Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
umushahara munini. Mu bibwirizwa bye, ntagomba kwamagana ibyaha rusange biri mu
bantu, ahubwo amagambo ye agomba kuba asize umunyu kandi aryoheye amatwi y’abakunda
ibigezweho. Muri ubwo buryo, abanyabyaha bakunda ibigezweho bandikwa mu bitabo
by’itorero, kandi ibyaha bigezweho bigatwikirirwa umwenda wo kwigira intungane.
Mu kuvuga iby’uko abantu bavuga ko ari Abakristo bitwara imbere y’ab’isi, ikinyamakuru
cyamamaye cyane mu nyandiko z’iby’isi cyaravuze kiti: “Itorero ryagiye ryakira buhoro
buhoro mu buryo butagaraga umwuka w’iby’iki gihe, maze rihuza uburyo bwaryo bwo
gusenga n’ibyo ab’iki gihe bashaka.” “Itorero rikoresha ibintu byose birifasha gutuma
iby’idini biba ibintu bikurura abantu.” Ku byerekeye imiterere y’itorero ry’Abametodisiti,
umwanditsi umwe wo mu kinyamakuru cyitwa “ Independent” cyo muri New York yaravuze
ati: “Umurongo utandukanya abubaha Imana n’abatayubaha uragenda usibangana uhinduka
umwijima, kandi abantu bo muri ayo matsinda yombi bamaramaje bakora uko bashoboye ngo
bakureho ryose itandukaniro riboneka hagati y’uburyo bihariye bwo gukora n’ibibanezeza.”
“Kwamamara kw’iby’idini kuragenda kongera cyane umubare w’abantu bifuza kubona
inyungu zibirimo ariko batuzuje inshingano basabwa.”
Uwitwa Howard Crosby yaravuze ati: “Ni ikintu gikomeye cyane kubona uburyo itorero
rya Kristo ridasohoza imigambi y’Umwami waryo. Nk’uko Abayahudi ba kera baretse
ukwifatanya n’amahanga asenga ibigirwamana kugakura imitima yabo ku Mana,... ni ko muri
iki gihe, ku bw’ubufatanye bubi n’ab’isi batizera, itorero rya Yesu rigenda rireka uburyo
bw’imibereho yaryo nyakuri bwagenwe n’Imana, bityo rikemera imigenzereze mibi
y’abatubaha Kristo, rigakoresha ibitekerezo ndetse rikagera ku myanzuro ihabanye n’ibyo
Imana yahishuye ndetse inarwanya gukurira mu buntu bw’Imana kose.” 518
Muri urwo rujya n’uruza rw’iby’isi no kwishakira ibinezeza, umutima wo kwiyanga
n’ubwitange kubwa Kristo usa n’uwazimangatanye rwose. “Muri iki gihe abagabo bamwe
n’abagore bagize itorero, bigishijwe kwigomwa kugira ngo babashe kugira icyo batanga
cyangwa bakora mu murimo wa Kristo ubwo bari bakiri abana.” Ariko se ubu, igihe itorero
rikeneye amafaranga, . . . nta muntu wasabwa gutanga. Oya! ahubwo hategurwa igurisha,
ibitaramo bya nijoro, tombola, ibirori byo gusangirira hamwe nk’ibyabagaho mu gihe cya
kera, cyangwa hagategurwa ibyo kurya runaka. Hashakwa ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose
cyashimisha abantu.”
Uwitwa Washburn wari umuyobozi w’intara ya Wiscosin ubwo yatangagaga ubutumwa
bwe bwa buri mwaka, ku itariki ya 9 Mutarama 1873 yaravuze ati: “Bisa n’aho hakenewe
itegeko ryo gufunga amashuri agaragaramo gukina urusimbi. Ayo mashuri ari hirya no hino.
Ndetse n’itorero (mu buryo ritagambiriye, nta gushidikanya) rimwe na rimwe usanga rikora
umurimo w’umwanzi. Ibitaramo bigamije gusaba abantu impano, gahunda zo gusaba impano
na za tombora rimwe na rimwe bikorwa mu rwego rwo gufasha imigambi y’idini n’ibikorwa
by’ubugiraneza, nyamara akenshi iyo migambi nta gaciro iba ifite. Iriya mikorere yose ni
inzira zo kubona amafaranga kandi uyatanze nta cyo yungutse. Nta kintu na kimwe gisenya
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