As his 90-minute concert was drawing to a close, the packed audience seemed entirely absorbed, as if hypnotized or intoxicated. Encouraged by the concert's hostess, the total of the audience's charity purchases combined with donations from concert sponsors Kinpo Electronics and Compal Lien offered a new rendition of his song "When the Earth Calls Her Children Home" to console the wounded spirits of the September earthquake.
整整進行了九十分鐘的音樂會即將終了，滿場觀眾像被催眠似的全神貫注、如醉如癡，在主持人的帶動下，音樂會的贊助廠商金寶、仁寶電子公司捐款和場內義賣的款項已有六百餘萬，馬修以「大地的呼喚」這首為九二一大地震而作的新曲撫慰著所有創痛的心靈：