A church in Shandong held a sacred music worship event to celebrate its 115th anniversary.
More than 400 pastoral staff and believers attended the celebration for the Jiangsu Road Church in Qingdao on December 10.
There were over 14 sacred music works based on classical Chinese literature and music in sacred music worship.
The original piece "Praise the Lord Triassic (Ode to the Lord Trio)," using the melody of the top ten Chinese Guqin (a traditional Chinese instrument) pieces "Yangguan Triassic" to write lyrics, recounted the story of the life of Jesus.
"Hymn of Perfection of the Three Majesties," a manuscript of the Tang dynasty Nestorian hymn scroll found in 1908 in the Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, is one of the few works of literature that covered music on the spread of Nestorianism in China. Its recitation form gave people a sense of the ancient Chinese people’s worship of God.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty composed the poetry collection "Hymns of Universal Praise," which includes the "Lord Before Our World Was Formed," "Ode to the Cross," and "Song of Enlightenment" in modern Chinese history. It incorporates numbers into poetry, including quantifiers such as one to ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, inch, and zhang.
Rev. Gao shared a sermon titled “Learning the New by Restudying the Old to Praise God’s Grace” to thank Him for caring for the church which bore countless testimonies.
- Translated by Cassie Li
山东省一所教堂举行了圣乐崇拜活动庆祝115周年。
12月10日，青岛市教牧同工、信徒400多人参加为青岛市江苏路教堂举行的庆典。
圣乐崇拜中呈现了以中国古典文学和音乐为基调的圣乐作品共14首之多。
其中原创曲目《颂主三叠》，藉中国古琴十大名曲《阳关三叠》曲调填词，叙述耶稣生平故事。
《大秦景教三威蒙度赞》是1908甘肃敦煌千佛洞内发现唐代景教赞美诗经卷手稿，是有关景教在中国流传为数不多的文献中涉及音乐的珍贵史料。通过对读朗诵形式，感受中国古人对上帝的崇拜之情。
《仰止歌》《康熙十架》《悟道歌》选自中国近代史上诗歌集《普天颂赞》，为清朝康熙皇帝创作。将数字入诗，包含一至十、百、千、万、寸、丈等量词。
高牧师以《温故知新彰神恩》为题证道，感恩上帝眷顾他的教会风雨百年，见证如云。
山东教堂庆祝建堂115周年
A church in Shandong held a sacred music worship event to celebrate its 115th anniversary.
More than 400 pastoral staff and believers attended the celebration for the Jiangsu Road Church in Qingdao on December 10.
There were over 14 sacred music works based on classical Chinese literature and music in sacred music worship.
The original piece "Praise the Lord Triassic (Ode to the Lord Trio)," using the melody of the top ten Chinese Guqin (a traditional Chinese instrument) pieces "Yangguan Triassic" to write lyrics, recounted the story of the life of Jesus.
"Hymn of Perfection of the Three Majesties," a manuscript of the Tang dynasty Nestorian hymn scroll found in 1908 in the Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, is one of the few works of literature that covered music on the spread of Nestorianism in China. Its recitation form gave people a sense of the ancient Chinese people’s worship of God.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty composed the poetry collection "Hymns of Universal Praise," which includes the "Lord Before Our World Was Formed," "Ode to the Cross," and "Song of Enlightenment" in modern Chinese history. It incorporates numbers into poetry, including quantifiers such as one to ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, inch, and zhang.
Rev. Gao shared a sermon titled “Learning the New by Restudying the Old to Praise God’s Grace” to thank Him for caring for the church which bore countless testimonies.
- Translated by Cassie Li
Shandong Church Celebrates 115th Anniversary
