Trust and Obey
(I Samuel 15:22)
John H. Sammis (1846-1919)
Daniel B. Towner (1950-1919)
“Bangci lian ding cih bel thei ke’ng- ahi zongin Amah muangin Ama’ thu mang ning.” 1886 kumin D. L. Moody in America gam Brockton, Massachusetts ah cialpi sawtveipi a bawl sunga tangval khat in teci a panna-a a gen kammalte ahi hi. Tua ni-a la makai Daniel B. Towner in tua kammalte leh tua pa’ teci panna lai-in gelh hi. Tua ni-in D.L. Moody tawh a kithuah den Ira D. Sankey hihmawhna khat nei a, Moody Bible Institute ah Moody tawh kithuah-a music department khat a phuan Dr. Towner in la a makaih ni ahi hi. Tua pa’ teci panna in Dr. Towner lungsim sukha mahmah a, a lungsim sungah a sakkik ding phuakpah hi.
Muang ding, mang ding,
Lampi dang om lo hi;
Jesu kiang nuamsak nading,
Amah muang ding, mang ding.
Dr. Towner in a la thulu ding “Mang Ding, Mang Ding” ci-in pia a, tua tangvalpa’ tangthu tomno leh a phuahsa a sakkik Presbyterian minister khat ahi Rev. John H. Sammis khak hi. Rev. Sammis in tua a sakkik bulphuh in taang 5 a pha la khat phuaka, Christian nuntakna-a i tuah thute a cingin sut-a, lungnopna kicing i neih theih nadingin Topa’ tungah i nuntakna a buppi-a i ap ding a kisapna la-in hong phuak hi. Tua la Dr. Towner khak kik hi. Dr. Towner in a la-aw phuakpah-a, hih la hong piangkhia hi. 1887 kuma Revell Company-te’ khet Hymns Old and New a kici labu sungah kihel pah hi. Tuni dongin mi tampite’ deihpen la khat hi dena, kampau tampi-in kitei khin hi.
Dr. Towner sepna Moody Bible Institute-a kum tampi lai a hilh, music leh la phuah a siam Dr. George Schuler in hih la tawh kisai a theih-nop-huai mahmah thu khat gen ngei hi. Rev. Sammis’ kiang pan hih lamalte a ngah ciangin Dr. Towner in a la-aw ding phuak pah hi. A la-aw ama’ deih bang thei mahmah lo a, a gelhna laidal ninbung sung deenna hi. A zingciang zingsangin Dr. Towner’ zi in a lawmpa’ laisimna inndei sung a phiat laitakin kinuaigawp-a ninbunga kipai tua ladal mu hi. Tua laidal tawm-in Dr. Towner’ phuah la-aw tawh a taang masa sa hi. Tua ladal paimang lo-in organ tungah koihsak kik hi. Tua nitak zum pan hong ciah ciangin Dr. Towner in a paihsa ladal a organ tungah mu hi. A zi kiangah, “Lawm, hih ladal ka paihsa hi ka cih hi ve’n,” a cih leh a lawmnu in, “Na paihsa hi mah e, ahih hang tua na phuah la-aw pen hih lamalte leitung buppi-a a pua kawikawi ding la-aw hoihpen, a lamalte tawh a kituakpen dingin ka ngaihsun a” ci-in dawng hi. A zi’ thu mangin tua la a zawh dongin semsuaka, thakhat-in mite’ deihpen la khat hong suaka, a zi’ (Mrs. Towner’) gen maan hi, cih kimu thei hi.
Hih lamalte a phuak Rev. John H. Sammis pen July 6, 1846 ni-in Brooklyn, New York ah suak hi. Kum 23 a phak ciangin Logansport, Indiana ah kisuan-a, tualai-ah Pasian um mahmah mihau khat suak hi. YMCA secretary sem dingin a leitung nasep khempeuh tawpsan-a, a sawt lo-in hunbit-a Pasian’ nasem dingin Pasian’ sapna ngah hi. McCormick Theological Seminary leh Lane Theological Seminary-te ah pilna sin-a, 1881 kumin a sangkahna khempeuh zo hi. Presbyterian pawlpi ah ordination kipia-a, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota state-te ah pastor sem kawikawi hi. 1901 kumin the Bible Institute of Los Angeles ah laihilh dingin California ah kisuan hi. Tua lai-ah June 12, 1919 ni-in si hi. A khan sung buppi lawhcingtakin Pasian’ na sem hi.
Hih la a aw a phuakpa Daniel B. Towner bel March 5, 1850 ni-in America gam Rome, Pennsylvania-a suak hi a, October 3, 1919 ni-in Longwood, Missouri ah si hi. Evangelical gospel music lamah a pha ding om lo hi, ci-in kiciamteh hi. Music hilh sia, conductor, solo sa, la-aw phuak, lamal phuak – siam loh mahmah a nei lo khat ahi hi. Ama’ pattahsa mi minthang tampi zong om hi. Charles M. Alexander, Harry Dixon Loes, Homer Hammontree, H.E. Tovey, George S. Schuler-a kipan evangelical la makai tampite ama’ pattahsa vive ahi hi.1885 kum, D. L. Moody Cincinnati ah evangelistic campaign bawl dinga a pai-a kipan Towner leh Moody-te kizom den uh hi. Tua kikhoppite ah Towner in choir makaih-a, Moody in a siam a vakna, kha lama a cihtaknate thupisa mahmah a, amah tawh kithuah dingin kun hi. Tua huna kipan a sihkhiat dong D.L. Moody tawh ahi zongin, Moody tawh kizom gospel nasepna khatpeuh tawh ahi zongin sem khawm den hi.
1893 kum khuakhal sungin ama’ phuat sangpi Moody Bible Institute ah Music director a sem dingin D.L. Moody in Towner cial hi. Khangno lamte gospel music makai dinga pattah nading tupna ahi hi. Gospel la makai dingte pattahna kician neih ding kisam hi ci-a a phawk masa Moody leh Towner hi, kici thei hi. Music hilh sia khat ahihna, la khatpeuh a phuahna, mipi mai-a la a makaihna khempeuh ah mite Zeisu Khazih tawh a kizop nading uh, a kinai nading uh tup-in nei vinven hi.
La-aw dawng 2,000 val phuaka, labu 14 kaikhawmin sangah laihilhna-a a zat ding textbook pawlkhat zong gelh hi. Ama’ phuah la-awte lakah hih la, “Muang Ding, Mang Ding”(Trust and Obey) banah, “I Topa Hong Itna Lamdang Hi” (Grace Greater Than Our Sin), “Saved By the Blood,” “Nor Silver Or Gold,” “My Anchor Holds,” “Only a Sinner” cihte minthang deuh hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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