Isahluko 24 — Ezinye Iingqikelelo Ezizalisekisiweyo

GSAM 376.1“QWALASELANI ngoku ukususela ngolu suku ukuya phambili, ukususela ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesine wenyanga yesithoba, kanye ukususela ngomhla owabekwa ngawo isiseko setempile yeNkosi, qwalaselani oko. Ingaba imbewu iseyindlwini yokugcina? Ewe, kude kube ngoku umdiliya, nomkhiwane, nepomograneti, nomnquma, azikhange zivelise: ukususela ngolu suku ndiya kunisikelela.”¹

GSAM 376.2Ukukhula okuthembekileyo nokuzinzileyo komyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu ukusukela ekuqaleni kwawo kunokuthelekiswa kakuhle nempumelelo eyayihamba noZerubhabheli ukusukela ngosuku awabeka ngalo ilitye lesiseko setempile.

GSAM 376Imbonakalo Eyoyikisayo

GSAM 376.3Xa abantu abangamaYuda, bezingenamali nengqolowa, babizwa ukuba bakhe itempile yeNkosi, kwakubonakala ngathi ngumcimbi onzima. Xa ngokholo bayithobela loo mbizo, baza basebenza ngomsebenzi ngokuzithandela, isandla sikaThixo esiphumelelisayo saba sobala kubo. Njengoko silandela amava okunyuka kwalo myalezo wesithathu, siyabona isandla esikhokelayo kwabo bakhetha indlela yakhe. Nangona ingxaki ingaba yinxalenye yabo, ukhathalelo lukaThixo ngabantu bakhe nangomsebenzi wakhe lusoloko lwenziwa lucace kwabo bathembele kuye.

GSAM 376Ubungqina Obuchaza Isimilo

GSAM 376.4NgoNovemba 24, 1862, kwabanjwa iintlanganiso ezimbini ngexesha elinye kwindlu kaWilliam Wilson, waseGreenville, eMich., ngenjongo yokumisa amabandla amabini kwabo babemkholelwe kwinyaniso yeSabatha kuloo mmandla. Intlanganiso yebandla laseGreenville yayikhokelwa nguMfundisi White nomfazi wakhe kwelinye igumbi, ngelixa mna noMfundisi Byington sasijongene nentlanganiso kwelinye igumbi yebandla laseWest Plains. Ngethuba besisenza umsebenzi wokuqala kwelinye igumbi, besisiva ilizwi likaNksk. White njengoko wayenikela ubungqina bakhe kwelinye igumbi. Sasifumana ubunzima obuthile emsebenzini wethu, xa kanye ngexesha elifanelekileyo uNksk. White wavula ucango, waza wathi, “Mzalwana Loughborough, ndibona ngokujonga eli qela ukuba ndinobungqina obuthile ngabanye babantu abalapha. Xa sele ulungile, ndiza kungena ndithethe.” Njengoko yayikanye lixesha esasifuna ngalo uncedo, wangena. Ngaphandle koMfundisi uByington nam, wayezazi amagama abantu abathathu kuphela kwigumbi. Abanye babengabantu angabaziyo, awayengazange ababone, ngaphandle kokuba wayeboniswe bona embonweni.

GSAM 377Ubomi bukaMnu. Pratt Obuchazweyo

GSAM 377.1Uthe akuphakama ukuze athethe: “Niya kundixolela xa ndibalisela oko ndinokukuthetha, ukuba ndichaza inkangeleko yenu, kuba andizazi amagama enu. Njengoko ndibona iimbonakalo zenu, kuvela phambi kwam oko iNkosi iye yandivulela kuko ngani. Lowo mntu ukwikona oneliso elinye [omnye wathi, ‘Igama lakhe nguPratt’] wenza izivumo eziphakamileyo, namabango amakhulu onqulo, kodwa akakaguqukanga. Musani ukumngenisa ebandleni kwimeko yakhe yangoku, kuba akangomKristu. Uchitha ixesha lakhe elininzi engenzi nto ezivenkileni nakwiivenkile, exoxa ngethiyori yenyaniso, ngelixa umfazi wakhe ekhaya kufuneka asike iinkuni, ajongane negadi, njalo njalo. Wenza izithembiso kwiintengiselwano zakhe angazifezekisiyo. Abamelwane bakhe abazithembi izivumo zakhe zonqulo. Kungakuhle kumsebenzi wenkolo ukuba, ekwimeko yakhe yangoku, angathethi nto ngayo.”

