Rock of Ages
(Isaiah 26:4)
Augustus M. Toplady(1740-1778)
Thomas Hastings (1784-1872)
Christian hymn-te’ laka suangmanpha tawh a kibang hih la pen Mangkam-a kisa late’ lakah a kisa munpen, a koimapeuh-a a kuamapeuh in a deihpen la khat ahi hi. “Salvation Army-te’ hotkhiat lamdung lamvai a mi vakvaite-a kipan a kivuina ah hih la mah kisa-a Westminter Abbey innpi sung thawn ziahziah-a a kisak Prime Minister Gladstone dong, mi khempeuhte’ kha lam tangsapna khempeuh a cingsak” la hi, ci-in kigen helzen hi.
Hih la a phuakpa Augustus Montague Toplady pen England gam Farnham ah November 4, 1740 ni-in suak hi. A pa galkap sunga major khat ahi hi. Toplady a ngek lai-in a pa in sihsan hi. Kum 16 a phak-in, Ireland a hawh laitak piangthak hi. Dublin, Ireland-a Trinity College panin sang a zawh khit ciang, 1762 kumin Anglican pawlpi sungah ordination kipia hi. A pumpi mahmah hat lohna leh lungdamna thu a genna ah na a uangsep luatna hangin kum tawm mahmah lai, kum 38 a phak-in si hi.
Tawlkhat sung John Wesley, Charles Wesley-te leh Mothodist nasepnate thupisa mahmah a, ahi zongin John Calvin’ “election” doctrine lam mah ah kipzaw a, Arminian upna nei Wesley-te unau tawh sermon, laihawm tuamtuam leh kiselna debate peuh-in khat le khat ki dodo uh hi. 1776 kumin in Toplady in The Gospel Magazine sunga a laigelhna hih lamalte-in khuma, “A Living and Dying Prayer for the Holiest Believer in the World” cih thulu pia hi. Sianthosakna tawh kisai thu ummi khat in mawhna kici peuhmah pelh-a mawhna kisikkikna leh mawhna nei lo-a siangtho kiuhkeuh-a om ding cih Arminian upna a langpanna-a a gelh ahi hi. Taang nihna ah hih bangin na gen hi:
Ka khut in ka sepna tawh,
Thukham deihna cin zo lo;
Hahkat den zo mah leng zong,
Tawp lo khitui luan hang zong;
Mawhna kiphel zo sam lo,
Nangmah bek in nong hon zo.
Toplady in mi khat kum 80 nungta hi leh mawhna awn tul nih leh awn za nga (2.5 billion) bang bawl kha thei ding ci-in seh a, kuamah peuhmah amah leh amah a kihonkhia zo ngei ding hi lo a, Honpa kisam hi, cih thu nakpi-a a genna tungtawna hong piangkhia la ahi hi. Toplady in hih la a phuahna ah a nungthu nih peuhmah om hi, ci-in kiciamteh hi.
A masa pen Dr. Daniel Brevint’s sermon a zakna pana piang ahi hi. Tua sermon sungah siapa in, “O Israel Suangpi, Hotkhiatna Suangpi, kei’ adinga kisatkham a khaangtam Suangpi aw, Emmaus a na nungzuite tawh anlum na balkhap lai-a na nungzuite’ lungsim bangin hih anlum ka balkhap uh ciangin Nangma’ nasem dingin ka lungsim uh hong lawpsak in. Na’ pang pana hong zuikhawm sisan leh tuite… Horeb vum tungah dinga a gamlapi pana lunggulh bangin hong omsak kei in” ci-in lunggulhna lianpi tawh a genna a zak ciangin a lungsim nakpi-in sukha a, mangngilh thei mahmah lo hi.
A nihna pen bel nikhat, Topladay lungnuam takin Barrington Coombs ah vak hiathiat hi. Thakhat thu-in huihpi guahpi hong kipeii-a, van-ging keekkia in lau huai lua mahmah hi. A biakinn lamah taikik ding ci leh lah gamla lua zek-a, tua Coombs a suangpi kitam sung khat ah bu hi. A kiim a paam ah huih le guah nasia mah mah a, ahih hangin tua suangtumpi kitam sung beel ahih manin bittak-in om hi. Tua banga huihpi le guah kithuah a tuah laitak, suangtumpi bela bitna a ngah laitak-in a lungsim-ah Dr. Brevint’ semon hong suak denden hi. Tua a tuah huihpi leh guahpi pan a suahtak nadinga suangpi kitam heenga a bukna pen Zeisu Khazih in Calvary singlamteh tunga a nasep tawh kibang hi lo ahi hiam, ci-in ngaihsun hi.
Huihpi dai ta hi. Pastor Toplady zong a biakinn zuan-in ciah vingvenga, tua ni-a thupiangte leh thupiangte’ tungtawna a ngaihsutnate a lungsim pan a man ma-in, “Kei’ ading tam khang suangpi, Nangma’ sung hong beel sak aw…” ci-in la hong phuak hi.
Pastor Toplady’ phuah lamalte tawh kituak ding la-aw American church musucian minthang mahmah Thomas Hastings in 1830 kum-a a phuah ahi hi. Thomas Hastings pen ama’ pilna siamnate America gam buppi ah Pasian phatna late a khantoh nadinga a pumpiak masapen ahi hi. Amah mah in khatvei, “The homage that we owe the Almighty God calls for the noblest and most reverential tribute that music can render” ci-in gen ngiat hi.
Amah October 15, 1784 ni-in Washington, Connecticut ah suak hi. Music taktak a sinna tam lo-in a mit mahmah a hat loh den hangin a khan sungin church music bu 50 sanga tawmzaw lo gelh a, la-aw dawng 1000 leh lamal dawng 600 phuak hi. Mi tuamtuamte’ phuahsa la bu 50 bangmah kaikhawm lai hi. 1858 kumin the University of the City of New York in ama’ nasepna thupite pahtawina-in Doctor of Music Degree pia hi. American church music a khangtosak taktak Thomas Hastings leh Lowell Mason hi, ci-a ciaptehna ngah hi.
Ama’ la-aw phuahte lakah hih la, “Kei’ Ading Ta Khang Suangpi” (Rock of Ages) banah, “Hong Hon Topa Zeisu’ Tal-Ah” (Majestic Sweetness Sits Esnthroned), “A Dahte Hong Pai un” (Come, Ye Disconsolate), “From Every Storm Wind That Blows” cih kihel hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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