Great Is Thy Faithfulness
(Kahla 3:22)
Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)
William M. Runyan (1870-1957)
Tunai-a kiphuak Pasian’ hoihna leh thumaanna a kipahtawina late’ lakah a kideihpen khat ahi hi. La pawlkhatte a phuakte’ nuntakna-a thupiang khatpeuh hanga kiphuak hi hamtangzaw a, ahi zongin hi la pen a phuakpa’ nuntakna ah “zingsang sima hehpihna thak a muhna” tungtawna kiphuak ahih manin mi kim’ nuntakna tawh kituak deuh hi.
Thomas Obediah Chisholm pen America gam Franklin, Kentucky ah July 29, 1866 ni-a suak hi a, mizawng nu leh pate’ sung pana piang, singluang tawh a kilam buk sung pana khangkhia ahi hi. High school zong kah kha lo, pilna sangpi sin kha het lo hi napi-in kum 16 a phak ciangin pilna tawmkhat a sinna sang mah ah sangsia sem kik hi. Kum 21 a phak ciangin kal khat hal-a a khua vua kihawm The Franklin Favorite ah associate editor sem hi. Tua zawh kum 6 ciangin a khua vuah Dr. C.H. Morrison in cialpi bawl-a, tua lai ah piangthak hi. Dr. Morrison’ hanthotna tawh kizui-in Louisville ah kituah in Dr. Morrison’ hawmkhiat Pentecostal Herald ah office editor leh business manager thuah-in sem hi. Tua khit ciangin Methodist pawlpi ah ordination kipia a, ahi zongin a ci dam het lo ciitciat-in a pastor nasepna pan khawl hi. 1900 kum ciangin Winona Lake ah life insurance agent sema, tua khit ciangin Vineland, New Jersey ah kituah hi. 1953 kumin a nasepna pan pension la a, a nuntakna a om laiteng Ocean Grove, New Jersey-a ‘puteekte kikepna’ ah zang hi.
Mr. Chisholm in a khan sungin poem dawng 1,200 phuaka tuate’ lakah tampi mah Sunday School Times, Moody Monthly, Alliance Weekly leh a dang laihawm tuamtuamte ah suak den hi. Tua late tampi mah a aw kibulh-in hymn minthang suak hi.
1941 kumin Mr. Chisholm in a lawmte khat lai a khakna ah, “A beisa bang hun hiamkhat a kipan ka pumpi dam lohna hangin ka khasum peuhmah cikmah in tam ngei lo hi. Ahi zongin a thuciam a pel ngei lo Pasian’ thumaanna leh hong kepna lamdang tampi hong lahnate ka mangngilh kei ding hi. Tuate hangin nakpi-in ka lungdam hi” ci-in a lungsim na gen ngei hi.
1923 kumin Mr. Chisholm in a phuahsa la pawlkhat Moody Bible Institute-a nasem musician Rev. W.M. Runyan khak hi. Rev. Runyan pen July 29, 1957 ni-a a sih dong Hope Publishing Company-a editor sem ahi hi. Rev. Runyan in a genna ah: “Hih la pen a dangte tawh kibang lo-a i lungsim hong lawng mahmah la a hih manin a kilawm la-aw ka phuah theih nading leh ka phuah la-aw in hih lamalte a puak kawikawi theih nading nakpi takin thu ka ngen hi. Hih la a kizat zia i et ciangin Pasian in ka thungetna hong dawng hi cih kimu thei hi. Hih la-aw 1923 kuma Baldwin, Kansas a kiphuak hi a, keima’ hawmtawm laihawm pawlkhat ah ka hel hi” ci-in gen ngei hi.
Hih la pen Moody Bible Institute-a president sawtpi a sem hong nusiasa Dr. Will Houghton in a deihpen la hi a, sangnaupangte in zong deih mahmah-in sa mun mahmah uh ahih manin mun khempeuh-a evangelical pawlpite ah kizel kawikawi hi. 1954 kuma Great Britain gama kibawl Billy Graham Crusade ah Bev Shea in sa a, tua gamah a kisak masaknapen hi-in a kideihpen la khat suak pah hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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