The author of this poem, Reverend Zhu Wei, is the oldest hymn writer in the new edition. 1982 He was 92 years old when this manuscript was sent, and 1986 was called to death in Changshu at the age of 96.
Born in 1890, Zhu Weiwei came from a poor family and received only three years of private education. He laid a cultural foundation through hard self-study. 19 14 The whole family was baptized in Wuxi. Later, he decided to abandon business preaching and was appointed as the pastor of the supervisory Committee. He was willing to obey the deployment of the church all his life, preaching the gospel in Wuxi, Yixing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Huzhou, Taicang and Changshu, and served as the rector of Taicang and Changzhou.
The background of the song:
This poem was written about 192 1 year, when he and his colleague Wu, a devout Christian, listened to the doctor's sermon at Soochow University and became believers. After graduation, he taught in Shanghai Youth Annual Meeting Middle School, and later served as the principal of Wuxi Soochow Industrial Middle School. He died in the 1930s. Zhu Weituo was very modest about publishing his own poem and didn't want to leave his name, but he suggested writing Wu's name when publishing this poem.
The original words of this poem are "Holy night is quiet, holy night chants, stars rot, heaven and earth are clear, water is silent, everything is silent, clouds wrap Bethlehem, and then a baby is born". The content and mood of each paragraph are similar to those of Silent Night, and all of them can be sung with the tune of Silent Night.