Living for Jesus (Romans 12:1,2)
Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)
Carl Harold Lowden (1883-1963)
Hih la a aw phuakpa Carl Harold Lowden in hih la hong piankhiatna thu hibangin gen ngei hi:
1915 kumin naupang kikhopnate-a sak dingin “The Sunshine Song” a cih la khat “light and summery” namin ka phuak hi. Kideih mahmah vet-a, pastor tampite in a la-aw hoihtak kikemin lapi khat ah kibulh leh, ci-in laikhakin hong gen uh hi. 1917 kum ciangin ka file-te sungah ka mukik-a, hih la aw ka tum hi. A rhythm leh tempo-te in “Zeisu Ading Nungta Ning” cih bang dan khat gen nuam keii leh kilawm kasa hi. Hih la-aw tawh kituak ki-apna lapi khat kiphuak leh cih ka ngaihsutna khat hong om hi.
Ngaihsunsun-in thu ka ngetnget khit ciangin a mal hong phuahsak dingin Thomas O. Chisholm cial ding ka khensat hi. Hih la-aw khakin a thulu ka deihdan genin, a sakkik ah bangci bang hi leh kilawm ding, cih kei’ ngaihsutna zong ka gen hi. Ni nih khit khawng ciangin Mr. Chisholm in ka la-aw khak hong khakkika, la-aw tawh kituak ding lamal bangci phuah ding cih a theih ngiat lohna hong gen hi.
Ka la-aw ka khakkik a, Pasian in amah mah a telsak lam ka upna ka gen khit ciangin lamalte Pasian mahmah a phuahsak nading ka hanthawn hi. A sawt lo-in lamal khempeuh hong phuak khin takpi-a, tuni a i sak lamalte hipah hi. A ladal mahmah-in a awn-a simin kizuak khin a, pawlpi khat peuhpeuh in labu a bawl nak uh leh hel hamtang uh hi. Kampau nam tuamtuamin zong kiteikhia khin hi.
Hih lamalte a phuakpa Thomas Obediah Chisholm July 29, 1866 ni-in America gam Franklin, Kentucky ah singluang tawh kilam bukno khat sunga suak ahi hi. Sangsia semin nipi kal sima kihawm The Franklin Favorite editor peuh a sep khit, kum 27 a phak ciangin Dr. Henry Clay Morrison’ tungtawnin piangthak hi. Dr. Henry C. Morrison i cih bel Asbury College and Theological Seminary a phuankhiapa ahi hi. 1903 kumin Methodist pawlpi in Chisholm ordination pia a, Scottsville, Kentucky ah tawlkhat sunng pastor sem hi. A ci hong dam lo sim pha mahmah a, Winona Lake, Indiana ah kisuan hi.
Tua lai-ah insurance salesman sema, 19016 kum Vineland, New Jersey-a a kituah ciangin zong semsuak lai hi. Laigelh uk mahmah khat hi a, poem dawng 1,200 val gelh a, 800 te Sunday School Times, Moody Monthly, Alliance Weekly, leh laihawm tuamtuamte ah suak den hi. A poem phuahte lakah tampi hymn minthang suaka, tuate lakah, “Na Thumaanna Lian Hi” (Great Is Thy Faithfulness), “He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions,” “Christ Is Risen from the Dead,” “O to Be Like Thee,” leh “Trust in the Lord With All Thy Heart” cihte minthang mahmah hi. February 29, 1960 ni-in Ocean Grove, New Jersey-a the Methodist Home for the Aged piteek puteek kepna inn ah si hi.
Hih la a aw a phuakpa Carl Harold Lowden bel October 12, 1883 ni-a America gam Burlington, New Jersey-a suak ahi hi. Kum 12 a phakin Hall-Mack Publishing Company-te’ tungah a laphuah maksapen zuak thei ta hi. A nidang ciangin tua company-a nasem dingin kisam hi. Kum tampi sung the Bible Institute of Pennsylvania (tu’n Phildelphia College of Bible kici) ah music hilh hi.
Camden, New Jersey-a Linden Baptist Church ah zong kum 28 sung minister of music sem hi. Tua khit ciangin kum 12 sung Evangelical and Reformed Church Board (tu’n United Church of Christ kici) ah music editor-in om hi. Lowden in a khan sungin la-aw dawng tampi phuaka, labu tampi khenkhia hi. Collingswwod, New Jersey ah February 27, 1963 ni-in si hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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