GSAM 378UMzalwana Barr Uvuyisiwe

GSAM 378.1Uqhubekile wathi, “Lo mzalwana mdala [wakuba emkhomba, omnye wathi, ‘uMzalwana Barr’] ndiboniswe umahluko wakhe omkhulu kunowalowo mnye umntu. Ungumzekelo omhle kakhulu ebomini bakhe, unenkathalo yokugcina zonke izithembiso zakhe, kwaye unakekela usapho lwakhe kakuhle. Akathandi nokuzama ukuthetha inyaniso kubamelwane bakhe, ngenxa yokoyika ukuba angonakalisa umsebenzi aze enze umonakalo. Akaboni ukuba iNkosi ingaba nobubele obungaka njani ukuxolela izono zakhe, kwaye uzicingela ukuba akafanelekanga nokuba yinxalenye yebandla.” Wathi ke kuye, “Mzalwana Barr, iNkosi indithumele ukuba ndikuxelele ukuba uye wavuma zonke izono obuzaziyo, kwaye yexolele izono zakho kudala, ukuba ubunokukholwa nje.” Inkangeleko yosizi ebusweni bomzalwana yanyamalala ngokukhawuleza. Waphakamisa amehlo encuma, waza wathi, ngobulula bakhe, “Undixolele?” “Ewe,” waphendula uNksk. White, “kwaye ndiyalelwe ukuba ndikuxelele, ‘Yiza ujoyine ibandla; kwaye nanini na ufumana ithuba, thetha ilizwi elixhasa inyaniso; kuya kuba nefuthe elihle, kuba abamelwane bakho banokuthemba kuwe.’” Waphendula wathi, “Ndiya kwenza.”

GSAM 378.2Wathi ke, “Ukuba uMnu. Pratt angathatha, okwethutyana, isikhundla esifana nesiya besithathwe nguMzalwana Barr, kungamnceda.”

GSAM 378.3Ngaloo ndlela, esinye sezizathu zobunzima bethu ekulungelelaniseni sasisuswe. Phambi kokuba afakwe ubungqina bakhe, asikwazanga ukwenza uMnu. Barr avume ukumanyana nebandla; ngelixa kwelinye icala, safumanisa ukuba phantse wonke umntu wayechasene nokwamkela uMnu. Pratt; kodwa ke akukho mntu owaziva ekhululekile ukuthetha isizathu sokuchasa kwakhe.

GSAM 378Umona Wosapho Uphilisiwe

GSAM 378.4Emva koko wathetha nendoda enolusu olunombala wesanti, eyayihleli kwelinye icala legumbi; waza wakhomba kumfazi obonakala engumntu obhityileyo ebusweni kwicala elichaseneyo ekupheleni kwegumbi, ebabiza ngokuba ngumyeni nomfazi. Wachaza ezinye izinto ezenzeka kubomi babo bangaphambili, phambi kokuba nabani na kubo avume inyaniso. Wathi ezi zinto zazikhuliswe nguSathana engqondweni yalo mfazi de waphambana. “Ndabona,” watsho uNksk. White, “ukuba le ntokazi ichithe unyaka omnye kwindawo yokunyanga abaphambeneyo; kodwa ukusukela oko waphinda waba nesingqondo, uvumele ezi mvakalelo zokomona zimkhathaze engqondweni, nto leyo ebuhlungu kakhulu kumyeni wakhe, owenze konke okusemandleni akhe ukubonisa inkosikazi yakhe ukuba unyanisekile kuye, kwaye akanasizathu sokumbekela kude ngale ndlela ambekela kude ngayo.”

GSAM 379.1Ngesiquphe umfazi wangqubela wagqitha egumbini, waza waguqa wacela umyeni wakhe ukuba amxolele. Abo bantu babephantse bengaziwa kuloo ndawo yelizwe, kwaye imbali yabo yangaphambili yayingaziwa. Noko ke, abo babebazi kakuhle, babesazi ukuba kukho ungquzulwano phakathi kwabo, kodwa isizathu babesingazi.

GSAM 379Okufana no-Elisha noHazaeli

GSAM 379.2Emva kokuba uNksk. White enikele ubungqina bakhe, umsebenzi wokumisa ibandla wawugqitywa kungekudala. UMnu. Barr wangena ngentliziyo yonke kuloo bandla, ngelixa uMnu. Pratt washiyeka ngaphandle. Ngesikhashana intlanganiso yavalwa, lo wamva wathi, ngelizwi elinamandla, “Niyazi ntoni, akukho ncedo lokuzama ukuhamba nabantu aba uzenze umhanahanisi; awunakukwazi ukukwenza oko.”

GSAM 379.3Le nkcazelo yesimilo, njengakwimeko engentla, isikhumbuza ngamandla ngesiganeko esifanayo esirekhodiweyo kwiintsuku zika-Elisha umprofeti:² UBenhadad, uKumkani waseSiriya, wayethumele umkhonzi wakhe uHazaeli ku-Elisha ukuze abuze ukuba uza kuphila na esifweni sakhe. U-Elisha wayenombono ngesiganeko sikaHazaeli, kwaye xa indoda yafika phambi kwakhe, waza wajonga ebusweni bayo, yonke into yavela engqondweni yakhe ngokucacileyo.

