Isahluko 14 — Umnyango Ovaliwe

GSAM 214.1“LAPHO baya ukuthenga, umkhwenyana wafika; labo abalungele bangena naye emshadweni, umnyango wavalwa.”¹

GSAM 214.2Ukuza komkhwenyana okwethulwe kulesi sifaniso akusikho ukuza kukaKristu emhlabeni, kodwa ukuza emshadweni. Umshado wumcimbi owenzeka ngaphambi kokufika kweNkosi. Kuchazwe eVangelini ebhalwe nguLuka kanje: “Bambelani izingubo zenu ezinkalweni zenu, nize izibani zenu zivutha; nibe njengabantu abalindele iNkosi yabo, lapho ibuya emshadweni; ukuze lapho ifika ingqongqoza, nivulele yona ngokushesha.”²

GSAM 214Ukuthola umbuso obizwa ngokuthi umshado

GSAM 214.3Ukufika komkhwenyana emshadweni kufanekiswa kuDaniyeli 7:13, 14, lapho uKristu eza kuBaba ukuzothola umbuso wakhe. Esikhathini esidlule, ukuza kwenkosi enhloko-dolobha yayo ukuze athole isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi nombuso wakhe kwakubizwa ngokuthi umshado. Lo mcimbi—ukwamukelwa kwenhloko-dolobha njengomakoti—wawugujwa ngokuzigqaja nangokubonakaliswa komshado wangempela. Ngakho-ke lapho uKristu ethola umbuso wakhe kuBaba osezulwini, kuthiwa ushade nomakoti wakhe—iJerusalema Entsha (IsAmbulo 21:9); futhi lokhu kubizwa esifanisweni ngokuthi “umshado.”

GSAM 214.4Ngemva kokuphela kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu, mhla ziyi-22 Okthoba 1844, abantu bokufika, ababeqhathanisa izenzakalo abazihlangabezana nazo namaqiniso ahlobene nomshado waseMpumalanga, bathi, “UKristu ungene emshadweni.” Njengoba bethola ukukhanya okucacile ngemvelo yomcimbi owawuzokwenzeka ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu, ukholo lwabo lwalulandela uKristu emsebenzini ayengene kuwo; ngakho ngokholo, “bangenela naye emshadweni.”

GSAM 215“Ngizobuya”

GSAM 215.1Embonweni onikezwe uNksz. Harmon ngo-1845, lapho uKristu edlula esuka egumbini lokuqala aye egumbini lesibili lendawo engcwele yasezulwini, sithola la mazwi: “‘Linda lapha; ngiya kuBaba ukuze ngithole umbuso; gcina izingubo zakho zingenabala, futhi kungakapheli sikhathi eside ngizobuya emshadweni ngizokwamukela wena kimi.’ Kwabe sekufika inqola yamafu, enamavili afana nomlilo ovuthayo, ezungezwe yizingelosi, lapho uJesu ayekhona. Wangena enqoleni, wahanjiswa waya endaweni engcwele kunazo zonke, lapho uBaba ayehlezi khona.”³

GSAM 215Umusa Ngemva Kokuthi Umnyango Uvalwe

GSAM 215.2Umnyango ovaliwe kulesi sifaniso kubonakala ubhekisela esenzweni esenzeka ngaphambi kokufika kwangempela kweNdodana yomuntu emafini ezulwini; ngoba emva kokuthi umnyango uvaliwe, ezinye izintombi zifika zishaya, zitshelwa ukuthi “bhekani” ngoba azazi usuku noma ihora lokufika kwakhe. Futhi, lo mnyango uvaliwe emva kokuba izintombi ezihlakaniphile zingene nomkhwenyana emshadweni.

GSAM 215.3Kubonakala ngolimi olusetshenziswe kulesi sifaniso sezintombi ukuthi ngemva kokungena emshadweni kusekhona ithuba ngisho nezintombi “abangenangqondo” ukuba benze amalungiselelo amukelekayo okuhlangabeza uMkhwenyana. Bayalelwa ukuthi “bahlale belindile.” Ukuqapha nokulinda kuyizici ezihambisana nokulungiselela okungokoqobo kokuhlangabeza iNkosi. Ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi umusa awususwa lapho umnyango kulesi sifaniso uvaliwe.

GSAM 215Akusiwo Umnyango kaLuka 13:25-28

GSAM 215.4Esikhathini esedlule, kube neziphutha ezenziwe ngokuhlanganisa umnyango okukhulunywa ngawo kulesi sifaniso nomnyango okukhulunywa ngawo kuLuka 13:25-28, okufundeka kanje, “Uma nje umnikazi wendlu evukile, evale umnyango, nina nisele ngaphandle nishaya emnyango, nithi, Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele; uyophendula kini athi, Anginazi nina ningobuphi.... Suke kimi, nonke abenzi bokubi. Kuzoba nokulila nokugwinya amazinyo, lapho niyobona u-Abrahama no-Isaka noJakobe bonke abaprofethi embusweni kaNkulunkulu, nina-ke nixiwa ngaphandle.” Kuyabonakala ngokusobala kulokhu okushiwo ngenhla ukuthi lapho lo mnyango uvaliwe, isiphetho salabo abavalelwe ngaphandle sesinqumiwe. Umbuso kaNkulunkulu usufikile ngaleso sikhathi; ngoba bayobona abasindisiwe embusweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, esifanisweni sezintombi iNkosi ayikafiki embusweni wayo, kodwa iye kuyise ukuze yamukele umbuso wayo.

GSAM 216Umnyango Ovaliwe Enkonzweni Engokomfanekiso

GSAM 216.1Labo abalandela uKristu ngokholo emsebenzini wakhe, ngemva kokuphela kwesikhathi sezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu—ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844—babona ukuthi lapho lufika usuku lokuxolelwa ekukhonzweni okungokomfanekiso umpristi omkhulu wavalela umnyango wegumbi langaphandle wavulela umnyango oya endaweni engcwele kunazo zonke, ukuze enze umsebenzi wakhe wokucima izono ezavunywa endaweni engcwele; futhi ukuthi ngokufanayo uKristu, umpristi wethu omkhulu, wavala umnyango wegumbi langaphandle lethempeli lasezulwini, wavula igumbi lapho kwakubonakala khona “umphongolo wesivumelwano sakhe.”⁴

GSAM 216Ubani Owayephutha?

GSAM 216.2Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona phakathi kwabakholwa be-Adventist abangakakutholi ukukhanya okucacile ngenkonzo yendawo engcwele kaKristu, ngoba ukunaka kwabo kwakungakayiswa emyalezweni wengelosi yesithathu. Laba babephutha ngokuhlanganisa lo mnyango wangaphandle wendawo engcwele nomnyango ovaliwe kuLuka 13:25-28. Nokho, laba babengebona ama-Adventist oSuku Lwesikhombisa. Kodwa sizozama ukukhombisa ukuthi bangobani, ukuthi leyo mfundiso yaqhamuka kanjani, nokuthi yiziphi izimo ezaholela kulezi ziphetho.

