Ebyafaayo, ebitabo n'okubuulira kwa Dwight L. Moody

Dwight Lyman Moody teyamaliriza somero lya wansi, teyayiga kuwandiika bigambo n’obwesige, era teyalondebwa kuba muweereza wa Katonda. Wabula mu kitundu ekyokubiri eky’ekyasa eky’ekkumi n’omwenda, omutunzi ono ow’engatto eyaliwo edda, omumpi era eyayogeranga mangu, yabuulira enjiri — okusinziira ku kubalirira okuteefu — eri abantu abawera obukadde kikumi, awatali leediyo, awatali terevizoni, era awatali na kaayogera n’akamu — era n’atandikawo amasomero, enkuŋŋaana, n’omulimu gw’okufulumya ebitabo ebibala byagwo bye bikyagenda mu maaso ne kaakati. Ekyama kye tekyali kabuze eri abo abaamumanya. Yakkiriza nti Katonda ycategeeza ddala kye yayogera, era n’akikolerako n’amaanyi gonna ag’omutima gwe omunene, ogw’ekisa, ogutatereera.

Omulenzi Ava e Northfield

Moody yazaalibwa nga 5 Febwali 1837 ku ttaka ettono e Northfield, Massachusetts, nga ye w’omukaaga mu abaana omwenda. Bwe yali aweza emyaka ena kitaawe n’afa amangwago, ng’aleka amaka mu bbanja; ababa-nja baatwala n’enku ez’okukuma omuliro okuva mu kasenge k’enku. Nnyina, Betsey, yagaana okumenyaamenya amaka, era abaana bakulira mu bwavu, nga bakozi ba mirimu egy’amaanyi, era nga baayiga katono buto. Dwight ayinza okuba nga yayiga emyaka etaano gy’okusoma okwentongole, era ebbaluwa ze zaalina enkovu z’ekyo obulamu bwe bwonna. Bwe yali aweza emyaka kkumi na musanvu yava ku ttaka okugenda okunoonya obugagga bwe, era n’ayingira mu dduuka ly’engatto ery’akojjaawe Samuel e Boston nga akozesa ebigambo bye — ku ndagaano, nga akojjaawe bwe yakakasa, nti ajjanga mu kkanisa ne mu ssomero lya Ssande buli wiiki.

Idduuka ery’Engatto e Boston

Endagaano eno yakakasa okuba oluggi olw’obulamu bwe. Omusomesa we ow’essomero lya Ssande mu Kkanisa lya Mount Vernon Congregational, omusajja omukkakkamu ayitibwa Edward Kimball, yamalirira okwogera na buli omu ku balenzi be ku bwabwe ku bikwata ku Kristo. Nga 21 Apuli 1855 Kimball yayingira mu dduuka ly’engatto, n’asanga Moody omuvubuka emabega ng’azinga engatto, n’ateeka omukono ku kibegabega kye, n’amutegeeza mu bwangu obw’okwagala kwa Kristo gy’ali. Awo, wakati mu masenge, Moody yawa Omulokozi omutima gwe. Oluvannyuma Kimball yagamba nti mu butono yali alabye omuntu ng’omwoyo gwe guli mu kizikiza mu by’omwoyo okusinga omukyufu ono omupya — abakebera b’ekkanisa, mu mazima, baagaana Moody mu kusaba kwe okusooka okuba ow’ekibiina kubanga yamanya enjigiriza entono nnyo. Mu ggulu baamupima mu ngeri endala.

“Moody Omulalu”

