古舊十架鄉村版The Old Rugged Cross by Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck 是活躍在70年代的鄉村歌手,晚年受酒精和毒品捆綁,2003年回天家,身無分文,同是鄉村歌手的老友喬治瓊斯付掉了葬禮的費用。
這是他唱的古舊十架,我常常想,耶穌的十字架就是為罪人而來,我們都是蒙恩的罪人,我們一生在耶穌耳裡是怎樣的敬拜?
演唱者Johnny Paycheck小記
(May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003) was a country music singer. He is most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970's as a major force in country music's "Outlaw Movement" that was popularized by artists such as Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billie Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard. In the 1980's his career suffered as a result of his almost legendary use of drugs and alcohol. A prison sentence in the early 1990's and his declining health effectively ended his career. He died in 2003 with nothing to his name, his old friend George Jones paid for the funeral.
古舊十架The Old Rugged Cross
By Georg e Bernnard
1. 各各他山嶺上,
孤立古舊十架,
這乃是羞辱痛苦記號;
神愛子主耶穌,
為世人被釘死,
這十架為我最愛最寶。
故我愛高舉十字寶架,
直到在主台前見主面,
我一生要背負十字架,
此十架可換公義冠冕。
2. 主寶貴十字架,
乃世人所輕視,
我卻認為是 神愛可誇;
神愛子主耶穌,
離棄天堂榮華,
背此苦架走向各各他。
故我愛高舉十字寶架,
直到在主台前見主面,
我一生要背負十字架,
此十架可換公義冠冕。
3. 各各他之十架,
雖然滿有血跡,
我仍然以此架為美聖;
因在此寶架上,
救主為我捨命,
擔我眾罪使我蒙恩拯。
故我愛高舉十字寶架,
直到在主台前見主面,
我一生要背負十字架,
此十架可換公義冠冕。
4. 故我樂意背負,
此奇妙的寶架,
甘願受世人輕視辱罵;
不日救主再臨,
迎接我同昇天,
永遠分享榮福在天家。
故我愛高舉十字寶架,
直到在主台前見主面,
我一生要背負十字架,
此十架可換公義冠冕。