宣信詩選-18：與基督同死365宣信18... 他不顧自己只為主名，忠信宣教士華理士的故事

植物接枝您聽過嗎？

其實我們跟主神也是這樣接枝一起生長的，您聽過嗎？

1
我與基督已同釘死，十架已將我解釋；
我與基督已同復活，祂生我裡，供應我。

與基督同死，何等的安適！
脫世界、自己、罪惡！
與基督同活，何等的超脫！
祂生我裡，供應我。

2
歷世歷代所藏奧祕，今藉信心可知悉：
榮耀盼望－基督居衷，應當無時不歌頌。

3
天然景物都有隱徵：麥種死了子粒生；
賤木接在珍樹上面，小則變大，苦變甜。

4
這個就是聖潔祕訣－不是自己無殘缺；
主阿，求你虛我、滿我，擴我度量給我多。

5
這個會使病痛得治－只要你向自己死，
並以主的生命能力 作為全人的供給。

6
經過十架，達到寶座，主是這樣的領率，
先是死亡，後是榮耀，主既如此我倣效。

1
I am crucified with Christ,
And the cross hath set me free;
I have ris’n again with Christ,
And He lives and reigns in me.

Oh! it is so sweet to die with Christ,
To the world, and self, and sin;
Oh! it is so sweet to live with Christ,
As He lives and reigns within.

2
Mystery hid from ancient ages!
But at length to faith made plain:
Christ in me the Hope of Glory,
Tell it o’er and o’er again.

3
This the secret nature hideth,
Harvest grows from buried grain;
A poor tree with better grafted,
Richer, sweeter life doth gain.

4
This the secret of the holy,
Not our holiness, but Him;
O Lord! empty us and fill us,
With Thy fulness to the brim.

5
This the balm for pain and sickness,
Just to all our strength to die,
And to find His life and fulness,
All our being’s need supply.

6
This the story of the Master,
Thru the Cross, He reached the Throne,
And like Him our path to glory,
Ever leads through death alone.