GSAM 217.1Abantu abazihlukanisile emabandleni egama kuphela ngaphansi kokumemezela komyalezo wokufika kukaKristu, kanye nalabo ababehlukene nabo ngaleyo ndlela, babhekiswa ekufakazeleni kwesihlanu nowesithupha kwamabandla eyisikhombisa yeSambulo. Isixwayiso esibhekiswe ebandleni lesihlanu, iSardis, sithi, “Khumbula-ke ukuthi wamukela kanjani futhi wezwa kanjani; uqinise, uphenduke. Ngakho-ke uma ungabheki, ngizofika kuwe njengesela, futhi ngeke wazi ihora engizofika ngalo kuwe.”⁵ Kusukela kulokhu okushiwo kuyabonakala ukuthi abantu ababhekiswe kubo babezwile isimemezelo sokufika kweNkosi. Babesho ukuthi bayamukele, kodwa manje babeyokuyiphika.

GSAM 217Ibandla lasePhiladelphia

GSAM 217.2Ibandla lasePhiladelphia, isimo sesithupha sebandla levangeli, likhulunywa ngalo ngokulandelayo. Leli bandla limela abantu ababekhishwe ngaphansi kokumemezela komyalezo wokuqala nowesibili weSambulo 14. Kuleli bandla iNkosi ithi, “Bheka, ngifika masinyane: yibambelele ngokuqinile kulokho onakho, ukuze kungabi khona muntu othatha isicoco sakho.”⁶ Kuphinde kukhulunywe nabo ngamazwi alandelayo: “Lezi zinto zishiwo yilowo ongcwele, lowo oqotho, lowo onekhiye likaDavide, lowo evulayo, akekho ovala; futhi ovala, akekho ovulayo: Ngiyazi imisebenzi yakho: bheka, ngibeke phambi kwakho umnyango ovulekile, futhi akekho ongawuvala; ngoba unamandla ambalwa, ugcine izwi lami, futhi awuzange uphike igama lami.”⁷

GSAM 217Yini Umnyango Ovaliwe kulesi Sifaniso?

GSAM 217.3Yini okufanele siqonde ngomnyango ovulekile novaliwe embhalweni osanda kucashunwa? Sicabanga ukuthi impendulo eyanelisayo kulo mbuzo ingatholakala kulesi sichasiselo esihambisanayo: Ngesikhathi bekukhona phakathi kwama-Adventist ababekutholile ukukhanya okuphambili, futhi befundisa ukuthi uMsindisi wayeshintshe inkonzo yakhe esuka egumbini lokuqala aye egumbini lesibili lendawo engcwele yasezulwini, futhi bechaza ngokunembile umbuzo womnyango ovulekile novaliwe kulabo ababezolalela, kwavela olunye uhlangothi oluphikisana naleli qiniso, lwazama ukusungula ukholo kuleyo mfundiso yokuthi umnyango ovulekile wawuvalwe, kanti owawuvalwe wawuvulekile. Ngokwenza lokhu babevimba indlela, noma bebambezela umsebenzi, wezinceku zeNkosi lapha emhlabeni. Iminyango yendawo engcwele yasezulwini ivulwa futhi ivalwa ngamandla kaKristu—“Yena ovulayo, kungekho muntu ovala.” Ekukhulumeni nebandla lasePhiladelphia, abantu abaqinile, abagcina izwi, futhi abangaphiki igama lakhe, bathola ukunqoba okuvula umnyango ongakwazi ukuvalwa muntu. Lokhu ngokungangabazeki kubhekisela emnyango wokufinyelela kubantu, lowo mnyango abantu, ngokubonakala (njengoba sizobona), bawuvale ngempumelelo; kodwa njengokubonga ukuqina kwabo, iNkosi ibeka phambi kwabathembekile “umnyango ovulekile” ongakwazi ukuvalwa muntu.

GSAM 218Umnyango Wokukhuluma

GSAM 218.1Kunezibonelo eziningi eMibhalweni ewusebenzisa umnyango ngale ndlela. UPawulu, ebhala kwabaseKorinte, uthi, “Kuvulwe kimi umnyango omkhulu nowusebenzayo, futhi kunezithibi eziningi.”⁸ Futhi, encwadini yakhe yesibili kwabaseKorinte, uthi, “Lapho ngifika eTroyas ukushumayela ivangeli likaKristu, kwavulwa kimi umnyango eNkosini, angizange ngithole ukuphumula emoyeni wami, ngoba angizange ngithole uTitus umfowethu.”⁹ Waphinde wacela abaseKolose ngale ndlela: “Qhubekani nokuthandaza, nilinde ngokubonga; nithandazeleni nathi, ukuze uNkulunkulu asivulele umnyango wokukhuluma, sikwazi ukwethula imfihlakalo kaKristu engiboshwe ngayo.”¹⁰

GSAM 218.2Kule miBhalo kubonakala ukuthi amathuba okushumayela iqiniso abizwa ngokuthi iminyango evulekile; futhi ngamazwi akhulunywe nebandla lasePhiladelphia kubonakala ukuthi ngesikhathi abantu laba babizwa, abantu babesebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuvala umnyango wokukhuluma kubo. Njengoba ibandla lasePhiladelphia lidlula ekuhlolweni, libambelela ngokuqinile “ezwini” lakhe “nasegameni” lakhe, ilizwi leNkosi kubo kwakuthi uzobeka phambi kwabo umnyango ovulekile okungekho muntu ongawuvala.

GSAM 219Isimo ngemuva kuka-22 Okthoba 1844

GSAM 219.1Njengoba udaba luphambi kwethu njengoba kuchazwe emazwini esiprofetho, ake sibheke emuva isimo njengoba izenzakalo zithuthuka. Njengoba sekushiwo ngaphambilini, kuze kube u-Ephreli 1844, amabandla avulwa ekushumayeleni umyalezo wokufika, izimemo zabasebenzi zaziningi kakhulu kunalokho abashumayeli abaphilayo ababengakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngazo. Ngemva kokudumazeka, entwasahlobo ka-1844, labo abangakazibophezeli ngenhliziyo yonke kule mfundiso baguquka bayiphikisa. Lapho, ehlobo lika-1844, kwethulwa umyalezo weNgelosi yesibili weSambulo 14 kanye “nesikhalo sezinzulwini” (Mathewu 25), kwavuka ukuhlukunyezwa okukhulu kulabo abaqhubeka nokuzimisela ukuqinisekisa ukholo lwabo ekufikeni okusondeleneyo kweNkosi. Laba abaphikisi bazama ngezindlela ezahlukene ukucindezela lolu daba, futhi nganoma iyiphi indlela ababengayisebenzisa ukuvimba umsebenzi walabo ababeqhubeka bememezela ukuthi “isikhathi sokwahlulela kwakhe sesifikile.” UWilliam Miller wathi ngalokhu kuphikisana, “Kuyinto engajwayelekile futhi engachazeki.” Ukuphikisana kwakunamandla kakhulu ngasekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu, kangangokuba uGeo. Storrs wathi ngalokhu, “Sesiphelile ngamabandla agama kuphela nabo bonke ababi, ngaphandle kokuthi lesi sikhalo singabathinta kanjani.”