GSAM 379UMfundisi uWhite Uhlaselwe Kukukhubazeka

GSAM 379.4NgoLwesithathu, umhla we-16 ku-Agasti, 1865, uMfundisi uWhite, ngenxa yomsebenzi ogqithisileyo nokuphuthelwa bubuthongo, wahlaselwa yistroke yokukhubazeka. Njengoko amaziko ezempilo phakathi kwabantu bethu ayengekamiselwa, wathathwa wasiwa eDansville, N.Y., kwiziko lezempilo elibizwa ngokuba, “Ikhaya Lethu Elisenduli.” Umfazi wakhe kunye nombhali babekunye naye apho ukusukela ngomhla we-14 kuSeptemba ukuya kowe-7 kuDisemba. Ngenxa yokuba akazange afumane ncedo ingako kunyango abelufumana kweso ziko, saya kwikhaya elinobubele likaBradley Lamson, eLake View, eRochester, N.Y., apho sahlala khona malunga neeveki ezintathu. Apha savuya ukudibana noMfundisi uJ. N. Andrews, owayesandul' ukubuya kuloo sixeko, emva kokuchitha iinyanga ezininzi eMaine.

GSAM 380Umthandazo NgoMfundisi White

GSAM 380.1Iintsapho zikaMfundisi Andrews noMnu. Orton zazihlanganyela nathi yonke imva kwemini kwixesha lomthandazo kunye noMfundisi White kwaye zimthandazela. Oku kwaqhubeka kude kube ngumhla wama-25 kuDisemba. Ngelixa ihlabathi langaphandle lalizele lulonwabo nezidlo ngaloo mini yeKrisimesi, ibandla laseRochester laliyibona njengosuku lokuzila ukutya nomthandazo ngoMfundisi White. Sasinemihlangano ekuseni nasemva kwemini, endlwini kaMfundisi Andrews, eNew Main St., kwaye ngokuhlwa abo babekade bethandaza noMfundisi White, baphinda badibana naye kwakhona endlwini kaMnu. Lamson.

GSAM 380Umbono Owanikwa NgoBusuku BeKrisimesi

GSAM 380.2Intlanganiso yangaloo ngokuhlwa yayinamandla kakhulu. UMfundisi White wabusiswa kakhulu, kwaye uNksk. White wanikwa umbono omangalisayo, apho wabonakaliselwa izinto ezininzi. Phakathi kwezi zinto kwakukho imiyalelo enikwe uMfundisi White malunga nendlela anokuqhubeka ngayo ukuze akwazi ukuphila ngokholo lwakhe kuThixo, owayesele embonakalisile ngokucacileyo ukuba wolule isandla sakhe ukuze asebenzele yena ukuze afumane impilo yakhe kwakhona.

GSAM 380Uhlaselo lukaSathana Lwabikezelwa

GSAM 380.3Kwabo babebethandazela uMfundisi White, uNksk. White wathi:

GSAM 380.3“Injongo kaSathana yayikukutshabalalisa umyeni wam, aze amzise emangcwabeni. Ngenxa yale mithandazo inyanisekileyo amandla akhe aye waphukwa. Ndiboniswe ukuba uSathana unomsindo ngale ndibano iqhubekile kangangeeveki ezintathu ithandaza ngokuzimisela ngenxa yalo mntu ukhonza uThixo, kwaye ngoku uzimisele ukubahlasela ngamandla. Ndixelelwe ukuba ndinixelele, ‘Hlalani kufutshane kakhulu noThixo, ukuze nilungele oko kunokunifikelela.’”

GSAM 381Izimvakalelo Zangaphambili Zika J. T. Orton

GSAM 381.1Ngosuku lokuqala likaJanuwari, 1866, uMfundisi White nosapho lwakhe baqala uhambo ngololiwe besiya eBattle Creek, eMich. Mna ndahlala kwintshona yeNew York ixesha eliseleyo lasebusika. Ukususela ngobo busuku kanye apho lo mbono wanikwa khona, uMnu. J. T. Orton wavakalelwa ukuba ubomi bakhe busengozini, kodwa wayengazi ukuba lo mngcipheko uvela phi. Le mvakalelo wayichazela abantu abaliqela. NgeCawa ngokuhlwa, umhla we-4 kuMatshi, wabuya eRochester evela eParma, apho ebesiya kwintlanganiso yeentsuku ezimbini, ekunye noMnu. E. B. Sanders (ngoku, ngo-1905, ehlala eSan Jose, Cal.), wamcela ukuba bahambe ngesona sitalato sikhanyiswe kakhulu ngelixa babehamba ngeenyawo benqumla isixeko, “kuba,” watsho, “ndisoloko ndivakalelwa ngathi kukho umntu oza kuzama ukundibulala.” Kanti ke, wayengabonakali enalo nofifi lokuba ngubani na owayefuna ukumbulala.

