Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
Igice Cya 21 – Umuburo Wirengagijwe
Ubwo William Miller na bagenzi be bamamazaga inyigisho yo kugaruka kwa Kristo,
bakoraga bafite umugambi umwe rukumbi wo gukangurira abantu kwitegura urubanza.
Bashakaga uko bakangura abiyita abanyadini ngo bamenye ibyiringiro nyakuri by’itorero, no
kubumvisha ko bakeneye imibereho ya Gikristo ihamye. Na none kandi bakoraga bakangura
abatarahindutse kugira ngo bamenye inshingano yabo yihutirwa yo kwihana no guhindukirira
Imana. “Ntibigeze bagerageza guhindurira abantu kuyoboka igice runaka cyangwa itsinda mu
by’idini. Ni yo mpamvu bakoranye neza n’amatsinda ndetse n’amadini yose batabangamiye
imikorere na gahunda byayo.”
Miller yaravuze ati: “Mu mirimo yanjye yose, sinigeze ngira icyifuzo cyangwa igitekerezo
cyo gushinga itorero ngo nditandukanye n’ayariho, cyangwa ngo ngirire neza rimwe maze
irindi ribangamirwe. Natekerezaga kuyungura yose. Kubera gutekereza ko Abakristo bose
bari kunezezwa cyane no gutegereza kugaruka kwa Kristo, kandi ko abatazashobora
kubyumva nka njye nibamara kwigishwa iryo hame nabo batazabura kubikunda, ntabwo
nigeze ntekereza ko bizaba ngombwa kugira amateraniro yihariye. Umugambi wanjye
rukumbi wari uwo guhindurira abantu kuyoboka Imana, kuburira isi ko igihe cy’urubanza
cyegereje no gutera bene wacu kugira kwitegura mu mitima bizababashisha gusanganira
Imana yabo mu mahoro. Benshi mu bantu bashoboye kwihana kubw’umurimo nakoze binjiye
mu matorero yariho.” 498
Kubera ko umurimo we werekezaga ku kubaka no gukomeza amatorero, yakiriwe neza
mu gihe runaka. Ariko igihe ababwirizabutumwa n’abayobozi b’amatorero bafataga
umwanzuro wo kurwanya inyigisho ivuga ibyo kugaruka kwa Kristo kandi bagashaka
guhagarika ikangarana ritejwe na zo, ntibarwanirije izo nyigisho ku ruhimbi gusa, ahubwo
banabujije abayoboke babo kujya mu materaniro avuga ibyo kugaruka kwa Kristo ndetse no
kuvugana iby’ibyiringiro byabo mu materaniro y’ubusabane mu matorero. Bityo abizera
bisanze bari mu kigeragezo gikomeye cyane kandi bagira imitima ihagaze. Bakundaga
amatorero yabo kandi byari bibagoye kwitandukanya nayo; ariko ubwo babonaga ubuhamya
bw’Ijambo ry’Imana busiribangwa kandi uburenganzira bwabo bwo gusoma ubuhanuzi
bubangamiwe, bumvise ko kuba indahemuka ku Mana bibabuza kumvira abayobozi babo.
Ntabwo abantu birengagizaga ubuhamya bw’ijambo ry’Imana bashoboraga kubafata ko
bagize itorero rya Kristo, ryo “nkingi n’ishingiro ry’ukuri.” Kuva ubwo, bumvise ko nta kibi
baba bakoze mu gihe bitandukanyije n’amatorero bari basanzwemo. Mu mpeshyi yo mu
mwaka wa 1844, hafi abantu bagera ku bihumbi mirongo itanu bitandukanyije n’amatorero
yabo.
Bijya gushyira icyo gihe, habonekaga impinduka igaragara mu matorero menshi yo muri
Leta zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Kuva mu myaka myinshi hari haragiye habaho ukwigana
imigenzereze n’imigenzo by’ab’isi kwiyongeraga buhoro buhoro ariko mu buryo buhamye,
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