GSAM 219.2Ngemva kokuphela kwalesi sikhathi, njengoba ukuphikisana nokuhleka okuvela kubabi kwakwanda kakhulu, uWilliam Miller wathi ngalesi simo, “Sesiphethe umsebenzi wethu wokuxwayisa izoni nokuzama ukuvusa ibandla eligcina imikhuba yangaphandle kuphela. UNkulunkulu ekunakekeleni kwakhe uvale umnyango.”¹¹

GSAM 219Ubulukhuni Obujwayelekile Baboni

GSAM 219.3Le ndlela yomhlaba ohlambalazayo ayizange yenze nje izoni zibe lukhuni ngokumelene nemfundiso yokufika, kodwa ubufakazi babo abasemabandleni egama kuphela babungokuthi: “Uma sicabanga ukuthi izimo zokuguquka ngempela ‘zimbalwa futhi zisakazeke kude’, kanye nokungahloniphi nokuqina okungakaze kube khona kwezoni, cishe ngaphandle kokuzikhethela siphakamisa izwi sisithi, ‘Ingabe uNkulunkulu ukhohlwe ukuba nomusa? Noma ingabe umnyango womusa uvaliwe?’”¹²

GSAM 220.1Kwesinye isisebenzi sifunda kabanzi ngesimo ngemva kokuphela kwesikhathi sobuprofethi: “Ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho lapho kwakungeneka khona kubangakholwa, ukudumazeka ngo-1844 kwakudide ingqondo yabantu abaningi, futhi abazange balalele noma yiluphi uchazelo ngalolu daba.”¹³

GSAM 220Yonke Iminyango Yokufinyelela Kwabangakholwa Ivaliwe

GSAM 220.2Lesi simo sabonakala, okwamanje, sivala umnyango wokufinyelela kulabo abangakabambi ngokuqinile ukholo nethemba lokubuya kukaKristu kungekudala. Njengoba umnyango wokukhuluma wawubonakala uvaliwe ngokuphelele, futhi abantu bama-Adventist babona ukuthi kwakukhona umnyango ovaliwe esifanisweni esihlobene nesipiliyoni sabo, kuyabonakala kalula ukuthi bafinyelela kanjani esiphethweni sokuthi kwakungekho uzwelo kwaboni: noma, njengoba abanye bekusho, ukuthi “umnyango wemusa wawuvaliwe,” ikakhulukazi uma becabanga ukuthi umnyango ovaliwe kulesi sifaniso nomnyango ovaliwe kuLuka 13 kwakuyilokhu okufanayo. Uma abantu benqaba ngokuphelele ukulalela, ngaleyo ndlela beqinisa izinhliziyo zabo, bangaguqulwa kanjani?

GSAM 220Ubani Owaqala Ukufundisa Ngomnyango Ovaliwe Wokukhohlisa?

GSAM 220.3Manje kuvela umbuzo, Ubani owaqala ukufundisa imfundiso ethi “akukho umusa kwaboni”? ubani owakholelwa kuyo? futhi ubani owayinqaba? Njengempendulo embuzweni wokuqala, sizogcizelela umbiko wokuvakasha okwenziwe nguJ. V. Himes entwasahlobo ka-1845, eSifundazweni saseMaine. Uthi:—

GSAM 220.4“Umfowethu Joseph Turner nabanye babambe ukuthi sasisesigabeni seSabatha esikhulu—okuthi iminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha yayiphelile—ngakho-ke akekho umAdventist okufanele enze umsebenzi wezandla. Ngokwabo, ukwenza kanjalo kwakuzoholela ekubhujisweni kwabo kokugcina.

GSAM 220.5“Ngesikhathi belinde kulesi simo sokungasebenzi emsebenzini wezandla womhlaba, ukukhanya okusha, njengoba kwakucatshangwa, kwakhanya engqondweni kaMfowethu Turner, okusho ukuthi umkhwenyana WAFIKA—wafika ngosuku lweshumi lwenyanga yesikhombisa yonyaka wamaJuda odlule—ukuthi umshado wenzeka ngaleso sikhathi—ukuthi zonke izintombi ngaleso sikhathi, ngendlela ethile, zangena naye emshadweni, kwavalwa umnyango!—akekho kulabo ongalahleka, futhi akekho ongaphandle ongahlengwa. Ngakho-ke zonke izindaba zomoya zalo mhlaba onamandla zaqedwa.”¹⁴

GSAM 221Ubani Owayephikisa Ngokuqinile Umbono Ongamanga?

GSAM 221.1UMfundisi Turner waqala ukufundisa imfundiso yakhe ethi “akusekho umusa” eParis, eMaine, futhi okwesikhashana wayenabalandeli abaningi kuleso sifunda. Njengoba umnyango wokufinyelela kubantu abangaphandle kwama-Adventist, noma ngabe babezibophezele ekukholweni noma bengakwenzi, wawuvaliwe ngokuphelele, abaningi ngokwemvelo bagudluka bebheke embonweni kaTurner ngalesi sihloko.

GSAM 221.2Ukuze igama elithi Ama-Adventist lingaqondwa kabi, kusukela manje sizobiza abantu laba ngokuthi Ama-Adventist osuku lokuqala; futhi abaningi kulesi sigaba babemukela imibono kaMnu. Turner. Babengakakaboni noma bakuzwe iqiniso leSabatha, futhi babengakakuzwa umyalezo wengelosi yesithathu. Ngabo laba uNkk. White akhuluma ngale ndlela kwenye yezincwadi zakhe:—

GSAM 221.3“Ngemva kokudlula kwesikhathi sokulindela ngo-1844, ama-Adventist ayesakholelwa ukuthi ukuza koMsindisi sekuseduze kakhulu; babecabanga ukuthi sebefinyelele esigabeni esibalulekile, nokuthi umsebenzi kaKristu njengomxolisi wabantu phambi kukaNkulunkulu wawuseyekiwe. Sebebelethe isixwayiso sokuba ukwahlulela sekuseduze, bazizwa ukuthi umsebenzi wabo emhlabeni usuqediwe, futhi balahlekelwa umthwalo wabo wokuzwela ukusindiswa kwaboni, ngenkathi ukuhlekisa okungahloniphi nokugxeka kwabangenakho ukholo kubonakala kubo njengobufakazi obengeziwe bokuthi uMoya kaNkulunkulu ususiwe kulabo abaphika umusa wakhe. Konke lokhu kwabaqinisa ekukholweni ukuthi isikhathi sokuhlolwa sesiphelile, noma, njengoba bekusho, ‘umnyango wemusa wavalwa.’ Njengoba sekushiwo, ama-Adventist ayehlangene isikhashana ekukholweni ukuthi umnyango wemusa wavalwa.”¹⁵

GSAM 222.1Kulesi sitatimende uNkk. White uchaza isikhundla esathathwa ngama-Adventist osuku lokuqala. Akakhombisi ngisho ukuthi wayekholelwa kuso. Njengoba kubonisiwe ngenhla, le mfundiso yafundiswa kuqala nguJoseph Turner eParis, eMaine. UNkk. White (ngaleso sikhathi ebizwa ngoNksz. Harmon) wahlangana noJoseph Turner endaweni eshiwo ngenhla ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo ka-1845, wamuzwa ememezela imfundiso yakhe ethi “akusekho ukusebenza ngezandla kwama-Adventist, futhi akusekho umusa kwaboni,” wamtshela ngokusobala ukuthi wayefundisa “imfundiso engamanga; ukuthi kusekho umusa kwaboni, nakulabo abangakalinqabi iqiniso ngokuqonda.”

