Have Thy Own Way, Lord!
(Jeremiah 18:3,4)
Adelaide A. Pollard (1862-1934)
George C. Stebbins (1846-1945)
“Nang’ deih bang Topa, Nang deih bangbang” ci-a thungen ngaungau nupi teek khat’ thungetna tungtawna kiphuak la ahi hi. 1902 kuma a kiphuah huna kipan tuni ciang dong ki-apna la kici peuhmah lakah a kisa munpen khat ahi hi. Mite in a nuntakna uh sit pha-in i Topa’ tungah a ki-ap theih nadingua a panpih mahmah la khat ahi hi.
Hih laphuaknu Adelaide A. Pollard mahmah in zong “lungsim gimna” nasia taka a thuak laitaka a phuah ahi hi. Africa gamah missionary-a a pai nading sum a kicinga a ngah zawh het loh laitakin a lungkiat mahmah a, nitak khat thunget kikhopna khatah va kihel hi. Tua lai ah nupi teek khat in a kisap thuphate leh deihna tuamtuamte ngen peuhmah lo-in a nuntakna ah Pasian’ deihna a theih ding bek a thuum ngaungauna za hi. Nitak inn a tun ciangin Jeremiah 18:3,4 sunga beelsekpa’ thu lunggai pha hi: “Beelsekpa’ inn ah ka paisuka, peiite zangin na na sem hi. Tungman pana a bawl beel a khut sungah kitam hi; tua ahih manin hoih a sak bangin beel dang khat bawl pha kik hi.”(Kei’ own translation) Tua nitak a lup ma-in tuni-a i saksak hih la taang liteng phuak khin ta hi.
Adelaide Addison Pollard pen misiangtho banga a nungta mi khat hi a, ahi zongin “mystic” khat banga nungta zong ahi hi. November 27, 1862 ni-in America gam Bloomfield, Iowa ah suak hi. Anute in Sarah ci-in a min phuak uh a, ahih hangin ama’n deih lo ahih manin Adelaide ci-in laih hi. 1880 kumte in Chicago-a girls’ school tuamtuamte ah sangsia sem hi. Tua hun lai-a kipan Laisiangtho hilh kipan hi. Tua khit ciangin Alexander Dowie’ nasep huh in evangelistic ministry ah kihel a, a diakdiakin cina damsakna nasep lampang sem deuh hi. Amah mah zong zunkhum natna vei hi napi-in Pasian in damsak hi, ci-in tecipang hi. Tua khit ciangin i Topa’ hong pai hun ding kithei lo a, hong pai vat thei hi cih thu a bulphuh mahmah Sanford tawh kithuah in nasem leuleu hi.
Africa gamah pai-a nasep ding lunggulh mahmah napi-in pai thei pak lo hi. A tawpna ah pai thei sam-a sawt om thei lo sawnsawn hi. Galpi Masa pianga, tua gal hun sung khempeuh Scotland gamah om hi. Gal ven ciangin America gamah ciahkik-a dam het lo hat het lo pi-in New England kuam-ah na sem hi. Miss Pollard in la dawng tampi phuak napi-in a la phuahte nangawn ama’ phuah a hih lam a kitheih ding ut khol lo ahih manin dawng bangzah lian phuak hiam cih kithei lo hi. Ama’ phuah lakah tuni donga kisa la hih bek mah om hi.
Hih la-aw bel George C. Stebbins’ phuah hi a, 1907 kuma a khet Northfield Hymnal with Alexander’s Supplement kici labu sungah hel hi. Tua kum mah in a minthang mahmah Sankey’ labu Hallowed Hymns Old and New leh Sankey leh Clement-te’ labu Best Endeavor Hymns kici labute ah kikhen pah hi.
American gospel music-a minthang mahmah George C. Stebbins pen February 26, 1846 ni-in Canada gam Orleans County, Ontario ah suak hi. Orleans County pen tuizeu minthang mahmah Niagara Falls pan nisuahna leilu lam tai 50 na pawla om ahi hi. Kum 23 a phak ciangin America gam Chicago ah lalsuk-in Lyon and Healy Music Company ah nasem hi. 1874 kumin Boston ah kisuanin Clarendon Street Baptist Church ah music director sem hi.
1876 kumin amah tawh nasemkhawm dingin D.L.Moody in sama kum 25 sung Moody leh Sankey-a kipan evangelist minthang George F. Pentecost leh Major D.W. Whittle-te tawh kithuah-in la makai, choir director, la-aw phuak, gospel la kaikhawma a khenkhiapa cih bangin om hi. La minthang tampite a la-aw ama’ phuah hi a, tuate’ lakah, “Siantho Nang Hun Zang In” (Take Time to Be Holy), “Kei’ Dahna Khualmial, Koltanna Pan” (Jesus, I come), “There Is a Green Hill Far Away” (Khuapi Umna Kulh Pua Lam – Xtian La No.101), “Ye Must Be Born Again” (Nih Vei Na Suak Kik In – Xtian La No. 464), “Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing” (Topa aw, Ka Ihmut Ma-in – Xtian La No. 34), “Saved by Grace” (Khatvei Ciang Khuangkhau Tat-in – Xtian La No. 370) cih late kihel hi.
1924 kuma a khet ama’ tangthu leh a khan lai-a thute a gelhna Memoirs and Remeniscences kici laibu tungtawnin George C. Stebbins’ thu cing takin kithei thei hi. Pasian’ piaksa nuntakna man nei takin zanga, a kum 91 a phak laitak, October 6, 1945 ni-in Catskill, New York ah si hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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