Christian Hymn te’ tangthu: Hing Eive!

He Lives
(Matthew 28:6)
Alfred H. Ackley (1887-1960)
Alfred H. Ackley (1887-1960)

“Tua a sisa Jew khat bang nuammawh-a bia laizang ding ka hia?”

Hih la a mal leh a-aw a phuakpa Alfred H. Ackley in evangelistic cialpi a bawlna a kikhawm Jew-te tangvalno sangnaupang khat in lungsim takpi-a a dot ahi hi. Evangelist Ackley in, “Amah hing aive! Hong gen ning aw, Amah si zenzen lo ahi, tu mahmah in hi lai ah nungta ahi! Tu mahmah-in tua Zeisu nungta teekteek ahi. Kei’ nuntakna mahmah, tua bek tham lo mi tul tampi sim zawhte’ nuntakna tungtawnin hong lak thei ding hi’ng” ci-in dawng hi.

Ackley in a lungsim khempeuh-in tua banga dawnga tua tangvalpa in Zeisu Khazih a san nading a hanciam na khempeuh la dawng khat hong suak hi. Lungdamna Thu bute sunga Zeisu’ thawhkikna a kigelhnate a sim kikkik ciangin “Amah thokik zo hi” cih kammalte in khiatna thak nei mahmah hi. Tua thawhkikna thu in a lungsim a lawnna pana hong phulkhia la ahi hi. Laisiangtho’ hong hilhna, ama’ lungtang sung mahmah-a a theihna, tangthu mahmah in teci a pannate in sim zawh loh mite’ nuntakna-a a tuahsa uh thu leh teci panna ahi “Amah nungta hi” cih thu hong lak hi. Tua a nungta Zeisu Khazih in ompih gige ahih manin hih la a phuah laitakin zong haksa het lo-in phuak thei ziau hi. A mal leh a aw phuah khat-a a phuah pah ahi hi.

Rodeheaver Company in 1933 kuma a khet Triumphant Service Songs labu sungah kihel pah a, tuni dongin evangelical pawlpite’ deihpen la khat hi den hi.

Hih la a phuakpa A.H. Ackley January 21, 1887 ni-in America gam Spring Hill, Pennsylvania ah suak hi. Music sinna kician mahmah a nei mi khat hi a, laphuah zia mahmah zong Englang gam London khuapi-a Royal Academy ah sin ngiat hi. Cello tumsiam minthang khat zong ahi hi.(Cello i cih violin tawh kibang khauzang kisai tum theih hi a, khuk kikal-ah kinga-a kitum ahi hi. ZKK). Westminster Theological Seminary ah pilna sina a zawh ciangin Presbyterian pawlpi ah 1914 kumin ordination kipia hi. Pennsylvania leh California ah Presbyterian pawlpite kemin pastor a sep kawmkawmin hymn mal leh hymn aw phuak den hi. Gospel la leh hymn dawng 1,000 val phuaka, Rodeheaver Company-te huh in labu tampi kaikhawmin khenkhia hi. Pasian’ la phuahna leh lasakna lam a hanciamnate pahtawina-in John Brown University in Doctor of Sacred Music Degree pia uh hi. July 3, 1960 ni-in Whittier, California ah si hi.

Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005