GSAM 222Ukuphikisana Nemfundiso ethi “Akukho Musa”

GSAM 222.2UJ. N. Andrews, owayehlala eParis, eMaine, ngo-1844 no-1845, futhi owayeziqonda kahle indlela abantu ababehambela ngayo lapho, kanye nendlela kaJoseph Turner, owayefundisa ukuthi sekungekho umusa kwaboni, uthi ngesimo sikaNksz. Harmon ngalesi sihloko ngaleso sikhathi, “Esikhundleni sokuthi imibono ibaholele ekwamukeleni lo mbono, yayilungisa labo ababebambe kuso.”¹⁶

GSAM 222.3UNksz. Harmon wavakashela okwesibili eParis, eMaine, ehlobo lika-1845. Ngokuphathelene nalokhu kuvakasha ngizocaphuna kuNkk. Truesdail, owayehlala eParis ngaleso sikhathi. Uthi:—

GSAM 222.4“Ngesikhathi uNksz. Harmon evakasha eParis, eMaine, ehlobo lika-1845, ngamxoxela imininingwane ngomngane wami omthandekayo obaba wakhe wayemvimbe ekubeni aye emihlanganweni yethu, ngakho-ke wayengakakunqabi ukukhanya. Waphendula emamatheka ethi, ‘UNkulunkulu akakaze angibonise ukuthi abantu abanjalo abanasindiso. Labo kuphela abake bathola ukukhanya kweqiniso futhi bakunqaba ngokwazi kwabo.’”¹⁷

GSAM 222.5Uphinde akhulume ngokuvakasha kwesithathu kukaNksz. Harmon eParis, ngo-1846, kanje:—

GSAM 222Esinye Isixwayiso Ngomqondo Ongamanga

GSAM 222.6“Enye indaba efanele ukukhuluma ngayo kwakungumbono owanikezwa ngo-1846 eParis, eMaine. UNksz. Harmon waboniswa ukuthi lapho uSathane engakwazi ukuvimba abaqotho enhliziyweni ekwenzeni wonke umsebenzi wabo, wayezosebenzisa ubuciko bakhe ukubaphusha ngaphezu komsebenzi wabo. Omunye udadewethu omuhle wayexoxa emabandleni ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabaphika ngoba baphikile umyalezo owawuthunyelwe uvela ezulwini ukuze ubasindise. UDade Harmon waboniswa ukuthi kwakungekho qiniso emyalezweni wakhe, njengoba kwakukhona abaningi emabandleni ababezowamukela iqiniso; ukuthi izingelosi ezinhle zazisazosebenza ukusindisa imiphefumulo kulawo mabandla, futhi lapho zenza kanjalo, zazishiya [izingelosi] lo dade, nomyalezo wakhe [okusho umyalezo wakhe ‘wokungabi nomusa’], ngaphandle komnyango.”¹⁸

GSAM 223Akukho Ukuphikisana

GSAM 223.1Njengoba kukhona abantu abanentshiseko enkulu ekuzameni ukufakazela ukuthi uNkk. White wake wafundisa ithiyori ethi “akusekho umusa kwaboni,” kodwa manje ufundisa okuphambene nalokho, ngizokwethula izitatimende ezivela kulabo abazijwayele umsebenzi wakhe kusukela ngo-1845, mayelana nomzamo wakhe wokuguqula aboni. Okulandelayo kuyisitatimende esivela ku-Ira Abbey, waseBrookfield, eMadison County, eSifundazweni saseNew York:—

GSAM 223.2“Phakathi kweminyaka ka-1846 no-1850, uMfowethu noDade White bafika endlini yethu, futhi babe nomdlandla omkhulu ezinganeni nakulabo abangakalinqabi iqiniso. Basebenza ngokuzikhandla emiphefumulweni engakaguquki, futhi angikaze ngizwe uDade White ethi akukho ithemba labaphambukayo nalabo abangakalinqabi iqiniso.”¹⁹

GSAM 223Ubufakazi bama-Adventist bosuku lokuqala

GSAM 223.3Mayelana nalokho ama-Adventist osuku lokuqala aseNew England akwaziyo ngemfundiso yokuthi umnyango usuvalekile ngokuphelele, ake le ncwadi elandelayo ifakazele:—

GSAM 223.4“E-Agasti 5 kuya ku-9, 1891, ngibe nengxoxo-mpikiswano noMfundisi Miles Grant, eBrookston, idolobha elinabantu cishe abayizinkulungwane ezingama-30. Ingxoxo-mpikiswano yayisetendeni elikhulu, futhi yayiholwa nguMnu. John Barbour, owake waba ngumongameli wekhansili yedolobha. Leli dolobha lisemamayela angamashumi amabili ukusuka eBoston. Impikiswano yayimayelana nombuzo weSabatha, kodwa uMnu. Grant wazama ukudonsa kule mpikiswano udaba lokuhlangenwe nakho kukaDade White kulo msebenzi. Wamsola ngokuthi ‘kwabonakala kuye, kusukela ngo-1844, ukuthi isikhathi sokuhlolwa sesidlule, futhi kwakungekho umusa owengeziwe kwaboni.’”

GSAM 224.1“Njengempendulo, ngamtshela ukuthi ama-Adventist osuku lokuqala bathathe leso simo, cishe bonke babo, ngesikhathi esisodwa, ngaphambi kokuthi sihlukane nabo, nokuthi esikhundleni sokuthi uNkk. White asisekele nhlobo leso simo, enye yezinto zokuqala ayeziboniswa kwakuwukuthi leso simo ‘kungamanga,’ nokuthi kwakusekhona umusa kwaboni. Ngathi, ‘Lokhu kunjalo, futhi uMfundisi Grant uyazi ukuthi kunjalo.’ Ngesikhathi ngikhuluma lokhu, inqwaba yabantu bama-Adventist osuku lokuqala abebephambi kwami [lelo qembu lalibamba ingxenye enkulu yetende elikhulu eligcwele] banqekuzisa amakhanda abo ngokuqinisa nangokuqinisekisa lesi sitatimende. Kwanele ukusho ukuthi uMfundisi Grant akazange aphinde akhulume ngalelo phuzu empikiswaneni.” Esayiniwe “uGeo. E. Fifield, South Lancaster, Mass., Disemba 6, 1895.”

