Hiding in Thee (Late 31:2)
William O. Cushing (1823-1902)
Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)
Hih la a phuakpa William O. Cushing pen America gam Hingham, Massachusetts ah December 31, 1823 ni-a suak ahi hi. America gam Nisuahna lam kuamah kum 20 val sung a lawhcing mahmah pastor khat ahi hi. 1870 kuma a zi a sih khit ciangin a ci hong dam het lo mawka a nasepna pan a tawp loh hong phamawh hi. Tua hun sungin hymn phuah ding hong lunglut mahmah a, dawng 300 val phuak hi. “Topa aw, Nang ading ka sep theih ding khatpeuh hong pia in” ci-in thungen ngiat hi.
Pasian in a thungetna dawnga la ngaih tampi a phuak dingin zang hi. Mi nuam mahmah khat hi a, amah tawh a kitheikha peuhmah amah a it lo kuama’ ta om lo hi, kici hi. Gospel la makai minthang Ira D. Sankey, Robert Lowry, George F. Root-a kipan mi minthang tampi tawh kop-in la tampi phuak hi.
Hih la a phuahna thu ama’ gen bangin genkik lehang: “‘Nang Kong Beel Hi’ la bel Moravia, New York ah 1876 kuma kiphuak ahi hi. Khitui tampi, lungsim gimna tampi, leitung in hong piak theih loh lungsim lunggulhna tampi pana hong luangkhia la hi mai hi. Hih la a kiphuah taktakna bel Mr. Sankey in, ‘Ka gospel nasepna-a ong huh ding la thak khat hong khak dih in’ ci-a hong ngetna pana kipan ahi hi.
Tua bang mi khat tung pan tua bang tupna tawh tua banga huhna ong kinget ciangin Pasian’ hong sawl hi ci-in ka ngaihsun hi. Kei zong thu ka ngena, ‘Topa aw, Nangma’ minthan nadingin bang khatpeuh hong pia in’ ka ci hi. Tua banga thungena ka ngak laitakin hih la hong kipia hi a, Mr. Sankey in a aw ding hong phuaka, ama’ siamna hangin hih la in Topa’ nasepna ah a kimang thei dingin ‘kha’ hong nei hi” ci-in gen hi.
“Hong Pai Ciangin” (When He Cometh), “Ring the Bells of Heaven” (Nuamna Siklong Tum Un-Xtian La No. 331) te zong ama’ phuah mah ahi hi.
Ira D. Sankey bel “father of gospel song” (gospel late’ pa) a kicih zahkhat-in D.L. Moody tawh a kithuahna khempeuh ah hih bang late vive sa-a gospel la tampi phuakin kaikhawma a khenkhiapa ahi hi. Ama’ kaihkhop labu Sacred Songs and Solos bekbek bang kum 50 sungin bu awn giat val(over eight million copies) kizuakkhia hi. Philip P. Bliss leh George C. Stebbins tawh kopkhawma a khet uh Gospel Hymn Numbers 1-6 te bang bel tuni dongin evangelical palwpite-a kizang mahmah lai late ahi hi.
Laisiangtho sunga Late la-a sakna, hymn leh gospel la tuamtuam sakna i cihte 16th century lai-a Protestant Reformation huna kipan bialpiakna khempeuh-a kizang den ahih hangin Ira D. Sankey in lasakzia thak khat hong phuangtawm-a, “a awl-mawh lote phawn nading, a lungtang khauhte nipsak nading leh a zong mite Zeisu Khazih’ kiang a tunpih ding” mipi lasakzia khat hong phuangkhia hi. D.L. Moody in lungdamna thu sermon-a a gen zahlian-in Ira D. Sankey in tua lungdamna thu mah la-in gen hi, kici hi.
Ira D. Sankey pen August 28, 1840 ni-in America gam Edinburg, Pennsylvania ah suaka, 1856 kumin pianghtak hi. 1857 kumin New Castle, Pennsylvania ah lal uh a, tua lai-ah Methodist Episcopal pawlpi ah lut hi. A sawt lo-in Sunday School superintendent-in kikoih a, choir leader zong sem hi. American Civil War (tual gal) sung, 1860 kumin Union Army ah lut hi. Sergeant za ciang ngah hi. September 9, 1863 ni-in State Senate member John Edwards’ tanu Fanny V. Edwards tawh kiteng uh a, tapa nih nei uh hi.
Gal ven ciangin New Castle ah ciahkik-a a pa’ nesep Internal Revenue Service ah a pa huh-in om hi. 1867 kumin amau’ khua a YMCA ah secretary, tua khit teh president cih bangin kitel hi. 1870 kumin Indianapolis khua a YMCA kikhoppi ah taangmi-in kah-a D.L. Moody tawh kimu uh hi. Moody in hun-bit-a Pasian’ nasem dingin zol hi.
1871 kumin D.L. Moody tawh kithuah dingin Chicago ah kituah a, kum 30 val kithuah uh hi. 1873 pan 1875 sung Great Britain ah lungdamna thu tangko-in pai hi. 1873 kumin Sacred Songs and Solos khenkhia hi. Kikhen kikkik-a, la zong kibehlap toto hi. 1903 kuma a kikhet ciangin la dawng 1,200 pha ta hi. 1874 kumin Philip P. Bliss tawh kopkhawma a khet uh Gospel Hymns Numbers 1-6 khetkhiat kipan uh a, la dawng 739 pha hi. 1881-84 sung British Isles ah lungdamna thu tangko-in zinkik uh hi.
1885 kumin a labute zuakna pana kingah sum lak panin Newcastle, Pennsylvania a YMCA inn lam nading $ 40,000 piakhia zo hi. 1891-92 sung British Isles ah zinkik uh a 1898 kumin Holy Land ah zin hi. 1899 kumin mangpha khakna in England gam zin leuleu hi. December 22, 1899 ni-in a lawmpa D.L. Moody si a, dah mahmah hi. 1903 kuma kipan a mit in khua mu nawn lo hi. August 13, 1908 ni-in i Topa’ kiang Van-inn ah ciah ta hi.
Hih la banah, “Huihpi Nun Cianga Kidalna’ (A Shelter in the Time of Storm), “Jesu Muang In” (Trusting Jesus), “The Ninety and Nine” cih late zong a aw Sankey’ phuah ahi hi. Rev. Zam Khat Kham Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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