ABafundi beBhayibhili kwakumele babe lesibindi ukuze baphumelele emsebenzini wokutshumayela. Kwakufanele batshumayele “izindaba ezinhle” kwabamnene baphinde batshele abantu abenza izinto ezimbi ‘ngosuku lukaNkulunkulu lokuphindisela.’

Umfowethu uJ. H. Hoskin owayehlala eCanada kazange ayekele ukutshumayela izindaba ezinhle lanxa wayephikiswa. Ngelinye ilanga ngo-1921 umfowethu uHoskin wahlangana lomfundisi weMethodist. Waqalisa ingxoxo ngokuthi: “Ngithemba sizakuba lengxoxo emnandi yeBhayibhili. Lanxa kungaba lalapho esingavumelani khona ngifisi ukuthi sixoxe size siyephetha singazange siphikisane njalo sixabane.” Kodwa lokho akuzange kwenzakale. Umfowethu uHoskin wathi: “Singakakhulumi okuyangaphi, [umfundisi lo] watshaya isivalo ngolaka okukuthi ngangicabanga ukuthi iglasi elalisesivalweni lizaphahlazeka.”

Umfundisi lo watshinga esithi: “Hambani liyetshumayeza abahedeni.” Umfowethu uHoskin kazange amphendule kodwa wathi esehamba wazitshela ukuthi umfundisi lo nguye kanye umhedeni.

Ngelanga elilandelayo umfundisi lo wathi etshumayela esontweni yakhe wakhuluma izinto ezimbi kakhulu ngomfowethu uHoskin. Umfowethu uthi: “Waxwayisa abalandeli bakhe ngami ebatshela ukuthi ngiliqili lokucina lokuthi kwakumele ngidutshulwe.” Lokhu akuzange kumqede amandla umfowethu kodwa waqhubeka etshumayela futhi banengi ababemlalela. Wathi: “Ngakholisa kakhulu ukutshumayela edolobheni leli. Abanye babesithi, ‘Siyazibonela ukuthi ungumuntu weNkosi.’ Babezimisele ukungincedisa ngaloba yini engangiyiswela.”

ABafundi beBhayibhili babehlala bebhala imibuzo lezimpendulo zeBhayibhili kumagazini okwakuthiwa yi-The Golden Age. * Lokhu babekwenzela ukuncedisa abantu ukuthi balizwisise ngcono iBhayibhili. Uhlelo lwabantwana lokufunda iBhayibhili lwalusiba lemibuzo abazali ababeyixoxa labantwababo. Abazali “babebuza abantwababo imibuzo le besebebancedisa ukuthi badinge izimpendulo eBhayibhilini.” Kwakusiba lemibuzo elula eyayifundisa abantwana ngeBhayibhili. Omunye wakhona wawusithi, “Kulamabhuku amangaki eBhayibhilini?” Omunye wemibuzo owawunceda  abasakhulayo ukuthi babe lesibindi sokutshumayela ngothi, “Kambe wonke umKhristu uzahlukuluzwa yini?”

Kwakuphinda kube lemibuzo lezimpendulo zeBhayibhili ezazinceda labo ababelolwazi olujulileyo ngeBhayibhili. Izimpendulo zakhona zazitholakala ebhukwini elithi Studies in the Scriptures Volume 1. Inhlelo lezi zanceda abantu abanengi kakhulu kodwa i-The Golden Age kaDecember 21 1921 yathi inhlelo lezi zazingasoze ziqhubeke zidindwa. Kungani kwaba lotshintsho lolu?

Ababekhokhela ngalesosikhathi bananzelela ukuthi okwakuzanceda ababefundiswa iBhayibhili yikuthi bafunde indaba eyodwa ngasikhathi sinye. Yikho ngoNovember 1921 kwaba lebhuku elithi The Harp of God. Ababelesifiso sokufunda abaphiwa ibhuku leli babhaliswa ohlelweni lokufunda iBhayibhili. Umuntu ngamunye wayesenelisa ukuzifundela eyedwa. Uhlelo lolu lwanceda abanengi bafunda ukuthi inhloso kaNkulunkulu yikuthi abantu bathole ukuphila okungapheliyo. Lwalusebenza njani?

Kwakusithi umuntu angamukela ibhuku, aphiwe ikhadi elincane elalibhalwe amakhasi okwakumele awabale ebhukwini. Ngeviki elandelayo wayethunyezelwa ikhadi elalilemibuzo emayelana lalokho ayekubalile. Ekucineni kwekhadi kwakubhalwa amanye amakhasi okwakumele awabale.

Kwakuthatha amaviki angu-12 ukuthi umfundi aqede ibhuku leli. Iviki ngayinye, iklasi kumbe ibandla eliseduzane laye lalimthumezela ikhadi. Izikhathi ezinengi ababethumeza amakhadi la ngabagugileyo lababengenelisi ukutshumayela endlini ngendlu. Ngokwesibonelo, u-Anna K. Gardner weMillvale ePennsylvania eMelika wathi: “Ibhuku elithi The Harp of God lamnceda kakhulu udadewethu uThayle ukuthi enze okunengi emsebenzini wokutshumayela. Wayengenelisi ukuhamba kodwa maviki wonke wayesenelisa ukuthumeza amakhadi alemibuzo.” Kwakusithi umuntu angaqeda uhlelo lolu, abesevakatshelwa ngomunye osebandleni ukuze amncedise afunde okunengi okuseBhayibhilini.

Kwathi umnyaka ususiyaphela umfowethu uJ. F. Rutherford wabhalela wonke amaklasi incwadi. Wathi yena, “lonyaka banengi abatshelwe izindaba ezinhle njalo banengi kakhulu abathuthukileyo ukwedlula kweminye iminyaka.” Waqhubeka wathi: “Kusaselomsebenzi omkhulu okumele wenziwe. Khuthazani abanye ukuthi labo bawenze umsebenzi lo obusisekileyo.” Kuyazikhanyela ukuthi lokhu yikho kanye aBafundi beBhayibhili abakwenzayo. Ngomnyaka ka-1922 batshumayela izindaba ezinhle zoMbuso ngesibindi ukwedlula lokho ababekwenze kweminye iminyaka.