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Thank God for this song. Personally I'm very happy that we sang this song. This is a song composed in 1712-1786, near 300 years ago and yet SING can still learnt and present this song now in 2008. 

Can you imagine, 300 years ago, the context of the song is yet still applicable now. This shows everlasting and unchanged the love of the Lord is, same goes to our love and praises for Him. 

What do you guys feel about the song? I guess it'd be very nice to be able to share any views about the song we sang or any nice songs we encounter that can benefits us in this blog. 
The formal. Nice! =)

The informal

"What action? What action?" 

"S, S, for Sing!" - Terry, Big Head and Dion, good try~ Hahaha!!

"What action? What action?" 

"..." No instructions given. Small head end up not posting. Hahaha!!

Poor Ping2... Hahaha!! Still so happy when she kanna "eeee-ed".

And I think Hong Zhi is feeding Angela his thumb. Hahaha!! 

Thank you Grace for recording for us! 

Vivian

Forty Martyrs for Christ

"History knows them as the 40 martyrs of Sebaste. They were soldiers in the famed Twelfth Legion of Rome's imperial army, around A.D. 320. One day the captain informed his troops that Emperor Licinius had sent down an edict commanding all soldiers to offer a sacrifice to his pagan god. Forty of the soldiers were followers of Christ, and they refused.

The emperor decided to make an example of the soldiers, so he marched them onto a frozen lake and stripped them of their clothes. "Renounce your God and you will be spared from death," he told them. Not one man came forward. Throughout the night the men stayed together, singing their song of victory: "Forty Martyrs for Christ."

When morning came, 39 of the men had frozen to death. The one survivor recanted his confession of faith. The officer in charge that night had been so moved by the scene that during his watch he'd come to Jesus, so he broke rank and walked out onto the ice. Stripping his clothes he openly confessed his faith in Christ. He refused to renounce his new faith. When the ordeal was over, the Roman soldiers carried 40 frozen men off of the ice.

In comparison, my life is like a long night on a soft mattress. I may one day be faced with serious consequences for my faith. You may, too. Will we have the strength of character and heart and faith to stand strong just the same?