GSAM 224UNkk. White Ehlale Efuna Insindiso Yaboni

GSAM 224.3Ukuthi uNkk. White usebenze ekuguquleni izoni kusukela ngo-1844 kuze kube manje, kufakazelwa kakhulu yilezi zinto ezilandelayo: Yena noMfundisi White babambe umhlangano endlini ka-Albert Belden, eRocky Hill, eConnecticut, owaqala mhla ziyi-20 ku-Ephreli 1848. Kulo mhlangano kwenziwa umzamo wokuguqula abanye abavela emhlabeni. UMfundisi White nomkakhe babonisa intshisekelo ekhethekile kule miphefumulo. Kulokhu sizonikeza ubufakazi bomunye walabo ababekulesi sigaba owamukela ukubhapathizwa ezandleni zikaMfundisi White. UJohn Y. Wilcox, ebhala evela eKensington, eConnecticut, mhla ziyi-22 kuFebhuwari 1891, uthi:—

GSAM 224.4“Ngafundiswa iqiniso ngesikhathi kwabanjwa imihlangano egumbini elingakaqedwa lendlu kaMfowethu A. Belden, eRocky Hill, Conn. Ukuthola kwami ukukhanya kweqiniso langaleso sikhathi kwaba ngaphansi komsebenzi kaMfowethu noDade White. Ngabhapathizwa ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho nguMfowethu White. Kodwa ngaphandle kokukhuthazwa namandla engangizithola kubo, angazi ukuthi bengingaba nesibindi sokucabanga noma sokuzizwa ukuthi ngamukelwe yiNkosi. Babekhathalela kakhulu ngami, futhi basebenza kanzima ukungisiza.”

GSAM 225.1UMfundisi White wathi ngalowo mhlangano encwadini ayibhalela uStockbridge Howland, eTopsham, eMaine, “Umfowethu Bates wethule imiyalo ngendlela ecacile kakhulu, futhi ukubaluleka kwayo kugcizelelwe ngobufakazi obunamandla kakhulu. Izwi lalinomthelela wokuqinisa labo ababevele beseqinisweni, nokuvusa labo abangakazimiseli ngokuphelele.”

GSAM 225Ukusebenzela Izoni e-Oswego, eN.Y.

GSAM 225.2Ngo-1849 uMfundisi James White nomkakhe basebenza e-Oswego, eNew York. Kuleyo mihlangano uHiram Patch noNksz. Benson, ababebophezele ukushada, baguqulwa kuNkulunkulu naseqinisweni langaleso sikhathi.

GSAM 225.3NgoMashi 1850, kwaphinde kwabanjwa imihlangano e-Oswego. Ku-Present Truth ka-Ephreli, uMfundisi White, ekhuluma ngaleyo mihlangano, wathi:

GSAM 225.3“Umsebenzi othakazelisayo kakhulu manje uyaqhubeka phakathi kwezingane zesalela kulesi dolobha. Ukusindiswa kwazo kube yindaba ebaluleke kakhulu emihlanganweni yethu emaSabatheni amabili adlule, futhi uNkulunkulu usibusisile ngokumangalisayo. Iqiniso libe nomthelela omuhle kithi kanye nezingane zethu. Ngobusuku obulandelayo kusukela ngoSuku Lokuqala lokugcina, sabamba umhlangano ngenjongo yokubasiza ngokukhethekile, kwathi uMoya weNkosi wathululwa phakathi kwethu. Zonke izingane zagoba phambi kweNkosi, futhi zibonakala zizwa ukubaluleka kokugcina imiyalo, ikakhulukazi umyalo wesihlanu, nokufuna insindiso ngoJesu Kristu. Lo kwakungomunye wemihlangano ethakazelisayo engake ngabona.”

GSAM 225.4E-Present Truth kaNovemba 1849, uMfundisi White washicilela umbiko ngabantu abaningi abaguqukile futhi ababhapathiziwe; kanti enombolweni yokugcina yaleli phephandaba ngo-1850 kunombiko ngomhlangano owawubanjelwe eWaitsfield, Vt., nangokuba khona kukaHeman Churchill, owayesanda ukuguqulwa evela emhlabeni. Ukhulunywa ngaye kulesi sihloko “njengomfowethu”. Kungaba kanjani lokho uma kungasekho umusa kwaboni?

GSAM 226Ubufakazi Babafakazi Abangamashumi Amabili Nanye

GSAM 226.1Kulesi sihloko sinikeza ubufakazi obusayinwe ngo-1888 ngabantu abangamashumi amabili nanye, ngamunye wabo owayekulo mkhankaso wokufika ngonyaka ka-1844, futhi wayejwayelene nokuvuka komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu. Bonke babese kulo myalezo ngaphambi kuka-1851, iningi labo belixhumene nama-Adventist oSuku Lwesikhombisa cishe kusukela ekuvukeni komyalezo:—

GSAM 226.2“Thina, abasayine lapha, njengoba sasazi kahle umkhankaso wokufika ngo-1844 ngesikhathi sidlula, futhi sabamba iqiniso lomyalezo wengelosi yesithathu kusukela ngo-1850, ngenjabulo siyafaka amagama ethu kulesi sitatimende esilandelayo mayelana nemfundiso yomnyango ovaliwe eyayigcinwa ngabakholwa emlayezweni wengelosi yesithathu kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo kuze kube ngaleso sikhathi esishiwo ngenhla, nangaphezulu.

GSAM 226.3“Bakholelwa, ngokuhambisana neSambulo 3:7, 8 nezinye izahluko zemiBhalo, ukuthi ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu zikaDaniyeli 8:14, uKristu wavala umsebenzi wakhe egumbini lokuqala yendawo engcwele yasezulwini, washintsha inkonzo yakhe waya endaweni engcwele kunazo zonke, wangena emsebenzini wokwahlulela, ngaleyo ndlela washintsha ubudlelwano bakhe ngalokhu nohlelo lokusindiswa. Lapha kwavulwa umnyango kwavalwa omunye.

GSAM 226.4“Bakholelwa ukuthi labo ababenokukhanya okucacile ngomyalezo wengelosi yokuqala, baphenduka bawuphikisa ngokuzonda, baphoswa nguNkulunkulu. Kodwa babengakholelwa ukuthi labo abangakaze bathole ukukhanya noma abangakafiki eminyakeni yokuzibophezela ngaphambi kuka-1844, uma befuna uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo ehlanzekile, babeyophoswa.

GSAM 226.5“Nakuba bekholelwa noWilliam Miller kanye nenqwaba enkulu yama-Adventist ngokushesha emva kokudlula kwesikhathi ababekubekile, ukuthi umsebenzi wabo womhlaba usuqediwe nokuthi iNkosi yayizofika maduzane, kodwa ngemuva kokuba ukukhanya ngendawo engcwele nangomyalezo wesithathu sekuchazile ukudumazeka kwabo, abakukholanga ukuthi umusa usuwedlule ngaphandle kwabo ababekuphikile lokho kukhanya.”

