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Experience Of Christ - As The Good Land

(申命記Deuteronomy 8:7-10)特Peculiar Meter(譯自英詩1164 調Tune: #530)

降A大調　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    6/8

一 基 督  美  地, 包   羅  萬  有－ 祂   是  我  的  一   切;    源、

1. Je-sus,  the  all – in -  clu-sive land,  Is    e - very- thing  to  me:    A

泉、河  川, 清  新   明  透, 日   夜  湧  流     不   歇;

Christ of brooks, of depths and streams, And foun-tains bub-bl- ing  free.

谷 中、山  上 流   出  水  來,    潤  我  心  田,滿   益  充  盈;

Spring-ing from val-leys and from hills,  Flow-ing till  e-very  part He  fills,

     何  等   榮  耀,     活  水   澎  湃 －  作   我      生  命!

     He  wa -ters  us  -  how  glo -  ri - ous -    By  His     life！

二  神成肉身,忍辱受死,   2. Jesus is now the land of wheat -

繁增如同小麥;          Incarnate, crucified.

死而復活,生命分賜,     But resurrection life is He

初熟猶似大麥;          By barley signified.

無花果樹,甘甜滿足,     He is a land of figs and vines -

葡萄產酒,神、人喜悅;   Blood of the grape, and cheering wine.

如此供應,全在基督－　  With such supplies He satisfies -

有祂無缺!              Christ our land！

三  基督還是真石榴樹,    3. O what a rich, abundant Christ:

生命豐美、充足;        Our pomegranate true,

是橄欖樹,新油產出,     The olive tree whose oil is now

膏抹永不缺如;          Anointing us anew,

流奶與蜜,美善甘甜,     Rich milk and honey He doth bring,

供我滋養,加我能力;     Sweet, satisfying, nourishing.

祂的豐富,如此完全－　  Our Christ is such; He is so much！

基督美地!              What a Christ！

四  在這美地,不缺食物,   4. In our good land we eat the bread -

我們一無所缺;          There is no scarcity.

祂是如此豐饒富庶,      We never lack one thing in Him,

我們讚頌不絕!          So rich, so full is He.

上好美地,廣大無邊,     He is a land so vast, immense;

應有盡有,齊備完全!     He is complete in every sense.

今在我心還要擴展－　   How He expands - land of all lands -

無量無限!              In our heart！

五  這地石頭如鐵之堅,    5. Christ is a land of iron stones,

山內可以挖銅;          Whence comes authority.

權柄如鐵,憑以爭戰,     We must dig out this solid Christ

仇敵不能得逞;          To bind His enemy.

再經苦難,渣滓全去,     Then we must through the sufferings pass

煉淨、明亮,如銅顯出;   To be refined as burnished brass.

有鐵有銅,應付所需－    With iron bind, as brass refined,

全是基督!              Is our need.

六  為這美地我們頌讚;    6. Lord, how we bless Thee for this land,

主,你何其包羅!         The all-inclusive Christ!

喫喝飽足,讓你充滿,     We’ve eaten Him, we’re filled with Him,

豐富豈能盡說!          O how He has sufficed！

求使我們經營不輟,      Teach us to labor constantly

美地實際增長不已;      Upon this vast reality;

我的喜樂,我的生活－    This is our joy, this our employ -

基督美地!              Christ our land！