GSAM 381.2Ndabuyela eRochester ndisuka eParma, ngomhla we-7 kuMatshi, ndaza ndahlala kuMnu. Lamson, umkhwenyana kaMnu. Orton. Ngomhla we-8 yena noNksk. Orton basityelela, apho saqulunqa amalungiselelo okuba siye ngentsasa elandelayo ngololiwe eLancaster, kwiNqila yase-Erie, apho bendiza kwenza umsitho wokutshata wonyana wakhe ekukuphela kwakhe. Usuku saluchitha kamnandi, kodwa yayilusuku olundilisekileyo.

GSAM 381Ukubulawa kuka J. T. Orton

GSAM 381.3Bemkile endlwini kaMnu. Lamson ngo-5 P.M., yaye ngo-7:30 P.M. wafika umthunywa, esazisa ngohlaselo olukhohlakeleyo olwenziwe kuMnu. Orton ngumntu ongaziwayo, kwisibaya sakhe, ngelixa wayenakekela iihashe zakhe. Sakhawuleza saya kuloo ndawo, safika esifumanisa ukuba ubethwe ngokukhohlakeleyo entloko ngesibonda senqwelo esiqiniswe ngentsimbi, yaye wayengazazi. Wasweleka ngo-12:35 ngobo busuku. Nanamhlanje akaziwa ukuba ngubani owenza lo msebenzi wenzakalo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ayizange yenziwe ngenxa yemali, kuba iwotshi yakhe ephaketheni ayichukunyiswanga, kwanjengaxa kwakunjalo nesipaji sakhe, esasine-$45. Oku kwaba yishoko elinzima kuNksk. Orton, engazange akwazi ukuchacha kuyo. Impilo yakhe yomzimba yehla ngokukhawuleza, kwaye akazange ahlale ixesha elide emva komyeni wakhe.

GSAM 382Uqikelelo Olwenziweyo NgeKrisimesi Lwazaliseka

GSAM 382.1Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kwaloo ngokuhlwa yeKrisimesi engalibalekiyo, abathandathu kwabasithoba abathatha inxaxheba kwezo veki zintathu zomthandazo babesele bengcwatywe emangcwabeni. Kwaye ngaloo ndlela esinye isiprofeto saphunyezwa ngendlela emangalisayo.

GSAM 382Intuthuzelo Kwabadanileyo

GSAM 382.2Ngethuba ekuseni kakhulu ngomhla we-12 kuDisemba 1866, u-Elias Stiles, waseNorth Liberty, e-Ind., weza ekhayeni lam, endicela ukuba ndihambe naye kuloo ndawo ukuze sinike uncedo, ukuba kunokwenzeka, kuJames Harvey, owayedandathekile, kwaye evakalelwa kukuba akukho themba kwimeko yakhe. Ndisazi ukuba uNksk. White wayenombono obanzi kakhulu kumbono wokugqibela awawufumeneyo, nokuba imicimbi emininzi yayiboniswa kuye ngokwesiprofeto, ndamxelela, “Kusenokwenzeka ukuba uDade White ubone into ngemeko yakhe, kwaye ukuba kunjalo, kwaye ukuba angayibhala phantsi, iya kuba namandla ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na into endingayithetha kuye.”

GSAM 382.3Sakhawuleza samtyelela, kwaye kungekatsho nanye intetho ngemeko kaMnu. Harvey, ndabuza, “Dade White, ingaba ufumene kukhanya na kwimibono yakho malunga netyala likaMzalwana James Harvey?” “Ewe,” watsho, “ndifumene, kwaye bendisiva kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngathi kufuneka ndiyibhale phantsi, ndiyithumele kuye.” Waza waqalisa ukusixelela oko wayekubonile. Ndathi, “Ndiza kumtyelela ngentsasa, kwaye ukuba ungakubhala phantsi oko ukuboniswe kona, ndiza kukusa kuye.” Emva kokuvumelana ngaloo nto, samshiya, saza ngokuhlwa sabuya simtyelela kwakhona. Wayesewugqibile umbhalo, wasenzela ububele ngokusifundela ngokuvakalayo.

GSAM 383Ubungqina Obuya KuJames Harvey ekuphelelweni lithemba

GSAM 383.1Ubungqina babuchaza ngokucacileyo ukuba uMnu. Harvey wayeza kuba sempilweni ebuthathaka, nokuba uSathana wayeza kuzama ukumtyhalela ekuphelelweni lithemba, aze azame ukumenza acinge ukuba akukho nceba kuye, kwaye akukho themba kwimeko yakhe; kodwa wabona ukuba wenze konke okusemandleni akhe ukulungisa iimpazamo zobomi bakhe obudlulileyo, nokuba uThixo wamxolela; kwaye ngaphezu koko, xa wayeza kulingwa ukuba azitshabalalise, wabonakaliselwa ukuba izithunywa zikaThixo zazijikeleze yena zize zimkhomba ethembeni elikuThixo nasezulwini. Kwakukho amazwi amaninzi afana nala okuthuthuzela nokukhuthaza kubungqina.

