Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da na zama darekta na ’Yan’uwa Laburare da Tarihi na Tarihi (BHLA) a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 2010, na bincika wani ƙaramin akwati da ke ofishina mai suna “Original Penciled Manuscript na littafin LIFE OF JOHN KLINE na Funk.” Da sauri na gane cewa ina kallon ainihin rubutun hannu na Benjamin Funk (bangare) don littafinsa, “Life and Labours of Elder John Kline.”
Dattijo John Kline (1797-1864) ya kasance shugaban ’yan’uwa na zamanin Yaƙin basasa kuma shahidi – mai wa’azi, mai warkarwa, kuma mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na ‘yan’uwa daga 1861 har zuwa kisansa a 1864. An yi masa kwanton bauna aka kashe shi ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1864. kusa da gidansa a gundumar Rockingham, Va., bayan da aka zarge shi da yin tafiye-tafiye akai-akai a kan layi tsakanin arewa da kudanci, yayin da yake hidima ga 'yan'uwa a bangarorin biyu a lokacin yakin.
Kamar yadda labarin ke gudana, Benjamin Funk ya ba da rahoton cewa ya lalata ainihin littafin tarihin John Kline jim kaɗan bayan buga littafinsa a shekara ta 1900. Me ya sa Funk ya ji cewa yana bukatar yin hakan ya kasance a buɗe ga hasashe da jayayya. Menene a cikin littattafan Elder Kline wanda Funk baya son wasu su gani? Don haka, wannan “ganowa” na ɓangaren rubutun Funk da ƙarin bayanai shine dalilin bikin da jarrabawar ilimi.
Bayanan da ke cikin akwatin sun nuna cewa rubutun bai cika ba, wanda ya ƙunshi abubuwan da Elder Kline ya rubuta daga Maris 1844 zuwa Agusta 1858. Har ila yau, akwai ƙarin abubuwa a cikin rubutun, waɗanda a fili ba a haɗa su cikin littafin Funk ba. Wannan ƙarin kayan ya haɗa da wa'azi (aƙalla ɗaya ta Peter Naad) waɗanda basu cika ba a farkon farawa da ƙarewa.
Jeffrey Bach, darektan Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), a halin yanzu yana aiki tare da kayan Funk/Kline. Dr. Bach zai ba da gabatarwa ga John Kline Homestead a ranar 9 ga Afrilu game da tarihin 'yan'uwa da bautar. A cikin gabatarwar ya shirya ya taɓa rubutun Funk/Kline. Bach kuma shine mai ba da jawabi don zaman fahimtar da Kwamitin Tarihi na ’yan’uwa suka dauki nauyinsa a taron shekara-shekara na 2011 a Grand Rapids, Mich., ranar 4 ga Yuli.
- Terry Barkley darekta ne na Laburaren Tarihi na Brothers da Archives a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill.