传统诗歌CD01-08《何等爱耶稣》

词/Frederick WHITFIELD
曲/Anonymous

歌词：

我最喜爱惟一美名，歌颂其价无比；
此名似乐悦耳动听，此名美冠天地。

此名使我能知主爱，舍命偿我罪债；
知主流血为我受害，罪人惟此倚赖。

此名使我知道父神，每天赐福丰盈；
我行之路虽然阴森，有主恩光引领。

此名示我主爱深长，能知我心痛苦；
担我忧愁分我悲伤，世间无人比主！

副歌：

我何等爱耶稣，我何等爱耶稣，
我何等爱耶稣，因耶稣先爱我。



诗歌背景资料：

Frederick Whitfield (1829-1904) was ed­u­cat­ed at Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Dub­lin, Ire­land (B.A. 1859). Af­ter tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he was suc­ces­sive­ly Cur­ate of Ot­ley, Vi­car of Kir­by-Ra­vens­croft, sen­ior Cu­rate of Green­wich, and Vi­car of St. John’s, Bex­ley. In 1875, he went to St. Mary’s, Hast­ings. Whitf­ield wrote over 30 prose and po­et­ic­al works, in­clud­ing:

    Spiritual Un­fold­ing from the Word of Life
    Voices from the Val­ley Tes­ti­fy­ing of Je­sus
    The Word Un­veiled
    Gleanings from Scrip­ture
    Sac­red Po­ems and Prose, 1861 & 1864
    The Cas­ket
    Quiet Hours in the Sanc­tu­a­ry

Sources

    Julian, p. 1276

Hymns

1、I Have a Great High Priest Above
2、I Need Thee, Pre­cious Je­sus
3、I Saw the Cross of Je­sus
4、In Spirit, Lord, We Meet Thee Now
5、Jesus, Thou Name of Magic Power
6、O How I Love Je­sus
7、Sprinkled Blood Is Soaking, The
8、There Is a Day I Long to See
9、There’s Naught on Earth to Rest Upon
10、When Dead in Sin and Far from God