GSAM 227.1Osayiniwe, “J. B. Sweet, South Saginaw, Mich.; Samuel Martin, West Rindge, N.H.; Ira Abbey, North Brookfield, N.Y.; Nkk. R. B. Abbey, North Brookfield, N.Y.; Nkk. Diana Abbey, North Brookfield, N.Y.; Nkk. L. B. Abbey, North Brookfield, N.Y.; Heman S. Gurney, Memphis, Mich.; Ann E. Gurney, Memphis, Mich.; William Gifford, Memphis, Mich.; Nkk. Mary S. Chase, Battle Creek, Mich.; S. M. Howland, Battle Creek, Mich.; Nkk. F. H. Lunt, Battle Creek, Mich.; Nkk. Melora A. Ashley, Battle Creek, Mich.; Nkk. Caroline A. Dodge, Battle Creek, Mich.; Nkk. Sarah B. Whipple, Battle Creek, Mich.; Nkk. Uriah Smith, Battle Creek, Mich.; Nkk. Paulina R. Heligass, Moline, Kan.; R. G. Lockwood, St. Helena, Cal.; Nkk. R. G. Lockwood, St. Helena, Cal.; Reuben Loveland, North Hyde Park, Vt.; Nkk. Belinda Loveland, North Hyde Park, Vt.”

GSAM 227Umbono Oqondwe Kabi

GSAM 227.2Kwenziwe umzamo wokuhumusha umbono onikezwe uNkk. White eTopsham, eMaine, mhla ziyi-24 kuMashi 1849, njengokufundisa le mfundiso engalungile sokuthi akusekho umusa kwaboni. Lo mbono wanikezwa ngesikhathi kwethulwa “ukushaya emnyango eRochester” (iSpiritualism). UNkk. White wabona ukuthi izimpawu eziyimfihlakalo nemimangaliso kanye nezinguquko ezingamanga zazizokwanda futhi zisakazeke. Lezi zinguquko zazingezokushintsha kusuka ephutheni kuya eqinisweni (akazange athi ngeke kube nazo nhlobo izinguquko ezinjalo, kodwa wathi lezo ayezibonisiwe lapho abantu besebenzisa ithonya lomuntu zazinjalo), kodwa zazisuka kokubi ziye kokubi kakhulu; ngoba labo ababememezela ukuguqulwa kwenhliziyo babegqoke ingubo yenkolo eyayimboza ububi benhliziyo embi. Abanye babonakala sengathi baguqukile ngempela, ngaleyo ndlela bakwazi ukukhohlisa abantu bakaNkulunkulu; kodwa ngabe izinhliziyo zabo zazibonakala, zazizomnyama njengakuqala.

GSAM 227.3Wathi-ke: “Ingelosi eyayihamba nami yangiyala ukuthi ngibheke ukuhlupheka komphefumulo ngenxa yezoni njengokwakujwayelekile. Ngabheka, kodwa angikubonanga; ngoba isikhathi sabo sokusindiswa sesidlule.”²⁰

GSAM 228.1Kube nemibiko yokuthi lo mbono wafundisa ukuthi sekungekho umusa kwaboni, kodwa sibuza, Lokho bekungaba kanjani njengoba wayephikisana naleyo mfundiso kusukela ngesikhathi uJoseph Turner aqala ukuyifundisa entwasahlobo ka-1845, futhi wayesebenza ngokuzikhandla ngaso sonke isikhathi ekuguquleni nasekusindiseni kwaboni?

GSAM 228.2Ku-Supplement to Experience and Views, esashicilelwa ngo-1854, uNkk. White uthi, “Lezi ‘zinguquko ezingamanga’ okukhulunywa ngazo zisazobonakala ngokugcwele. Lo mbono uhlobene ikakhulukazi nalabo abake bezwa futhi benqaba ukukhanya kwemfundiso yokufika. Banikelwe ekukhohlisweni okukhulu. Labo abanjalo ngeke babe ‘nokuhlupheka komphefumulo ngenxa yezoni’ njengangaphambili.”²¹

GSAM 228.3Abaphikisi bathi bayazi okuningi ngalokho uNkk. White ayekubona kulo mbono kunaye uqobo. Masikuhlolisise umzuzwana ngokuhambisana nenguqulo yabo yalo mbono; okungukuthi, wayebuka isimo saboni esikhundleni sabavuseleli. Ngakho wabheka aboni ukuze athole “ukuhlupheka komphefumulo ngenxa yaboni,” kodwa akakubonanga. Ubani owake wathola ukuhlupheka komphefumulo ngenxa yaboni ngokubheka nje izoni? Kodwa-ke, siyabuza, kuthiwani ngalabo abakhulunywe ngabo ekufakazeleni okungenhla ababesebenzisa nje ithonya labantu kanye ne-mesmerism ukuze bathole abaguqukayo, bebiza lokhu ngokuthi ngumsebenzi woMoya kaNkulunkulu? Ingabe laba baphikisi, ababekulangazelela ukukhombisa ukuthi uNkk. White wafundisa ithiyori eqinile ye-“mnyango ovaliwe”, bakulungele yini ukuvuma ukuthi laba bavuseleli babengabantu abangcwele, futhi bethola abaguqukayo bangempela?

GSAM 228.4Kuyabonakala engqondweni ngayinye enobuqotho ukuthi abantu ababhekiswe kubo kulesi sihloko kwakuyilabo ababezibiza ngokuthi banokuhlupheka komphefumulo, kanti babekuphikile ukukhanya neqiniso, futhi bebesebenzisa i-mesmerism ukuze bathole abaguqukayo. Labo abanjalo babengakwazi ukuba nokuhlupheka komphefumulo kwangempela ngenxa yaboni lapho bona uqobo bebengabantu abazogwetshwa; ngoba “isikhathi sabo [sabo uqobo] sokusindiswa sesidlule.”

GSAM 229.1Embonweni kaNkk. White wangoMashi 24, 1849, abanye abantu bazame ukufinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi wafundisa ukuthi kwakungekho uzwelo kwaboni; kodwa sesivele sakhombisa ukuthi ngo-1845, eParis, eMaine, wafundisa ukuthi kwakukhona uzwelo kubo bonke abangakayinqabi ngokwazi nangokuqonda ukukhanya neqiniso. Embonweni owawunikwa endaweni efanayo ngo-1846, kwavezwa ukuthi iNkosi “yayinabantu emabandleni ababengakayinqabi iqiniso.” Kulabo ababecabanga ngenye indlela, kwabanikezwa isixwayiso esithi izingelosi zikaNkulunkulu zisazosebenzela bona, futhi lapho zisebenza, labo ababegxeka bona bazoshiywa ngaphandle.

GSAM 229.2Futhi, ngo-Ephreli 1848, uMfundisi White nomkakhe babesebenza eRocky Hill, eConnecticut, ekuguquleni izoni. Konke lokhu kufakazela ukuthi umbono wangoMashi 24, 1849, uyahambisana nalowo owawunikezwe eParis, eMaine, ngo-1846, kanye nendlela eyayilandelwa yilezi zinceku zikaNkulunkulu ngo-Ephreli 1848.