GSAM 383.2Ngolu xwebhu ndiluphethe, saya ngentsasa elandelayo eNorth Liberty. Endleleni, uMnu. Stiles wandixelela ukuba uMnu. Harvey ufuna ukundibona, kodwa wathi andizukuba nantoni na ilizwi lethemba kuye; ukuba, xa ndizakudibana naye, ndizakuvumelana naye ukuba imeko yakhe ayinathemba, ukuba ungumntu olahlekileyo; kwaye ke, njengoEli wakudala, xa waxelelwa ukuba ityeya kaThixo ithathiwe, uza kuwa ngomva aze afe.

GSAM 383.3Safika kwaMnu. Harvey malunga nentsimbi yesi-3 emva kwemini. Xa ndadibana naye, ndathi, “Mzalwana Harvey, unjani?” Waphendula ngelizwi elilusizi kakhulu, wathi, “Ndilahlekile! ndilahlekile!! NDILAHLEKILE!!!” “Hayi! awulahlekanga. Kukho ithemba kwimeko yakho!” ndatsho. Akubona ukuba ndimphendule ngolu hlobo, wathi, ngelizwi elizolileyo, “Bendicinga iiveki ezintathu ukuba akukho themba kum, nokuba ndilahlekile; kwaye namhlanje, ndisiza edolophini ndisuka efama, ndidlula kwibhulorho esedamini lomatshini wokusila, into ibonakale ingathi iyanditsho, ‘Ulahlekile! Akukho themba kuwe! Tsibela edamini lomatshini wokusila uze uzintywilisele!’ Ndacinga ukuba ukwenza into enjalo kungazisa isithuko kumsebenzi kaKristu, ngoko ke ndathintelwa ekuzitshabalaliseni.”

GSAM 384Ukhululo Lwafika Ngokukhawuleza

GSAM 384.1“Kaloku, Mzalwana Harvey, awulahlekanga!” ndatsho. “Ndinobungqina obuvela ngqo ezulwini, obuthi awulahlekanga!” Waphendula wathi, “Kulungile ke, ndiza kubuva.” Ndaye ndamfundela obo bungqina, emva kokuqala ndichaze ukuba akukho nelinye ilizwi endandiliphethile. Ndathi ndakugqiba ukufunda, ubuso bakhe baqaqamba ngoncumo waza wathi, “Ngoko ke kukho ithemba kwimeko yam. Ndiyakholwa eNkosini.”

GSAM 384.2Emva kokufundwa kwaso, saba nexesha lokuthandaza, apho waphakama engumntu otshintshileyo nonwabileyo. Wasixelela ukuba loo mbhalo wachaza indlela ingqondo yakhe ebisebenza ngayo kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo ngokuchaneke ngakumbi kunokuba wayenokukwazi ukwenza ngokwakhe. Ngokunjalo, uthando lukaThixo lwabonakala ekuphakamiseni le ndoda, ngale ndlela, ekuphelelweni lithemba.

GSAM 384Indawo Yomsebenzi Iyandisiwe

GSAM 384.3Kude kube ngunyaka ka-1868, umsebenzi wamaSeventh-day Adventist wawulinganiselwe e-United States, nakwelo candelo laso elingasentla komda osemazantsi weMissouri nasempuma koMlambo iMissouri. Kwindibano yokuqwalasela imimandla kunye nokwabiwa komsebenzi, ngexesha leseshoni yeNkomfa Jikelele eyayibanjelwe eBattle Creek, eMich., ngomhla wama-28 kuMeyi, kwagqitywa ukuba kuthunyelwe abasebenzi ababini netente enobude obuzii-60 zeenyawo eCalifornia. UMfundisi uD. T. Bourdeau kunye nombhali bafika eSan Francisco ngomhla we-18 kaJulayi walo nyaka.

