Ukuze bafeze umsebenzi wabo, abaFundi BeBhayibheli kwakuzodingeka bangesabi. Kwakuzodingeka bamemezele “izindaba ezinhle” kwabamnene “nosuku lokuphindisela” kwababi.

UMfoweth’ uJ. H. Hoskin, owayehlala eCanada, wafakaza ngesibindi naphezu kokuphikiswa. Entwasahlobo yango-1921, wahlangana nomshumayeli waseWeseli. UMfoweth’ uHoskin waqala ingxoxo yakhe ngokuthi: “Kufanele sivumelane lapho sixoxa ngemiBhalo, ngisho noma singaboni ngaso linye kwezinye izinto, ingaba khona indlela yokuthi sixoxe ngokuzwana nangobungani.” Kodwa lokho akwenzekanga. UMfoweth’ uHoskin wathi: “Kwathi nje sisaxoxe imizuzwana, [umshumayeli] washaya umnyango kakhulu kangangokuba ngangicabanga ukuthi ingilazi yawo izophihlika iwe.”

Umshumayeli wamemeza: “Kungani ungayi kubahedeni uyokhuluma nabo?” UMfoweth’ uHoskin wazibamba, kodwa lapho esehamba wacabanga, ‘Bekungathi ngikhuluma naye uqobo lwakhe!’

Ngosuku olulandelayo, lo mshumayeli waqhubeka esho izinto ezimbi ngoMfoweth’ uHoskin esontweni lakhe. UMfoweth’ uHoskin wathi: “Waxwayisa umhlambi wakhe ngami, watshela abantu ukuthi ngangiwumkhohlisi omubi kunabo bonke abake baba khona kulelo dolobha futhi kwakufanele ngidutshulwe.” Lokho akuzange kumphazamise, waqhubeka eshumayela futhi wathola imiphumela emihle. Wathi: “Angikaze ngikujabulele kanje ukushumayela. Abanye abantu babeze bathi, ‘Ngiyazi ukuthi ungumuntu kaNkulunkulu!’ bangibuze nokuthi kukhona yini abangangisiza ngakho ukuze ngingasweli lutho.”

Ukuze basize abantu bathuthuke, abaFundi BeBhayibheli bafaka izinhlelo zokutadisha iBhayibheli kumagazini i-Golden Age. * Uhlelo lwesiFundo SeBhayibheli Sentsha lwalunemibuzo abazali ababengaxoxa ngayo nezingane zabo. Abazali kwakufanele “babuze izingane zabo le mibuzo, bazisize zithole izimpendulo zayo eBhayibhelini.” Eminye imibuzo efana nothi “Zingaki izincwadi eziseBhayibhelini?,” yayifundisa amaqiniso ayisisekelo. Eminye, efana nothi “Ingabe wonke amaKristu eqiniso kufanele alindele ushushiso?,”  yayisiza abasha ukuba balungele ukuba abashumayeli abanesibindi.

Uhlelo olubizwa ngokuthi i-Advanced Studies in the Divine Plan of the Ages lwalunemibuzo eyenzelwe abaFundi BeBhayibheli abavuthiwe, izimpendulo zayo zazitholakala emqulwini wokuqala we-Studies in the Scriptures. Izinkulungwane zabafundi zazuza kulezi zinhlelo, kodwa i-Golden Age kaDisemba 21, 1921, yamemezela ukuthi zombili lezi zinhlelo zazingeke zisaba khona. Kungani kwenziwa lolo shintsho?

Abaholayo baqaphela ukuthi abafundi beBhayibheli abasha kwakudingeka bafundiswe amaqiniso ayisisekelo ngendlela ehlelekile. Ngenxa yalokho, ngoNovemba 1921 kwakhululwa incwadi ethi The Harp of God. Labo ababeyamukela le ncwadi babebhaliswa ohlelweni lokufunda olubizwa ngokuthi i-The Harp Bible Study Course. Lolu hlelo lwalusiza abafundi baqonde “injongo kaNkulunkulu yokubusisa isintu ngokuphila okuphakade.” Lwalusebenza kanjani?

Lapho umuntu amukela incwadi, wayethola nesabelo sokufunda esibhalwe ekhadini elincane. Ngeviki elilandelayo, wayethola ikhadi elinemibuzo eminingi esekelwe kuleso sabelo. Lelo khadi laliphetha ngesabelo sokufunda sangeviki elilandelayo.

Iviki ngalinye, kuze kuphele amaviki angu-12, umfundi wayethola ikhadi elisha elalithunyelwa ikilasi noma ibandla lendawo. Ngokuvamile, amakhadi ayethunyelwa yilabo asebekhulile ebandleni noma abangasenawo amandla. Ngokwesibonelo, u-Anna K. Gardner, waseMillvale, ePennsylvania, e-U.S.A., wathi: “Lapho kukhululwa incwadi ethi The Harp of God, uThayle, udadewethu ongakwazi ukuhamba kahle, wathola umsebenzi ayengawenza wokuthumela amakhadi emibuzo iviki neviki.” Lapho lolu hlelo lokufunda seluphelile, umfundi wayevakashelwa othile wasebandleni ukuze amsize afunde okwengeziwe ngeBhayibheli.

Ekupheleni konyaka, uMfoweth’ uJ. F. Rutherford wathumelela wonke amakilasi incwadi. Waphawula wathi, “Umsebenzi wokufakaza ngoMbuso kulo nyaka ube mkhulu futhi uphumelele kakhulu kunalowo owenziwe kunoma imuphi unyaka wenkathi yokuvuna.” Wenezela: “Mningi umsebenzi okusamelwe wenziwe. Khuthazani abanye ukuba bahlanganyele kulo msebenzi obusisiwe.” Ngokusobala, abaFundi BeBhayibheli basilalela leso seluleko. Ngo-1922 babezomemezela uMbuso ngesibindi ngendlela ababengakaze benze ngayo.