"I RATHER HAVE JESUS" ( Jesuh neih ka duh deuh timi hlaphuahtu)

“Jesuh neih ka duh deuh” timi Christian hlalarcemmi lak i ai telmi arak si hleiah hi hla arak umnak chan le an rak phuah chan abia le hla hi na rak thei bal ve dek maw, na rak ruat ve celngel bal maw? A phuahtu cu ka van tarmi hmanthlak RHEA F. ROSS MILLER  hi asi. Athluk atuahtu hi George B.Shea. Ithaca, New York in meng  (8) tluk hla, Brooktondale khuaah Grampa Ross ti i, an auh tawnmi  Martin  le Bertha Ross nupa nih cun fanu Rhea F. Miller cu an neih i, an fa neih chun fanu fangkhat te asi. Rhea  pa ‘Grampa Ross’ cu zu suaimi(addict) asi.• Zumhnak lei le bangah cun azei hmanh  chim ding khi  a um lo, asinain a changtu anih belte cu zumhnak leiah zohchunh tlak zumhnak fek angei mi asi. A nu thlacamnak le a zumhnak ruangah a sunglawi tukmi lehnak an van dong, an mang hmanhah an ruahbanh bal lomi a pasal zu (addict)zungzal mi cu manglam bantukin zusal sinak cun a van chuak diam ai!! Cuticun  Pathian rianṭuannak leiah  lut in Martin- cu caan tawkfang hnu cun an khua Baptist Khrihfabu ah Pastor rian aṭuan. Baptist ah an chungkhar in an lut, an chungkhar member-ah hin Howard Vassar Miller- a um ve i, kum-16 mi a si i an sinah um in a ṭhanglian mi asi.

• Colgate University in Boih alak ( graduate ) hnu ah,  Rhe F. Miller he cun an van i nei. Kum 1922 ah Rhea- nihcun a kum 28-nak a hman cuahmah lio asi, ṭumkhat cu zanleiah aleng chuak i, a rauhnak ka le kipah avaivaun ti si, ruah lopi in a pa nih zusal in a van chuah ning pawl le a testimony sunglawi tukmi pawl “ in le lo, chaw le va zong nih a cawk khawh mi thil sunglawi” atimi pawl  tangka le sui le ngunnak hmanh in  JESUH NEIH HI KA DUH BIK” atimi  nihcun athar in a nunah a van phuan ṭhan tikah cun,  Hi hla lartuk mi “ JESUH NEIH KA DUH BIK” ti hla hi a van phuah chuahnak ahram cu asi.

• “I’d rather have Jesus than silver or GOD;
•  I’d rather be His than have riches untold;
•  I’d rather have Jesus than houses or land;
•  I’d rather be led His nail-pierced hand”

• Hi vawlei rothil chawva vialte, nungak dawhdawh si hna seh, rumnak, inn le lo ṭha neih hmasat  hi a va nuam lai ve aw!! Cu hnu ahcun zumhtlak taktakin Bawipa rian ka ṭuan lai i, thlarau tlau zong tampiin a sinah hruai khawh kai zuam lai, thawhlawm ah siseh athawh tamtam ka van si lai  i, thawngṭha chimtu ṭhaṭha chuah khawhnak lam a van i hawng ko  hnga lo maw? Asinain, amah JESUH KHRIH a hmu faingtu nihcun hi vawlei thil mitṭhep karlakah aziam ko dingmi thilpawl lakah hin an i hngat ballo, zeitik hmanh ah ai rawk kho ti lomi le rungrul le cerik nih a ei khawh ti lomi JESUH KHRIH hi an nunnakah an rak ithim hmaisat caah “JESUH KHRIH NEIH KA DUH DEUH  LEI ROTHIIL NAK IN” tiin an nitin nun hram an rak i thok zungzal khi arak si deuh.

• Kum 1939 ah khan  Idaho, Northwest Nazarene College ah Dean of Religion in a rak um.  December 28, 1948 ah a nupi le fale pawl kal takin a van Pathian sinah ai din. Piano tum thiam ngai Rhea- nih cun  a pasasl thih hnu cun piano tum cawnpiak in khau a sa  ve noknok i, Pathian rianṭuan thil pakhat asi tiin serious ngaiin a thilti mi ahcun a theih khawh tawkte cun ai zuam ve. Asinain, Pastor fale tu cu  “ an bu ah an hman ṭangkai khawhnakah” tiin alakin a cawnpiak tawn hna. Cuhnu cun  Rhea-  nih cun  Pakinson zawtnak (taksa lei-ah harsatnak  pe khotu, thluak le thisenzam he aipeh tlaimi zawtnak) cu neih hram avan i thok, cu zawtnak cun a ban kehlei cawlcanghnak a van dongh ngai cang, piano tum zong cu i dinh hau tiangin a van um. Kum 1966 ah khan hi vawlei thil  vialte an i dawhnak le an sunlawinak vialte  le thil sunglawi  vialtenakin aithim deuhmi a khamhtu Bawipa Jesuh sinah zungzal in hi vawlei ṭah le aihram nak ram  cu achuahtak ve.