GSAM 384Ukuvulwa kweNkonzo yaseCalifornia

GSAM 384.4Into enye endinqwenela ukuyiqaphela ngokunxulumene nokuvulwa komsebenzi waseCalifornia, echaza kakuhle ukunceda okusebenzayo kwesipho sobuprofeti. U-Pawulos, xa ethetha ngezipho zomoya, kuquka nesipho sobuprofeti, uthi “zenzelwe ukugqibelelisa abangcwele, ngenxa yomsebenzi wobulungiseleli, ngenxa yokwakha umzimba kaKristu.”³ Ngokuqinisekileyo eyona ndlela isebenzisekayo yokugqibelelisa abangcwele kukubabonisa iimpazamo zabo, ukuze bazisuse, baze bahlanjululwe kwizono zabo ngegazi elixabisekileyo leNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, uncedo oluvela kwisipho sobuprofeti kumsebenzi wobulungiseleli belusoloko lubonakala luhambelana nenjongo yenyaniso yangoku, lubonisa abakhonzi beNkosi iziphene kwindlela abasebenza ngayo, nendlela abangaba luncedo ngakumbi ngayo ekuguquleni imiphefumlo, ngokusebenzisa enye indlela.

GSAM 385Ubungqina Ngendlela Yokusebenza eCalifornia

GSAM 385.1Kungekudala emva kokufika kwethu eCalifornia safumana ileta evela kuNksk. White, apho wayebalisa ngombono awawunikwayo eBattle Creek ngokuhlwa kwangoLwesihlanu umhla we-12 kuJuni,—usuku esasiluchithe eLancaster, N. Y., phambi kokuba siqale uhambo lokuya eCalifornia. Wayengazange angene eCalifornia, kwaye wayengenalwazi lobuqu ngemikhwa yabantu balapho. Enyanisweni, ngelo xesha wayengazange angene ngasentshona koMlambo iMissouri. Naluphi na ulwazi awayenalo malunga nezinto zalapho lwalusuka koko iNkosi yayivumile ukuba ilityhile kuye.

GSAM 385.2Kwimiyalelo ekwileta yakhe, wachaza iindlela zokupha zabantu baseCalifornia, nento eya kuba yimpembelelo yomsebenzi phakathi kwabo xa usebenza ngesicwangciso esingqongqo, esonga-songayo. Ekushumayeleni kubantu baseCalifornia, kufuneka bathethwe nabo ngomoya wokupha abasebenza ngawo, kodwa kungekhona ngendlela yokuchitha imali ngokugqithisileyo.

GSAM 385Impumelelo Eyayiqikelelwe Yafika

GSAM 385.3Ngoku xa ndijonga emva kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe idlulileyo ukusukela oko umsebenzi waqala eCalifornia, ndiqwalasela imeko eyayikho ngoko, kunye nemeko yabantu, nendlela ebesiya kuyiqhuba ngayo umsebenzi wethu ukuba bekungekho ngobungqina esabufumanayo, kwaye njengoko ndibona iziphumo zokulandela imiyalelo esayinikwayo, Ndingatsho ukuba umsebenzi wethu waphucuka ngakumbi kwiinyanga ezintathu kunokuba ubuya kwenza kunyaka omnye ukuba besingancediswanga “kumsebenzi wobulungiseleli” ngomyalelo esawufumanayo ngesipho sobuprofeti. Kude kube ngentwasahlobo ka-1871, ngenxa yemigudu eSonoma County, kwakusekwe amabandla amahlanu abagcini beSabatha.

GSAM 386Intlanganiso Yokuqala Yentente eSan Francisco

GSAM 386.1NgoJuni kunyaka ofanayo, saphakamisa intente yethu okokuqala eSan Francisco. Njengoko uMfundisi Bourdeau wayebuyele eMpuma, wathunyelwa omnye umsebenzi waseMichigan ukuba athathe indawo yakhe. Wafika ngomhla we-17 kuJuni, waza kwangoko wazimanya nam emsebenzini esixekweni. Emva kweeveki ezimbalwa zomzamo ententeni, saqhubeka neentlanganiso zethu kude kube ngumhla woku-1 kuDisemba 1871, kwiiholo eziqeshiweyo. Ngenxa yalo msebenzi, abangaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu bamkela umyalezo eSan Francisco.

GSAM 386Iimvavanyo Zangaphakathi eCalifornia

GSAM 386.2Kude kube ngalo mhla iimvavanyo zethu eCalifornia bezisuka kakhulu kwinkcaso yangaphandle, kodwa ngoku kwavela ulingo lokholo olungalindelekanga kubantu bethu olunohlobo olwahlukileyo. Omnye umsebenzi endisebenza naye waqhubeka nendlela yokwenza izinto endandiyiqinisekile ukuba iza kumenza yena kunye nalo mba bathukwe. Sasinabo iintshaba ezikrakra esixekweni, ezazibukele yonke intshukumo yethu, kwaye zazikulungele ukusebenzisa nayiphi na intshukumo engengqiqo ukusenzakalisa. Ngoko ke, kwaba yimfuneko kakhulu ukuphulaphula isilumkiso sompostile esithi “niphephe yonke inkangeleko kabubi.”

