the text was published in a number of other hymnals. With various references to Ephesians 1:3-14, the text confesses the Christian faith. That confession is all the more bold when it is seen against the background of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Stanza 2 states that \u201cThough the world may change its fashion, you will still remain the same.\u201d Stanza 3 concludes with a line from John 3: 16, \"God so loved us that he gave his only Son.\" The entire text affirms God's electing love and redemptive grace and leads to a final stanza in which we sing \"glory to the Lamb upon the throne.\" Francis P. Jones studied at Wisconsin State College, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Garrett Bible Institute, and Union Theological Seminary. After returning from China, he lectured at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, edited the China Bulletin, translated Christian classics into Chinese, and made lecture tours to Taiwan and Hong Kong, retiring in 1965. His publications include some twenty-six volumes in addition to articles for periodicals and some hymn translations. Liturgical Use: As a sung confession of faith in God's electing love. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Came across this #242 in my Trinity Psalter Hymnal on my piano and loved it. Was surprised that the lyrics is of Chinese (unknown author) source. I should make a video of it. Of the various melodies, I prefer William … Continue reading
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\nyou had chosen us in love,
\nand that love so deep, so moving,
\ndraws us close to Christ above.
\nStill it keeps us
\nfirmly fixed in Christ alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nyou will still remain the same;
\nyour compassion and your cov'nant
\nthrough all ages will remain.
\nYour own children
\nshall forever praise your name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nis our boasting all the day;
\nmercy free and never failing
\nmoves our will, directs our way.
\nGod so loved us
\nthat he gave his only Son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
we shall ever sing your grace,
and our song will sound forever
when we see you face to face,
giving glory
to the Lamb upon the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNotes<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n