• "Than to be the king of a vast domain
• Or be held in sin’s dread saway;
• I’d rather have Jesus than anything
• This word affords today"

• Ram a kauh khawh chung kau mi ram  uktu van  si ding cu zeitluk khin dah a nuamh lai ti khi na ruat bal maw? Mah duhduh mi nei khotu dinhmun ah na va um kho lai khi si kaw, van ruat ve hmanh, cubantuk i hnangam le nuam hlei cu zei khi hme um hlei ti hnga? Duhmi paoh neih naki, thildang nuamhnak zei thil hme, hi vawlei cung minung nunnak ahhin a um ti hnga? Asinain, cu pawl cu neih hmanh law, sual nih nanun auk asi ahcun na thih hnuah zungzal mih a thiam ti lomi (HELL) chung i na tlak thotho ṭungah cun zeidah a hlawknak um hnga?  Dam chung  lawng daih sunlawinak le sunparnak pawl hi hngar tawn ko hna hmanh usihlaw,  zungzal nunak a kanpetu  JESUH KHRIH hi kan dawt i kan i thim zungzal deuhawk asi. Hi hi zumtu nifatinte i kan herhmi cu asi.

• Kum 1932 Pathianni zingkhat cu, tlangval kum 23 mi,George Beverly Shea- nihcun a awnmawi tumnak Organ te cu thlah siang loin ai ken zungzal ti asi. A cungah cun hla cang, a nu kuttheng tein ṭialmi, paper te cu a chiah. Chu kutṭial cu tutiang hin a theih khawh rih. Cuticun a thluk tuah hram aithawk, hi hla hi a nu nih Rhea F.Miller- nih a phuah mi “Jesuh neih ka duh deuh”timi  a copy chinmi  kha a si. Hla fang cu ṭhatein a van zohṭhan tikah cun:

• “I’d rather have Jesus than men’s applause;
•  I’d rather be faithful to His dear cause;
•  I’d rather have Jesus than worldwide fame;
•  I’d rather be true to His holy name”

• “I’d rather be true to His holy name” ti zawn a van rel lio ahcun a taksa nih khin umawk bak khi ahngal ti lo, cu hla nihcun anun muril hi a khawihtuk hringhran, cu hla nihcun anun hi a ciah hnehtuk lawmmam, vawilei, rili nih ahnih bantuk khin anun vawlei taksa cu hi hla nih tuarhawk ṭhalo tiangin ahninh asi bik. 

• “Hi hla hi aralaimi Pathianni  ah khin sa tuah” tiin sawmnak zeimawzet a dontikah cun  a voikhatnak hrangah hi hla dawhtuk mi le sunglawi tukmi  zumtu pawl nih asak acim in kan cim khawh lomi cu Bawipa hmaiah lungkuai, lungzur mitthli luang riahmah bute cun avan sak. Culio i a rak i khawmtu mipi pawl nihcun vawlei cung tlirhtertu hla ropi asite lai timi hi an arak ruatthiam hrim lai lo dah. Kum1947 ah khan, Evangelist minote  kum 23 hrawng asimi sambuang thur nawnte Billy Graham-  sinin  a crusade- nakah hlasa dingin (soloist) hrangah  sawmnak ruah lopi cun avan dongthut ai, cuticun Billy Graham Evangelistic Association-ah hlasak leiin Bawipa rian cu a ṭuan chihcolh, tuni tiangin amin vawilei theih in a um zungzal, zumtu hmaisa pawl nih an nun kaltlang in Bawipa arak i phuan ning, lei thlawnthil suile ngun , chaw le va nak in “JESUH NEIH KA DUH DEUH” an van ti khawh hi cu cawn tlak nun hi an va si hringhra dah, kan nih nih teh thildang vialte nak hin “JESUH NEIH KA DUH DEUH THIL DANG VIALTENAK IN” kan ti kho ve hnga maw?

THIEHDINGMI:

Born: 1894, Brooktondale, New York.

Died: 1966, possibly in Chillicothe, Ohio, where her daughter Betty Quanstrom lived.

Buried: Quick Cemetery, Caroline, New York.