Ni'ima ta waka don sabon suturar addu'a

Da Irvin Heishman

Albarkacin Allah,
Sabunta rashin tsoro na Mattie Cunningham Dolby
kai an rufe da 'yan'uwa addu'a fashion
ya dace da salon 'Yan'uwa na gargajiya
Bakar fata mace ta farko da ta kammala digiri a Kwalejin Manchester
na farko Black Brothern mace mai wa'azi
Masanin kasar Girka
m ƙarfin hali a kan wariyar launin fata
"kaje ibada da irin naka"
Ta yi hidima a wani wuri, addu'a da gaba gaɗi ta rufe
Cocin Springfield na Ohio ya mutu.

Albarka ta tabbata, ya Allah
bidi'ar mata na rashin tsoro a yau
shugabannin da aka rufe a cikin salon COVID
suturar addu'a na ƙananan muƙamuƙi da hanci
daidaita cikin soyayya don amfanin maƙwabtansu
sanya jikoki da y'an uwa alfahari
buga madaidaicin haɗin maɓalli don bautar kan layi
saka kayan sallah
Addu'a suna rufe kirtani a bayan kunnuwansu, suna hidima
Ikklisiya ta tsira kuma tana bunƙasa. Hallelujah.

Hoton Martha (Mattie) Cunningham Dolby ya yi wahayi zuwa ga Irvin Heishman don rubuta wannan albarkar waƙar.

Tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda Brotheran Jarida suka zaɓa don nunawa a sabon wasan katinta na Forerunners, inda kamanninta na zane mai ban dariya ya nuna mata sanye da suturar 'yan'uwa (www.brethren.org/bp/forerunners). Tarihin magabata na Mattie Dolby, 1878-1956:

“An haifi Mattie Dolby a cikin dangin ’yan’uwa, kuma ita da ɗan’uwanta Joe su ne ɗaliban Baƙar fata na farko da suka shiga Kwalejin Manchester. Mattie ya yi nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki a wurin, sa’an nan a 1903 ƙungiyar, tare da James da Susan May, suka aika su kafa coci a tsakanin Baƙar fata a Palestine, Arkansas, inda ta fara makarantar Lahadi don yara. Daga baya, ta yi aiki a cikin ikilisiyoyi Baƙar fata a kudancin Ohio, inda aka naɗa ita da mijinta Newton a matsayin diakoni a ikilisiyar Frankfort a shekara ta 1907. Bayan shekaru huɗu, ikilisiyar ta kira Mattie ya zama mai hidima. Domin wariyar launin fata, Mattie da iyalinta sun bar Cocin ’yan’uwa don su yi hidima a wasu ƙungiyoyin har mutuwarta.”

A cikin cikakken tarihin rayuwarta da hidimarta, wanda aka buga a wani gidan tarihi na Arewacin Manchester, an kwatanta ta a matsayin "wanda Ikklisiya ta wulakanta ta, duk da haka mai gafartawa, mai hikima, ƙarfafa wasu, mai tausayi, ɗalibi. Na gaba ba tare da fanfare ba." Nemo guntun da Elizabeth L. Hendrix ta rubuta tare da bincike daga A. Ferne Baldwin (a matsayin marubucin tarihin Kwalejin Manchester) a www.nmanchesterhistory.org/schools-cunningham.html.

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