神聖之愛,遠超眾愛 (Love divine, all loves excelling)

神聖之愛,遠超眾愛,天上之樂臨地上;(Shénshèng zhī ài, yuǎn chāo zhòng ài, tiānshàng zhī lè lín dì shàng;)

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: BEECHER
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Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: 神聖之愛,遠超眾愛,天上之樂臨地上;(Shénshèng zhī ài, yuǎn chāo zhòng ài, tiānshàng zhī lè lín dì shàng;)
Title: 神聖之愛,遠超眾愛 (Love divine, all loves excelling)
English Title: Love divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: Chinese

Tune

BEECHER

John Zundel's BEECHER (named after Henry Ward Beecher, his pastor) was first published in his Christian Heart Songs (1870) as a setting for Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" (568). The tune is also known as ZUNDEL. Approximating the shape of a rounded bar form (AA'BA'), BEECHER is…

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Instances

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Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #18

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