Sesotho Hymn Book
Rosella Bowlan
Morija, Lesotho: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938. Hardcover. Cloth, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping and pencil notations, text clean and unmarked. 168 pp., mainly hymns and Sunday School songs. OCLC locates 4 holdings of this edition, all in South Africa. Good. Item #H31561
Some say He is a God of second chances, as a Christian, I have come to experience that He is a God of many chances. As His children, in our journey of life, we often find ourselves in trials & tribulations that leave us feeling down and unworthy of His love. Let us remember that being a Christian does not mean you do not err, oh no! Its acknowledging that you are a sinner and thats why you choose His Way; for He died for us sinners.
It is common knowledge that we cannot hide from the Lord; after striping yourself of all pride and confessing your sins to your Lord your God, can you then be in a position to receive His Love, His unconditional forgiveness. Forgiveness from the Lord is reassured in the Heart; you begin to feel the peaceful state from deep within, which is a confirmation in itself that God has truly forgiven you.
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This is a wonderful testimony and proves the great spirutual value of the Difela Tsa Sione hymnal. I am a missionary for many years and have grown in my love and appreciation for this hymnal since 1980. I am now als a professor in Missiology at Northwest University. I have a missionary student who is fluent in SeSotho and I am encouraging him to do a doctoral study on the missional impact this hymnal has had to establish the Christian faith in Southern Africa. He has to researh the orrigin, history and spreading of it and will also get Christians to complete questionaires to determine the positive impact of this hymnal. Please send me any info and contacts of people who can provide more info.
I will save your email address and let you know if i come across someone who can provide you with dated history information. I advise that you link with a theology academic from Lesotho as this was where the Difela tsa Sione hymnal was written.
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Music is an important element of a funeral ceremony because it helps us to process feelings that are difficult to put into words. As Dr. Alan Wolfelt tells us, music imprints itself on our hearts more than any other experience in life. For people of faith, these feelings are often best expressed in hymns, which are songs of devotion or praise to God. If you are looking for timeless songs of faith to honor the life of a loved one, you may want to consider using one of these 10 beautiful hymns.
A proclamation issued by the then State President, Nelson Mandela, on 20 April 1994 in terms of the provisions of Section 248 (1) together with Section 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act 200 of 1993), stated that the Republic of South Africa would have two national anthems. They were Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and The Call of South Africa (Die Stem van Suid-Afrika). In terms of Section 4 of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996), and following a proclamation in the Government Gazette No. 18341 (dated 10 October 1997), a shortened, combined version of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and The Call of South Africa is now the national anthem of South Africa.
It is the only neo-modal national anthem in the world, by virtue of being the only one that starts in one key and finishes in another. The lyrics employ the five most populous of South Africa's eleven official languages - isiXhosa (first stanza, first two lines), isiZulu (first stanza, last two lines), seSotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza) and English (final stanza).
Nkosi Sekelel' iAfrika was composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Methodist school teacher. It was originally sung as a church hymn but later became an act of political defiance against the apartheid Government. Die Stem van Suid-Afrika/The Call of South Africa was written by C.J. Langenhoven in 1918. "Die Stem" was the co-national anthem with God Save the King/Queen from 1936 to 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1994. The South African Government under Nelson Mandela adopted both songs as national anthems from 1994 until they were merged in 1997 to form the current anthem.
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