GSAM 386Ukuzimela Okuyingozi

GSAM 386.3Andizange ndithi lo mzalwana wenze isono sokwenene kwizenzo zakhe, kodwa ndaqonda ukuba iintshaba zethu zazingazisebenzisa izenzo awayezibanga zingenasono. Wathatha isigqibo sokuba unelungelo “lokwenza njengoko ethanda” kuloo mcimbi, ingakumbi xa kwakuvunywe ukuba akukho sono kwizinto awayezenza. Ngoko ke izinto zaqhubeka de kwaba ngomhla wama-23 kuJanuwari, 1872, xa ndasuka eSonoma County ndaya eSan Francisco ukuya kujonga ukuba yintoni enokwenziwa ukulawula izinto apho.

GSAM 387.1Ngelo xesha iintshaba zethu zazisele zisebenzisa indlela yakhe yokuziphatha njengoko bendisoyikile, kwaye yena wayesithi “ayingomcimbi wabo,” ukuba uza kubabonisa ukuba unoluvo lwakhe, kwaye angahamba ezitratweni njengoko ethanda, nabani na amthandayo, ngaphandle kokugxekwa ngabo. Ndazama, ngomsebenzi wam wabucala, ukumbonisa ukuba indlela yokwenza enjalo ayizukusebenza, nokuba umoya wokuzimela onjalo uza kuphelela kububi. Wayenabahlobo bakhe, ababemvelana naye kakhulu, abanye babo baqala ukuthatha isimo esinokumenza agxekwe nangakumbi. Inxalenye enkulu yebandla yabona ububi bokuphambuka kwakhe, kwaye yayikulungele ukuxhasa iinzame endandizenza zokuhlangula umsebenzi ehlazweni.

GSAM 387Kumiselwe Intlanganiso Yophando

GSAM 387.2Ngoko izinto zazime ngolu hlobo ngeSabatha, umhla wama-27 kuJanuwari, xa kwagqitywa ukuba kufuneka kubekho uphando ngeli tyala, kwaye kuthatyathwe amanyathelo aqinisekileyo libandla, ukuze balisindise kwihlazo elalinokubangelwa lolu hlobo lomoya wokuchasa. Kwamiselwa intlanganiso, ukuba iqale ngeCawa, umhla wama-28 kuJanuwari, ngo-9 kusasa, ukuze kuqwalaselwe le meko, kunye noxanduva lwethu njengebandla ngokunxulumene nayo. Ngokubonakala kwazo zonke izinto, ukwahlukana kwelo bandla kwakungenakuphepheka. Ndachitha ubuninzi baloo busuku ndithandaza kuThixo, ukuba asebenze egameni lethu.

GSAM 387Ukuvuma Okubhaliweyo

GSAM 387.3Ngentsasa yomhla wama-28, xa ndandisiya emhlanganweni, ndadibana nomsebenzi-ntanga wam kwindlela yabahambi ngeenyawo, kufuphi nendawo endandihlala kuyo, elila. Wathi, “Mzalwana Loughborough, andiyi kuya emhlanganweni namhlanje.”

GSAM 387.4“Akuyi ndibano?” ndatsho; “le ndibano imalunga netyala lakho.”

GSAM 388.1“Ndiyazi loo nto,” watsho, “kodwa andilunganga kwaphela. Uchanile kwisigqibo osithathileyo ngam. Nali ileta yokuvuma endiyibhalele ibandla; yithathe uye kuyifundela bona. Kuya kuba ngcono kuwe, kwaye kungcono kwabo banokuba novelwano ngam, ukuba andibikho apho.”

GSAM 388.2“Yintoni ebangele olu tshintsho lukhulu kuwe ukusukela izolo?” ndabuza.

GSAM 388Umbono Omangalisayo Owamkelweyo

GSAM 388.3Waphendula wathi, “Ndiye eposini phezolo, emva kweSabatha, ndaza ndafumana ileta evela kuDade White, ese-Battle Creek, eMich. Bubungqina abubhalele mna.” Endinika yona, wathi, “Funda loo nto, uze ubone ukuba iNkosi iyibona njani imeko yam.”

GSAM 388.4Wandicela ukuba ndixelele ibandla ukuba ufumene ubungqina obuvela kuDade White, obumgxekayo ngenxa yokuziphatha kwakhe, nokuba ubwamkele, kuba ibiyinyani.

GSAM 388Amandla Okuqinisekisa oMbono

GSAM 388.5Oku yayiyinxalenye yombono owanikwa uNksk. White eBordoville, Vt., nge-10 Disemba 1871. Waqala ukubhala icandelo elimalunga netyala lalo bhuti nge-27 kaDisemba 1871, kodwa ngesizathu esithile ukugqitywa kwalo mqulu kwalibaziseka kude kube ngomhla we-18 kaJanuwari 1872, ngelo xesha kwagqitywa kwaza kwapostwa ukusuka eBattle Creek. Emva koko kwakuthatha malunga neentsuku ezilithoba ukuba iileta zifike ngomhlaba ukusuka eMichigan ukuya eCalifornia.

