夕陽西沉歌

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興起興起為耶穌,十架忠勇精兵,高舉基督君王旗,莫損我主威名;

得勝不斷的得勝,因主統領全軍,直到仇敵皆消滅,惟主基督是君。

興起興起為耶穌,遵從號角軍令,今天是主榮耀日,快向敵陣進攻;

同心服役主旗下,勇抗仇敵萬千,危險時膽量更壯,力量必大增添。

興起興起為耶穌,只靠救主大能,血氣之勇難倚靠,己力不能得勝;

穿上福音的盔甲,虔誠禱告儆醒,危險重任不畏懼,靠主必能得勝。

興起興起為耶穌,爭戰不會久長,今日雖有干戈聲,明日凱歌高唱;

忠心奮勇得勝者,必得生命冠冕,並與榮耀大君王,掌權直到永遠。阿們。


Source: 生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #377

Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew

T'ingfang Lew was a leading Chinese educator, author, and editor. He was educated in China and at Columbia University in New York City (M.A.; Ph.D.). His Bachelor of Divinity degree was from Yale and he studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he also taught Christian education. Lew lectured throughout America at schools and colleges from 1926 to 1938 and received an S.T.D. degree from Oberlin College. In 1932, Lew began to chair the commission to prepare a Chinese Union hymnal. The resulting Hymns of Universal Praise was published in 1936. Its music editor was Bliss Wiant, a colleague of Lews's at Yenching University in Peking. Lew also edited the Union Book of Common Prayer which was used by four Protestant Ch… Go to person page >

Author: George Duffield

Duffield, George, Jr., D.D., son of the Rev. Dr. Duffield, a Presbyterian Minister, was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12, 1818, and graduated at Yale College, and at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. From 1840 to 1847 he was a Presbyterian Pastor at Brooklyn; 1847 to 1852, at Bloomfield, New Jersey; 1852 to 1861, at Philadelphia; 1861 to 1865, at Adrian, Michigan; 1865 to 1869, at Galesburg, Illinois; 1869, at Saginaw City, Michigan; and from 1869 at Ann Arbor and Lansing, Michigan. His hymns include;— 1. Blessed Saviour, Thee I love. Jesus only. One of four hymns contributed by him to Darius E. Jones's Temple Melodies, 1851. It is in 6 stanzas of 6 lines. In Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymnbook it is given in 3 s… Go to person page >

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First Line: 奮起, 奮起, 為耶穌
Title: 夕陽西沉歌
Author: George Duffield (1858)
Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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WEBB

George J. Webb (b. Rushmore Lodge, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1803; d. Orange, NJ, 1887) composed WEBB (also known as MORNING LIGHT) on a voyage from England to the United States. The tune was published in The Odeon, a collection of secular music compiled by Webb and Lowell Mason (PHH 96) i…

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