peaceful men 非暴力

終於看完《奇異恩典》（Amazing Grace）了，摘了一段台詞

When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napleon. Men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they'll receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power. A man who's achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. Yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of wars. 威廉 Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow, and remember the slave trade is no more.

當人們說到偉大的人，都會想到拿破崙這樣的人——那些用武力鬥爭的人，而很難想到和平鬥爭的人。當拿破崙從戰役中返回家園時，他所受到的待遇是盛況和威嚴，他獲得了最高的階級地位和征服世界的野心，但在他的夢中，也時刻縈繞著對戰爭的苦惱。然而威廉·威伯福斯，會回到他的家中，頭躺在枕頭上，然後想起奴隸貿易已經從此消失了。


時常想起我們的社會責任，到底怎樣才合神心意？快速徹底的方法是否太激進？緩慢改良的方法又是否信心不足？智慧是什麼？他的意念高過我們的意念……

Amazing grace 歌詞

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found;
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was grace that taught my heart to fear.
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, tolls and snares,
We have already come.
T'was grace that brought us safe thus far,
And grace will lead us home.

When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.


奇異恩典，何等甘甜，我罪已得赦免！
前我失喪，今被尋回，瞎眼今得看見。

如此恩典，使我敬畏，使我心得安慰；
初信之時，即蒙恩惠，真是何等寶貴！

許多危險，試煉網羅，我已安然經過；
靠主恩典，完全不怕，更引導我歸家！

將來禧年，聖徒歡聚，恩光愛誼千年；
喜樂頌讚，在父座前，深望那日快現！