求主耶穌銘刻我心 (Jesus! Engrave it on my heart)

求主耶穌銘刻我心 (Qiú zhǔ yēsū míngkè wǒ xīn)

Author: Samuel Medley
Tune: ST. CRISPIN
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Author: Samuel Medley

Medley, Samuel, born June 23, 1738, at Cheshunt, Herts, where his father kept a school. He received a good education; but not liking the business to which he was apprenticed, he entered the Royal Navy. Having been severely wounded in a battle with the French fleet off Port Lagos, in 1759, he was obliged to retire from active service. A sermon by Dr. Watts, read to him about this time, led to his conversion. He joined the Baptist Church in Eagle Street, London, then under the care of Dr. Gifford, and shortly afterwards opened a school, which for several years he conducted with great success. Having begun to preach, he received, in 1767, a call to become pastor of the Baptist church at Watford. Thence, in 1772, he removed to Byrom Street, Liv… Go to person page >

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First Line: 求主耶穌銘刻我心 (Qiú zhǔ yēsū míngkè wǒ xīn)
Title: 求主耶穌銘刻我心 (Jesus! Engrave it on my heart)
English Title: Jesus, engrave it on my heart
Author: Samuel Medley
Language: Chinese

Tune

ST. CRISPIN

Composed by George J. Elvey (PHH 48) in 1862 for 'Just as I Am, without One Plea" (263), ST. CRISPIN was first published in the 1863 edition of Edward Thorne's Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes. The tune title honors a third-century Roman martyr, Crispin, who, along with Crispinian, preached in Gaul…

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Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #281

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