Jesus Loves Me (Mark 10:16)
Anna B. Warner (1820-1915)
William B. Bradbury (1816-1868)
La khempeuh laka naupangte’ deihpen la ahi hih la pen Anna Barlett Warner in 1860 kuma a phuah ahi hi. Anna Warner in hih la a sanggamnu Susan tawh a phuahkhop hi a, Susan’ gelh novel Say and Seal kici laibu sunga a gelh ahi hi. Tua tangthu a buppi-in bang hiam cih kuama’n thei nawn lo ding hi napi-in tua tangthu sunga Mr. Linden in cina-a si dekdek-a om Johny Fax a hanthotna kammal la a kiphuak hih la bel leitung buppi-a naupangte’ deihpen la hong suak hi.
Anna leh Susan Warner-te unau pen a pilna sang mahmah a nei, a piangthak mahmah unau numei nih ahi uh hi. New York khua Hudson gunpi gei-a inn hoih mahmah khat ah kuamah tawh kikawm khol lo-in teng uh hi. West Point-a US Military Academy tawh kinai ahih manin a unau un galkap sinte Pasian’ thu laihilhna Sunday School neihpih zel uh hi.
A tenna uh “Good Crag” mahmah zong Academy’ tungah pia uh a, national shrine khat-in kikem hi. Galkap sin-a om tangvalte’ kha lam nuntakna vei-a a nasepna uh pahtawina-in a unau un a sih uh ciangin galkapte kipahtawina minphatna-in (military honors) kivui hi.
Meigong-a om New York khuapi-a mi minthang khat ahi a pa uh a sih ciangin a unau un sum le paii hatsakna tampi tuak uh a, laigelh kipan uh hi. Susan’ laibu gelhte’ lakah The Wide Wide World kici laibu minthang mahmah a, tua hun lai-a kikhawngpen Uncle Tom’s Cabin zom-a bu tam kikhawngpen ahi hi. A sanggamnu Susan zah-in laigelhna hangin a minthan loh hangin “Amy Lothrop” kici min zangin novel pawlkhat gelh-a, la pawlkhat kaikhawmin khenkhia hi. Hymns of the Church Militant (1858) leh Wayfaring Hymns, Original and Translated, (1869) te ahi hi.
La-aw phuaksiam William B. Bradbury in tua laibu Say and Seal sim-a, tua lamalte a muh ciangin naupangte’ ading la ngaih khat a muh lam thei hi. A la-aw ding phuaka, a sakkik phuahbeh a, khenkhia-in hawmkhia a, America gam bek hi lo-in leitung buppi-a Sunday School-te leh naupang kikhopnate-a kideihpen la hong suak hi.
Amah October 6, 1816 ni-in York, Maine ah suak hi. A tangval ciangin Boston, Massachusetts ah lal a, tua lai-ah “American pilna sinna le music-te’ pa” (father of American public school and music) kici Lowell Mason tawh kithuah uh hi. Tuiphum pawlpi lianpipi tampi ah choir director leh organist-in om ngei a, naupangte’ laka a nasepnate minthang deuh hi.
A nasep minthangte’ lakah Music Festival kici naupang tul khat kaikhawm-a, puan kibang silhsak, ama’ lapuahte a saksakna la-pawite minthang deuh hi. La phuah bek hi lo-in, la tawh kisai laihilhna, la ngaihte khetkhiatna bekbek sepin nei a, 1841 kuma kipanin 1868 kuma a sihkhiat dong Pasian’ la, leitung la bu 59 kaikhawmin khenkhia hi.
Bradbury’ phuah la-awte lakah hih la “Zeisu’n Hong It Ka Thei Hi” (Jesus Loves Me) banah, “Ama’n Hong Kha” (He Leadeth Me), “Ka Hi Bangin” (Just As I Am), “Thunget Hun Nuam” (Sweet Hour of Prayer), “Depth of Mercy,” “Even Me”, “The Solid Rock” cihte minthang mahmah hi.
Rev. Zam Khat Kham
Christian Hymn te’ tangthu 2005
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