GSAM 388.6Embonweni izinto ezininzi zimboniswa ngokweprofeto. Kwakunjalo nakwesi siganeko. Ngexesha lombono, kwakukho umthunzi kuphela wento eyathi yaphuhla ngokwenene xa ubungqina bafika eSan Francisco. Kuza kubonakala, xa kuthelekiswa imihla, ukuba ukuphelela kweli tyala eSan Francisco kwenzeka emva kokuba ubungqina obubhaliweyo bumkile kuloo ndawo yokuqala. Abazalwana bethu baseSan Francisco babona kwangoko ukuba akukho mntu obengabhala aye eBattle Creek aze axelele uNksk. White iindaba ngexesha lokuba angabhala eli leta, kuba imeko yezinto yayingekabikho ngelo xesha.

GSAM 389.1Eli nyaniso lalinasisindo kakhulu kubazalwana abalapho, labaqinisekisa ukuba kwakukho amandla kaThixo kuloo mbono. Andizange ndibhale nelinye ileta kuMfundisi White okanye kumfazi wakhe malunga nemeko yezinto eSan Francisco, kwaye umsebenzi endisebenza naye wathi akazange abhale nto; baza abazalwana bathi, “Ukuba wayebhale, ngewayengazixeli izinto ezavezwayo ngaye.”

GSAM 389Indlela uMbono owabhalwa ngayo

GSAM 389.2Emva koko, xa safunda, kwelinye icala lonxibelelwano, malunga nokubhalwa nokuthunyelwa ngoposo kobu bungqina, kwacaca ngakumbi ukuba iNkosi eyayinike umbono yayikhathalele ixesha lokubhalwa nokuthunyelwa kwawo, ukuze ifike kanye ngexesha elifanelekileyo.

GSAM 389.3Ngethuba ekuseni kakhulu ngentsasa yomhla we-18 kuJanuwari 1872, uNksk. White wavuswa enesi bungqina bingeniswe ngokucacileyo engqondweni yakhe. Lo mboniso wawucace gca kuye ngokungathi uthethwe ngokuvakalayo, “Bhala ngoko nangoko obo bungqina buze eCalifornia, uze ubufake kwiposi elandelayo; buyafuneka.” Emva kokuba kuphindwe okwesibini, waphakama, wambatha ngokungxama, waza wagqibezela ukubhala. Kanye phambi kwesidlo sakusasa wayinika unyana wakhe uWillie, esithi, “Thatha le leta uyise eposini, kodwa ungayifaki kwibhokisi yokufaka iileta. Yinike umphathi-posi, uze uqinisekise ukuba uyayifaka kwingxowa yeposi ephuma ngale ntsasa.” Wathi kamva ukuba wayecinga ukuba imiyalelo yakhe yayingaqhelekanga kancinci, kodwa akazange abuze mibuzo, wenza njengoko wayeyalelwe, waza “wayibona le leta isiya kwingxowa yeposi.”

GSAM 389Ubungqina Bokhokelo LwakaThixo

GSAM 389.4Ukwazi imeko yethu eSan Francisco ngelo xesha, uya kuyibona ngokulula ukubaluleka kokufaka elo leta kuloo posi kanye. Ngezo ntsuku sasineposi enye nje yomhlaba ngosuku. Ukuba ibe le leta ifike ngobusuku bangeCawa, umhla wama-28, endaweni yobusuku bangoMgqibelo, umhla wama-27, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngekwabakho ukwahlukana okubuhlungu ebandleni. Ukuba ibe ifike kwiiveki ezininzi ngaphambili, kanye emva kokuba umbono unikiwe, ibandla belingayi kuyibona ngokukhawuleza ingqiqo yayo.

GSAM 390.1Nabu ubungqina obabubonisa ngokucacileyo isandla seNkosi, kungekuphela ngokuba bafika ngexesha elifanelekileyo lokulungisa ngokuphumelelayo iimpazamo ezazikhona, kodwa, emva kokuba bamkelwe ngokuthobeka baza bathotyelwa ngumzalwana, baba negalelo elikhulu ekuziseni umanyano nozinzo kwelo bandla litsha.

GSAM 390Indlela Yokubhala Imibono

GSAM 390.2Eli mzekelo likwasebenza njengomfuziselo wesibhengezo sakhe malunga nendlela yokubhala phantsi oko akubonileyo. Ngale nto uthi: “Ndiye ndavuswa ebuthongweni bam ndineemvakalelo ezicacileyo zezihloko ebezikhe zanikezelwa engqondweni yam; kwaye ndibhale, ezinzulwini zobusuku, iileta eziye zagqitha kwilizwekazi, zaza zifikelela ngexesha lobunzima, zakhusela umsebenzi kwintlekele enkulu.”⁴