GSAM 229Umvuseleli Wobuxoki Ohlulwe

GSAM 229.3Lo mbono waqala ukushicilelwa eConnecticut, ngonyaka ka-1849. Umshumayeli wayesebenza ngokuzikhandla kakhulu lapho ukuze athole abaguqukayo, ngisho nokuzibiza ngokuthi unesipho sokukhuluma ngezilimi. Wayezama ukuthola ithonya phezu kweqembu elincane labagcini beSabatha eRocky Hill. Omunye walaba wayembiza ngokuthi “ongcwele othandekayo weNkosi.” Ebukhoneni bakhe uNkk. White wabona umbono owembula ubunjalo bokukhohlisa komsebenzi wakhe, nokuthi “ongcwele wakhe othandekayo” wayelandela indlela engahambisani nomyalo wesikhombisa. Le ntokazi “ngcwele” yaphika lesi sisho, kwathi umshumayeli wakhuluma ngamandla, efuna ukuthola uzwela “ngongcwele oswele weNkosi,” njengoba ayebiza. Ebusuku obulandelayo, lo wesifazane osakhulayo wahlaselwa yi-cholera morbus, wacabanga ukuthi wayezofa. Wathumela wamema uNkk. White, wavuma ukuthi lokho okwabonisiwe ngaye kwakuyiqiniso; ukuthi wayenecala ngalokho uNkk. White ayekushilo. Ngakho lesi sisebenzi samanga sahluleka ukukhohlisa lelo qembu, futhi imvelo yomsebenzi wakhe yavezeka, okwavala ngokushesha imizamo yakhe kuleyo ndawo.

GSAM 230Omunye Umvuseleli Wobuxoki e-Oswego, eNew York

GSAM 230.1Njengesibonelo esengeziwe somgomo ochazwe ekufakazeleni okungenhla, nokukhombisa ukuthi uMfundisi White nomkakhe basebenza kanjani ekuguquleni izoni ngo-1849-50, sinikeza lawa maqiniso alandelayo, angitshelwe ngu-Elias Goodwin nabanye bamalungu okuqala ebandla e-Oswego, eSifundazweni saseNew York:—

GSAM 230.2Ngaleso sikhathi (1849) kwakuhlala kule ndawo indoda esencane egama linguHiram Patch. Wayethembiswe umshado nentombazane ayeshada nayo kamuva. Babengabantu abangakaguquki, kodwa babehambela imihlangano eyayibanjwa nguMfundisi White nomkakhe, futhi babe sekuseduze kokwamukela ubuKristu. Ngalesi sikhathi kwaqhamuka ukuvuselelwa kwelinye lamabandla e-Oswego, hhayi ngabashumayeli, kodwa ngomunye wamalungu avelele ongeyena umshumayeli, ongumgcini wezimali zesifunda. Lo muntu wayebonakala enentshiseko enkulu, futhi wayevuma ukuthi unomthwalo omkhulu ngaboni. Wayesonta izandla zakhe lapho ethandaza ngalabo abangakaguquki, ebukeka ekhathazekile kakhulu ngenxa yesimo sabo sokulahleka.

GSAM 230.3UMnu. Patch nomkakhe owayezoba umkakhe baya kule mihlangano yokuvuselelwa, futhi babengazi ukuthi banganquma kanjani. Babekhona ngesinye isikhathi lapho uNkk. White ebona umbono lapho ekhombiswa khona kuHoseya 5:6, 7, okuthi, “Bazohamba nezimvu zabo nezinkomo zabo bezofuna iNkosi; kodwa ngeke bamthole; uyazisusa kubo. Benze inkohlakalo kuJehova; ngoba bazale izingane ezingezona; manje inyanga izobadla kanye nezabelo zabo.” Kwabonakala kuye ukuthi labo ababeqhuba le mihlangano yokuvuselelwa babengalungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu, futhi babengenawo umthwalo wangempela womphefumulo ngenxa yaboni.

GSAM 231Ukubikezela Kokuhluleka

GSAM 231.1Wabe esethi kuMnu. Patch, “Ngitshelwe ukuthi ngikutshele ukuthi kulokhu isisho sombhalo sizogcwaliseka ngokwezwi. Linda inyanga, bese uzokwazi ngokwakho ubuntu babantu ababambe iqhaza kulokhu kuvuselelwa, nalabo abathi banomthwalo omkhulu waboni.” UMnu. Patch wathi, “Ngizolinda.”

GSAM 231.2Phakathi kwamaviki amabili selokhu lo mbono wanikezwa, lowo mgcini-zimali, owayezibeka sengathi unomthwalo omkhulu womphefumulo waboni, ekudabukeni kwakhe okwenziwe waphula umthambo wegazi esiswini sakhe, kwadingeka athwalelwe embhedeni ngenxa yokulahlekelwa yigazi. Izindaba zehhovisi lomgcini-zimali kwadingeka ziphethwe nguSheriff wesifunda, owathi kanye nelinye lamaphoyisa wabheka inani elalibhalwe encwadini yomgcini-zimali, wabe esebala imali ukuze alungiselele ukuphatha ibhizinisi, kwathi-ke, ngokumangazayo, kwavela ukushoda kwemali okungu-$1,000 ngqo.

GSAM 231.3KuSheriff nomphoyisa kwakungabonakala kungelula ukuthi indoda egcwele ukuzinikela ekuvuseleleni ingaba necala lokuthatha le mali. Bacabanga ukuthi kumele ayikhokhile, wabe esekhohlwa ukwenza ukubhalwa okufanele encwadini; noma mhlawumbe wayifake ebhange, futhi ayizange ivele ku-akhawunti esefweni. Noma kunjalo, kwakumele bamcele incazelo eyanelisayo, kodwa kwakufanele kwenziwe ngokucophelela; ngoba uma wayenemali, ngokungangabazeki wayezokuzama ukuyifihla. Ngakho-ke kwahlelwa ukuthi omunye wabo ahambe phambili azifihle eshedini elingemuva kwendlu, ukuze abheke umnyango wangemuva uma kwenzeka noma yiziphi izimpawu, kanti uSheriff wayengena ngomnyango wangaphambili. Lapho uSheriff esondela endlini wangena ngomnyango wangaphambili, wabona ingubo yowesifazane eyayisuka ngomnyango wangemuva. Indoda eyayiseshedini yabona owesifazane egijima waya enqwabeni yeqhwa, emba umgodi eqhweni, ebeka okuthile lapho, akumboza ngeqhwa, wabuyela endlini.

GSAM 232.1USheriff weza eduze kombhede womgcini-zimali, kwathi ngemva kokubuza ngesimo sakhe sempilo, waphakamisa ubunzima ababebhekene nabo ehhovisi, ephakamisa ukuthi mhlawumbe angakuchaza lokhu kunzima. Indoda, eyayikhathazekile kakhulu, yaphakamisa isandla sayo esibhakabhakeni, yabiza uNkulunkulu njengofakazi, yathi ayazi lutho ngaleyo mali. Ngaleso sikhathi umkakhe wangena, wafuna ukwazi ukuthi kwakusho ukuthini nokuthi kungani umyeni wakhe ekhathazekile kangaka. Indoda yaphendula, “Bacabanga ukuthi sinemali yabo.” Kwabe sekuyilapho owesifazane naye waphakamisa izandla zakhe ngendlela efanayo, wabiza uNkulunkulu njengofakazi wokuthi abanayo le mali, futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, abakwazi lutho ngayo. Ngesikhathi esanda kuqeda ukusho lokhu, umphoyisa, owayegijimile evela endaweni yakhe yokuzifihla waya endaweni eneqhwa lapho engena khona endlini, wangenelela, wathi, “Nkosikazi, lokhu kuyini? Ngakubona ugijima uphuma endlini, wabeka lokhu endaweni eneqhwa, futhi nasi, isikhwama semali esilahlekile, esiphawulwe ukuthi $1,000.”

