我們要從那裏說起 (Where shall our wondering souls begin?)

我們要從那裏說起,主,你所賜一切福氣?(Wǒmen yào cóng nǎlǐ shuō qǐ, zhǔ, nǐ suǒ cì yīqiè fúqi?)

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: STELLA (English)
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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: 我們要從那裏說起,主,你所賜一切福氣?(Wǒmen yào cóng nǎlǐ shuō qǐ, zhǔ, nǐ suǒ cì yīqiè fúqi?)
Title: 我們要從那裏說起 (Where shall our wondering souls begin?)
English Title: Where shall my wandering soul begin
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: Chinese

Tune

STELLA (English)

First published in Henri Frederick Hemy's Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools (1851), STELLA was a folk tune from northern England that Hemy heard sung by children in Stella, a village near Newcastle-upon-Tyme. In modified bar form (AA'B), the tune has an interesting rhythmic structure. Antiphonal…

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Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #189

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