Mu 1856 yasengukira e Chicago, n’atunda engatto n’obunyiikivu bwe yakolanga buli kimu, n’atandika okupangisa entebe mu kkanisa — oluvannyuma n’azijjuza abavubuka be yali akuŋŋaanyizza okuva mu nguudo. Mu 1858 yatandika essomero lya Ssande mu kitundu ky’obwavu ekyali eky’amaanyi ennyo ne kiyitibwa “Little Hell” (Ggeyeena Entono), ng’akola amasomo mu kizimbe ky’akatale eky’edda, era ng’asikiriza abayizi n’obuwoomerevu, entambula ku mbalaasi ento, n’obugumiikiriza obutakoowa. Mu myaka mitono abaana lukumi mu bikumi bitaano baali bajja, era mu 1860 pulezidenti omulonde yennyini, Abraham Lincoln, yakyalira essomero. Mu mwaka gwe gumu Moody yasalawo okusalawo mikwano gye kwe baalowoozako ng’okw’eddalu: yaleka omulimu gw’obusuubuzi ogwali gukulaakulana — awamu ne kkwe okuyaayaanira okuweza obugagga bwa doola emitwalo kkumi — okuwa Katonda obudde bwe bwonna. Mu kiseera ky’Olutalo lw’Abenganda, yaweereza awatali kukoowa abaserikale abaali ku maaso g’olutalo ne mu nkambi; mu 1862 yawasa Emma Revell, amagezi ge amanywevu ge gaatereeza obwangu bwe obw’akaseera ennaku ze zonna ezaasigalawo; era mu 1864 essomero lye ery’omulimu gw’okubuulira lyakula ne lifuuka kkanisa ery’omuwendo gwalyo.

Omuliro n’Amaanyi

Ebyabaawo ebibiri mu 1871 byaggula omulimu gwa Moody. Ku kiro eky’omu 8 Okitobba, ng’abuulira ekibiina ekisinga obunene kye yali abadde afunye e Chicago, yasembayo n’asaba ekibiina okugenda ewaka ne balowooza kye bandikoze ne Yesu — era baddeyo wiiki eddako n’eky’okuddamu kyabwe. Ekiro ekyo Omuliro Omunene ogwa Chicago gwazikiriza ekizimbe ekyo, ekkanisa ye, ennyumba ye, n’ekitundu ekinene ky’ekibuga; abamu ku baali bawuliriza tebaddayo kulabika. Teyakyerabira: okutuusa ku nkomerero y’obulamu bwe yagaana okuleka abawuliriza okugenda awatali kubawaliriza okusalirawo Kristo mu kiro ekyo kyennyini.

Wiiki nga ziyiseewo okuva ku muliro, ng’atambula mu luguudo mu New York gye yali agenze okunoonya ssente z’okuyamba, eky’okuddamu ne kijja. Okubeerawo kwa Katonda kwamujjira mu ngeri ey’amaanyi ennyo ne yanguwa okutuuka mu nnyumba ya munne n’asaba okulekebwa bw’omu; mu butono yayogera ku kiseera ekyo oluvannyuma, okuggyako okugamba nti kyamugwanira okusaba Katonda okuziyiza omukono gwe. Okubuulira, yagamba, kwali kubuulira kwe kumu — naye kaakati ebikumi baakyuka gye baali edda abantu batono buto baakyukira.

Abantu Babiri Abatamanyiddwa Emitala w’Ennyanja

Moody yali amaze okuyiga, okuva ku muvubuka omubuulizi Omungereza Harry Moorhouse — eyabuulira ekibiina kye eky’e Chicago ekiro musanvu kiddiriranganako ku Yokaana 3:16 — okubuulira Katonda ayagala aboonoonyi mu kifo ky’oyo abakuŋŋunta bukuŋŋunta n’okubwatuka. Era yakwata mu mutima gwe ekigambo kye yawulira nga kyayogerwa omubuulizi Henry Varley:

Ensi ekyalina okulaba Katonda ky’alikola ne, era ku lwa, era okuyita mu, era munda mu, era ku, omuntu eyeewaayo gy’ali mu bujjuvu era n’omutima gwe gwonna.

— Henry Varley, ebigambo Moody bye yamalirira okuddamu: “Olw’ekisa kya Katonda, nnaaba omuntu oyo.”

