Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
ndetse ibyo bikajyana n’ubuhenebere mu by’umwuka. Ariko muri uwo mwaka, habonetse
ibimenyetso byo gusubira inyuma gutunguranye ariko gukomeye mu matorero hafi ya yose.
Nubwo nta muntu washoboye kuvuga impamvu zibiteye, ibyabaye ubwabyo byaragaragaraga
hirya no hino kandi bikavugwa mu bitangazamakuru no ku ruhimbi.
Mu materaniro amwe y’itorero ry’Abapresibiteriyeni bo mu mujyi wa Filadelifiya
(Philadelphia), uwitwa Barnes wanditse igitabo cy’ubusobanuro cyakoreshwaga cyane kandi
akaba yari umupasitoro wayoboraga rimwe mu matorero akomeye yo muri uwo mujyi
yaravuze ati: “Maze imyaka makumyabiri yose ndi umuyobozi w’itorero, ntibyigeze bimbaho
yuko igihe cyo gusangirira hamwe ifunguro ryera mbura abantu mu rusengero uretse
ubushize. Ariko muri iki gihe simbona ububyutse, nta no kwihana, nta no gukurira mu buntu
bw’Imana kugaragara mu bavuga ko ari abizera. Nta bantu bakinsanga aho nkorera ngo
tuganire iby’agakiza k’ubugingo bwabo. Gutwarwa n’iby’isi biragenda byiyongera bijyanye
no kwiyongera mu bukungu, ubucuruzi n’inganda. Uko niko bimeze mu matorero yose.” 499
Mu kwezi kwa Gashyantare k’uwo mwaka, umwigisha witwaga Finney wo mu ishuri rya
Oberlin yaravuze ati: “Dufite igihamya imbere yacu ko muri rusange amatorero
y’Abaporotesitanti mu gihugu cyacu atemera cyangwa arwanya amavugururwa mu mico
mbonera hafi ya yose abaho muri iki gihe. Hari umugabane muto gusa utari muri urwo
ruhande ariko ibyo ntibibuza kuvuga ko ari rusange. Dufite kandi n’ikindi gihamya
gishyigikiye ibyo tuvuga: Ni uko mu matorero yose muri rusange hatarangwa imbaraga
y’ububyutse. Ubukonje mu by’umwuka buragenda bucengera mu bantu hafi ya bose, kandi
burakabije biteye ubwoba. Ibitangazamakuru by’amadini mu gihugu cyose birabihamya. . .
Abayoboke b’amatorero bagenda batwarwa n’ibigezweho mu buryo bukabije,- bifatanya
n’abatubaha Imana mu minsi mikuru yo kwinezeza, mu mbyino, mu birori, n’ibindi. Ariko
ntibikwiye ko tubivugaho byinshi cyane igihe kirekire. Birahagije gusa yuko ibihamya
byiyongera kandi bigatamurura ijuru hejuru yacu byerekana ko muri rusange amatorero
agenda ahenebera mu buryo bubabaje. Yagiye kure cyane y’Umukiza maze nawe ayavamo
arigendera.”
Umwanditsi wo mu kinyamakuru cyarebaga kure mu by’idini500 nawe yarahamije ati:
“Ntabwo twigeze tubona gusubira inyuma mu by’idini kuri rusange nk’uko bimeze ubu. Mu
by’ukuri, itorero rikwiriye gukanguka maze rigashakisha impamvu y’aka kaga; kuko umuntu
wese ukunda Siyoni abona ko ari akaga. Iyo twibutse uburyo uguhinduka nyakuri ari guke
cyane ndetse hakanabaho agasuzuguro no kwinangira by’abanyabyaha bitagereranywa,
bidutera gutaka tuvuga tuti, ‘Mbese Imana yibagiwe kuba inyabuntu? Cyangwa se urugi
rw’imbabazi rwarakinzwe?’”
Ibyo ntibishobora kuba bidaturutse mu itorero ubwaryo. Umwijima mu by’umwuka
ugwirira amahanga, amatorero n’abantu ku giti cyabo ntabwo ku ruhande rw’Imana watewe
no gukurwaho k’ubufasha bw’ubuntu mvajuru, ahubwo watewe no kwirengagiza cyangwa
kwanga umucyo w’Imana ku ruhande rw’abantu. Icyitegererezo gikomeye cy’uko kuri
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