Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
(I Samuel 7:12)
Robert Robinson (1735-1790)
John Wyeth (1770-1858)
Hih la a phuakpa Robert Robinson pen England gam Swaffham, Norfolk ah September 27, 1735 ni-in suaka a nu a pate minuamsa lua hi lo hi. Kum 8 a phak ciangin a pa in sihsan a, kum 14 a phak ciangin a nu in sammet sin dingin London paisak hi. Tua lai ah tawlkhat sung khangno gina lo pawlkhat tawh kikhawl-in zukham ankham numei lama phengtat mi khat suak hi. Kum 17 a phak ciangin George Whitefield’ thuhilhna cialpi khat-ah a lawmte tawh va kikhawm uh hi. Tua “Methodist thuhilhsiapa zahpih” nuama pai uh hi lelzaw hi.
Ahi zongin George Whitefield’ gen lungdamna thu in a lungsim vut lua-a pianghtak hi. Kum 7 khit ciangin Ama’ nasem dingin Pasian’ sapna ngah-a, Methodist pawlpi ah nasep kipan hi. Tua khit ciangin Cambridge ah kituah a, Methodist pawlpi nusia in Baptist pastor suak leuleu hi. Tua lai ah Laisiangtho thuthuk thei theologian khat suaka, hymn zong tampi mah phuak hi.
Hih la a phuah laitakin a kum 23 pha pan hi. Taang nihna ah, “Nong huhna tawh hih ciang kong tung, Huhna mualsuang hiah phut ing” a cih kammalte I Samuel 7:12 kila hi a, tua lai-a Ebenezer pen Pasian’ muanhuaina/thumanna lim ahi hi. A taang thumna a, “Topa kong vaksan dek zeel hi, Ka it Pasian hong kem in” a cih kammalte in laphuakpa Robinson’ nuntakzia ding genkhol hi leh kilawm zawzen hi. Hih la a phuahzawh kum bangzah hiamkhat ciangin mawhna sungah pukkik zelmawk-a, kip lo kho lo-in om hi. Tua banah Unitarianism a kici Pasian pen mimal thum Pasian khat hi cih Trinity upna a nial upna lam peuh ah hong hoi thawthop hi. (Unitarianism in Trinity nial-a, Zeisu Khazih Pasian hi lo hi, ci-in Khasiangtho zong Pasian-in sang lo hi. Mihingte’ pukna, mawhna tanga Zeisu’ sihna, tawntung gawtnate um lo uh hi. ZKK)
Robinson tawh kisai a kigen thupiang khat om ngei hi. Khatvei, Robinson sakol-leeng tuang hi. Labu (hymn book) khat lunglut lua mahmah-a sim nupi khat tawh tuangkhawm hi. A leeng tuan kawmun tua nu Robinson’ lamah kiheii-a, “Tu-a ka saksak hih la ngaih na sa hia? Na bangci muh a?” ci’n dong hi. Robinson zong khitui naptui tawh kidim-in, “Madam aw, kei pen kum tampi lai-a hih la a phuakpa hi’ng, tua hun lai-a ka lungnopnate a ngah kik thei ding hi le’ng leitung tul khat dim kham le ngun tawh khek ngam ingh” ci-in kapkhia hi, kici hi.
A la-aw min pen “Nettleton” kici sezen a, 18th century bul lam-a Pasian’ mizat minthang mahmah American evangelist Rev. Asahel Nettleton’ min tam-a kiphuak ahi hi. A phuakpa bel John Wyeth hi a, America gam Cambridge, Massachusetts ah March 31, 1770 ni-a suak ahi hi. Laikhet lam nasem printer hi a, pawlpi mi mawkmawk music siam khat ahi hi. 1813 kuma a khet Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Songs kici labu sungah hih la hel-a, a kikhet masaknapen hi pah hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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