Tune : e minor
讓我愛 (補428)
讓我愛而不受感戴，
讓我事而不受賞賜；
讓我盡力而不被人記，
讓我受苦而不被人睹。
只知傾酒不知飲酒，
只想擘餅不想留餅；
倒出生命來使人得幸福，
捨棄安寧來使人得舒服。
不受體恤，不受眷顧；
不受推崇，不受安撫；
寧可淒涼，寧可孤苦；
寧可無告，寧可被負。
願意以血淚作為冠冕的代價，
願意受虧損來度旅客的生涯；
因為當你活在這裡時，
你也是如此過日子。
欣然忍受一切的損失，
好使近你的人得安適。
我今不知前途究有多遠，
這條道路一去就不再還原；
所以讓我學習你那樣的完全，
時常被人辜負心不生怨。
求你在這慘淡時期之內，
擦乾我一切暗中的眼淚；
學習知道你是我的安慰，
並求別人喜悅以度此歲。
引用至：https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ts/428
奠祭 (補468)
誰能配如此的枉費？
誰會肯如此的犧牲；
誰能述說這樣的結果！
誰能擁有這樣的豐收！
雖已杯傾卻仍滿溢！
雖已盤罄卻仍滿席！
從未求福卻叫別人得福，
未嘗求報卻叫別人得飽。
不再受縛，不再無奈；
不再作難，不再悲哀；
永遠湧流，永遠施愛；
永遠傾捨，永遠澎湃。
甘心以死亡換來生命的溢洋。
甘心受破碎以散發復活馨香。
這正是你留下的腳蹤，
呼召人默默的跟從。
從他們那臉上的笑容，
看見遙遠榮耀的路終。
我已算清這條道路的代價，
就此樂意為你把一切放下；
只願成為供應人喜樂的奠祭，
不斷傾倒直至此生止極。
主阿，讓我愛！你作我賞賚！
讓你的同在永遠不離開。
使我維持你裡面的喜樂，
讓我的眼淚消失在永世。
引用至：https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ts/468
Let me love and not be respected (New Song 474)
Let me love and not be respected;
Let me serve and not be rewarded;
Let me labor and not be remembered;
Let me suffer and not be regarded.
’Tis the pouring, not the drinking;
’Tis the breaking, not the keeping—
A life suff’ring to seek others’ blessing,
A life loving and true comfort giving.
Not expecting pity or concern,
Not accepting solace or praise;
Even lonely, even forgotten;
Even wordless, even forsaken.
Tears and blood for the righteous crown
My price shall be; losing all,
My cost for a faithful pilgrim’s life.
’Twas the life, O Lord, that You chose to live
In those days when on earth You walked,
Gladly suff’ring all injuries and loss
So that all might draw near and repose.
I cannot see how much farther I shall go;
Still I press on, knowing there is no return.
Let me follow Your pattern, so perfect and true,
Bearing all gratefully without complaint.
In this time of trial, O my Lord,
I pray that You would wipe my hidden tears away;
Let me learn, O Lord, You are my reward;
Let me be others’ blessing all my days.
Source : https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/474
Let me love and not be requited (New Song 19)
Let me love and not be requited.
Let me serve and not be rewarded.
Let me labor and not be remembered.
Let me suffer and not be regarded.
Let me pour wine, while I drink not.
Let me break bread, while I keep not,
Pour my life out that others be blessèd,
Be in suff’ring that they be contented.
None to pity me or care for me,
None to praise me or to console me.
I would rather be desolate, wretched,
Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated.
With my blood and tears pay the price to gain the crown,
Suffer loss that I might a pilgrim’s life live out,
For, Lord, this is how You lived Your life
when You walked on this earthly sphere,
Gladly bore all loss that those who drew near
Could be freed from all suffering and fear.
I know not how far the future lies ahead.
On this path of no retreating I am led.
So, Lord, let me now learn from Your perfect pattern,
Suff’ring wrong, no resentment in return.
May You in this difficult, tedious day,
All my tears shed in secret wipe away;
Learning You are my only solacement,
And let my life for others’ joy be spent.
Source : https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/19
Drink Offering (New Song 676)
Who can match the “waste” He tendered,
Willingly so much surrender?
Who can count the fruit of His labor?
Who else can such rich harvest render?
Though all drank, the cup’s o’erflowing;
Though all ate, the table’s loaded;
He sought nothing, yet caused others’ blessing,
Ne’er sought payment, to others dispensing.
Free from bondage and frustration,
Free from sorrow and vexation,
E’er outpouring, love bestowing,
Ever surging, ever o’erflowing.
To flow out this life, He was willing to taste death,
To be broken that resurrection’s fragrance spread.
These are just the footsteps You left behind,
Quietly calling, “Follow Me.”
From their shining faces we can see
Just how glorious this path’s end will be.
I’ve clearly counted the cost to take this way,
And gladly now all for You lay down today;
Just a drink offering, joy to others I’d bring,
Ceaselessly pouring out through all my days;
Let me love, O Lord! You be my reward!
Let Your presence forever with me stay.
Cause me to maintain, Lord, Your joy within,
Let eternity wash my tears away.
Source : https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/676