GSAM 232.2Njengoba bekulindelekile, lo mhlangano wokuvuselelwa wawa ngokuzumayo. UMnu. Patch nomakoti wakhe, ngemva kokwazi ubuntu bomholi walo mhlangano, bamela iqiniso, bajoyina ama-Adventist oSuku Lwesikhombisa, lapho bahlala khona bengamalungu afanele kuze kube usuku lokufa kwabo.

GSAM 232.3Lo mbono, njengoba kubonakala ngokusobala, wanikezwa ngenhloso yokusiza ikakhulukazi abangakaguquki, futhi waphumela ekuguqulweni kwaboni, kanti umthelela wawo washesha wawubhekiswe kulabo ababengaboni ngokwabo futhi abenqatshwe iNkosi ngenxa yobuqili babo. “Babephathe iNkosi ngokungathembeki;” bezibeka njengabanomthwalo omkhulu womphefumulo ngenxa yaboni, kodwa bakhiqiza “izingane ezingajwayelekile” kuphela.

GSAM 232Isisebenzi Esizenzisayo eCamden, eNew York

GSAM 232.4Phakathi kwezinye izindawo ezavakashelwa nguMfundisi noNkk. White ebusika buka-1849 kuya ku-1850, kwakukhona idolobha laseCamden, eNew York, cishe amayela angamashumi amane ukusuka e-Oswego, lapho ababese besahlala khona. Ngalo mhlangano, uNkk. White uthi:

GSAM 232.4“Ngaphambi kokuhamba, ngakhombiswa iqembu elincane elalivuma iqiniso lapho, futhi phakathi kwabo ngabona owesifazane owayezibonakalisa enobungcwele obuningi kodwa owayengumkhohlisi, edukisa abantu bakaNkulunkulu.”²²

GSAM 233.1NgoJanuwari 1884, ngisebenza eSifundazweni saseNew York, ngafunda lezi zindaba ezilandelayo kuMnu. Preston, owayehlala eCamden ngesikhathi somhlangano oshiwo ngenhla, futhi uMfundisi White nomkakhe abahlala naye ngesikhathi somhlangano:—

GSAM 233.2“Lo wesifazane wafundisa imibono egqile ngesihloko sokungcwaliswa, ethi kwakukhona isimo sokuphelela okufanele sifinyelelwe lapho umuntu ezobe esephakeme ngokuphelele ngaphezu komthetho kaNkulunkulu; futhi wathi usefinyelele kuleso simo sokuphelela. Ngale mfundiso yobungcwele wayephazamisa izingqondo zabanye babantu bethu eCamden. UDade White waboniswa ukuthi naphezu kobungcwele obungamanga balo wesifazane, inhliziyo yakhe yayimnyama ngesono, futhi empilweni yakhe wayengcolile.

GSAM 233.3“Ngesikhathi ekule ndawo, uDade White wanikezwa omunye umbono, phambi kwalo wesifazane, owabonakala enomthwalo omkhulu womphefumulo ngenxa yabangakaguquki; kodwa uDade White wamtshela ukuthi akuyona ukuhlupheka kwangempela komphefumulo ngenxa yaboni, ngoba indlela yakhe yokuphila yayingamile kahle emehlweni kaNkulunkulu. ‘Ngakho-ke,’ kusho uMnu. Preston, ‘lokho okubizwa ngokuthi umbono waseCamden kwakusebenza ngokuqondile futhi ikakhulukazi esimweni salowo wesifazane, hhayi esimweni sezoni ngokujwayelekile, futhi sasiqonda kanjalo ngaleso sikhathi.’”

GSAM 233.4Ngemva kokuba uNkk. White echazile umbono wakhe, lo wesifazane wavuka wathi, “UNkulunkulu uyakwazi inhliziyo yami, futhi uma ningayibona, ningabona ukuthi ihlanzekile futhi imhlophe.” Ngakho-ke umhlangano wavalwa. Kodwa-ke, kungekudala kamuva, lowo wesifazane wagula kakhulu, wacabanga ukuthi wayeseyofa. Wathi, “Kumele ngibone uDade White; nginokuvuma engifuna ukukwenza kuye. Ngamtshela ukuthi ngingowesifazane omuhle, ukuthi ngingcwele. Akunjalo. Ngingowesifazane omubi. Lo muntu engihlala naye akayena umyeni wami. Ngashiya umyeni omuhle eNgilandi nengane eyodwa encane, ngabaleka nalendoda le. Asizange sishade. Bengizibiza ngokuthi ngingudokotela, futhi ngangithengisa imithi engifungele enkantolo ukuthi ingibize u-$1 ibhodlela, kodwa empeleni yayingibiza ama-senthi ayishumi nambili kuphela ibhodlela. Futhi ngafunga ukuthi inkomo esayithengisa kumuntu oswele yasibiza u-$30, kanti empeleni yayisibiza u-$20 kuphela.”²³

GSAM 234.1Kulabo abazenzisayo, amazwi kaNkk. White mayelana “nokuhlupheka komphefumulo ngenxa yaboni” asebenza kubo, hhayi kuboni ngokujwayelekile. Uma sicubungula amaqiniso ashiwo ngenhla, abonisa ukuthi imfundiso ethi “akusekho umusa” kuboni yagwetshwa ngokuphelele kusukela ekuqaleni kokushumayelwa kwayo entwasahlobo ka-1845; futhi ukuthi uNkk. White usebenze ngokuzikhandla ekuguquleni izoni kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ubani ongakholwa ukuthi ngo-1851, lapho umsebenzi wakhe othi Experience and Views wawushicilelwa, wayehlosile ukufundisa ukuthi “akusekho ukusindiswa kwezoni”?

GSAM 234Indoda Ethi “Akusekho Uzwelo”

GSAM 234.2Ngisho kuze kube ngonyaka ka-1848, kwakusele lapha nalapha umuntu owayekholelwa ukuthi akusekho umusa kwaboni. Labo, nokho, babengebona ama-Adventist oSuku Lwesikhombisa. Omunye walolu hlobo, ogama lakhe linguSweet, wayehlala edolobheni laseRochester, eNew York. Ngemva kokwenza inkolo yami obala nokubhapathizwa phakathi kwama-Adventist osuku lokuqala, ngangihambele umhlangano wetende eCanandaigua, eNew York, owaqhutshwa nguMfundisi uJ. C. Bywater noGeo. W. Burnham. Lo muntu uSweet wayekhona, wakhombisa ukungabaza okukhulu mayelana nokuba ngempela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami kokholo, ngoba “wayecabanga ukuthi manje akunakwenzeka ukuthi izoni ziguqulwe.”