Mu Juuni 1873 Moody yasaabala mu meeri okugenda mu Bungereza n’omuyimbi omuvubuka ayitibwa Ira Sankey, ng’alina abaana babiri era nga tewali biyita by’omugaso. Ebyaddirira byewuunyisa buli omu okuggyako Katonda. Okuva e York ne Newcastle enkuŋŋaana zaasaasaana okutuuka e Edinburgh, abasomi ba by’eddiini ab’ekibuga abaali baamanyiddwa olw’obwegendereza bwabwe gye baawangulwa ne basikirizibwa; oluvannyuma Glasgow, Belfast, ne Dublin; oluvannyuma emyezi ena mu London mu 1875, abantu abaali bajja gye baabalirwa mu bukadde. Amawulire g’e Bungereza tegaasobola kunnyonnyola engeri Omumerika atali muyivu, ng’abuulira emboozi entereevu mu ddoboozi ery’Ekyamerika ery’amangu munne ng’ayimba ennyimba nga akozesa akalagi akatono, gye yali ajjuza ebisenge ebisinga obunene mu bwakabaka. Moody yasobola. “Ensi ekyalina okulaba…” Yaddayo ewaka mu 1875 ng’omubuulizi asinga okumanyibwa ku abalamu, era n’awaayo ekitundu ky’ekyasa ekyaddirira ku kaweefube ku kaweefube okwetooloola Amerika ne Bungereza — Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York Hippodrome, n’ebirala.

Amasomero n’Ebitabo eby’Omuwendo Omutono

Moody omubuulizi ye ajjukirwa okusinga, naye Moody omuzimbi ayinza okuba nga yatuuka wala okusinga. Omusajja ow’emyaka etaano egy’okusoma yatandikawo Northfield Seminary ey’abawala mu 1879 ne Mount Hermon School ey’abalenzi mu 1881, ng’azijjuza abayizi abaali bavu nnyo okuyingira awalala. Enkuŋŋaana ze ez’omu biseera by’ekyeya e Northfield, ezaatandika mu 1880, zaakoleeza Student Volunteer Movement (Ekibiina ky’Abayizi Abeewaayo), ekyatuma enkumi z’ababaka abavubuka okwetooloola ensi yonna. Mu 1886 yatandikawo essomero eryandibadde n’erinnya lye, Moody Bible Institute e Chicago, okusomesa “abasajja b’ekituli” abaali basobola okuyimirira wakati wa pulaatifomu n’ekibiina. Era mu 1894 — ng’akakasizza nti ebitabo ebirungi tebisaanira kuba bugagga bwa kwenoomanoona — yatandikawo ekibiina ky’okusaasaanya ebitabo ekyafulumya ebitabo eby’Ekikristaayo eby’olubugu olwangu era ebinywevu, eby’omuwendo omutono ogwenkanankana empeera y’omupakasi, n’abiweereza mu migugu gy’amagaali.

Okwambazibwa Engule

Mu Novemba 1899, wakati mu kaweefube e Kansas City, omutima gwe omunene gwatandika okulemererwa. Yaleetebwa ewaka e Northfield, mu kisenge gye yazaalirwa emyaka nkaaga mu ebiri emabega, mu kulaba kw’ensozi ze yayagala. Ku makya g’omu 22 Desemba 1899, ng’ali wakati w’otulo n’okuzuukuka, yawulirwa ng’agamba, mu bujjuvu era awatali kutya:

Ensi edda emabega; eggulu liggukira mu maaso gange… Guno gwe muwendo gwange; luno lwe lunaku lwange olw’okwambazibwa engule! Katonda ampita, era nteekwa okugenda.

— D. L. Moody, 22 Desemba 1899

Emyezi nga giyiseeko yali ategeezezza abawuliriza kye baba bakola ku amawulire nga gajja:

Olunaku olumu ojja kusoma mu mpapula z’amawulire nti D. L. Moody, ow’e East Northfield, afudde. Tokkiriza kigambo na kimu ku ekyo! Mu kaseera ako nnaaba mulamu okusinga bwe ndi kaakati.

— D. L. Moody

Yaziikibwa ku Round Top e Northfield, emabega w’essemenali gye yazimba. Omupakasi ow’omu dduuka ly’engatto omusomesa w’essomero lya Ssande gwe yanoonya mu kisenge eky’emabega yali akozeseddwa okusindika ebitundu bibiri eby’ensi okwolekera eggulu — era emboozi ze ez’enjiri, entereevu era ez’ekisa, zikyakola omulimu gwazo buli we zisomerwa.