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ENSIGNS RETURN TO JAMAICA
IN
LATE
APRIL
CINCINNATI Ohio
arch
3
1958
rayson and Mrs. Ensign
p l a n e d
t o b e
b a f e k I n J a p a i 4 a b y
t h e
l a t t e r j r r t o f
A p r i l a n d
wrote that their itinerary is completely filled until departure time.
Address on field is Box 20 Half Way Tree Samaica
Britiwh
West Indies
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JAMAICAN
. . . a great and e f f e c t u a l door
I s opened
VOLUME H I ,
Number
1
t l
Lord's Day
Gathering
and Meeting
Place
GRAND
C YM N
REVISITED
What
a joy
i t
was to be
able
to
return to Grand Cayman and
this time
- w i t h
my a m i l y . Grayce Marie and
t h e
boys had heard s o much
about
t h e
i s l a n d
and
the loyal Christians that they
were
as p l e a s e d as I was wh en
we
ound
that
we could
r e t u i ' n
to
Jamaica via Grand
Cayman at
no
extra cost.
Thus
we
we r e
afforded
five
blessed
days
with
the
o l d
and
new Christians
i n
t h e church which
Bro. Tom
dam
and I established i n
October, 1954.
CH LLENGER
. nd there are many
adversaries..
July,
1958
ENSIGNS RETURN
In the
providence
of God the Ensigns
are
again at work i n
Jamaica
after a
lovely furlough.
T h e
boys are glad to
be
sleeping
i n the same beds each
night,
while Grayson and
Grayce Marie
ar e
happy
to
be working wit h Jamaican
saints,
sinners, and children.
The
sched
ule
i s
working smoothly wit h
a
full
quota
of work.
Plenty to
Do
Grayce
Ma r i e
has been busy
as
a
homemaker,
helping boys with school-
work,
sorting out and d i s t r i b u t i n g nine
months
of accumulated B.S.
l i t e r a t u r e ,
and
teaching
four
hours of English
each
week to t h e Seminary students. She and
Bro.
Pink
are planning
a
Holidays B.S.
i n
August.
As always
she has
book
keeping
work and financial records and
reports to complete for the past months.
In
May several
important changes
were made in the Seminai'y. Grayson
assumed
the
deanship with r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
f o r c o u r s e s , t e a c h e r s , s t u d e n t s , and
d i s
c i p l i n e . He worked out the curriculum
f o r
a
r e t u r n t o
a
f o u r - y e a r degree
and
a
schedule
for the
completion of
a l l th e
c o u r s e s .
Don Fream
and Grayson
are
teaching six hours.
Grayson
began
i n June t o produce
t h e r a d i o program e a c h week,
which
we
s t i l l c o n s i d e r
o f f i r s t
i m p o r t a n c e . We
are working
with Penwood Rd .
and El-
l e t s o n
Rd. c o n g r e g a t i o n s , v i s i t i n g c o u n
t r y c h u r c h e s ,
and
endeavoring
t o
com
p l e t e
t h e
Penwood
Rd.
m e e t i n g h o u s e .
We
a r n e s t l y
d e s i r e y o u r
p r a y e r s t o
attend our labors here.
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PAGETW
J u l y ,
1958
IHE JAMAICAN CHALLENGER
Published
b y
E v a n g e l i s t and Mrs.
GRAYSON
HARTER
ENSIGN
Churches
of Christ in Jamaica
(Jamaica
Christian
Mission)
Box 20
Half-Way-Tree)
Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I.
U.S.
a d d r e s s : River Pk. Church of Christ
833
30th
S t r e e t , South Bend
15,
Indiana
Associates
i n
the Jamaica C h r i s t i a n Trust, Ltd.
Donald Fream
Fred W intz
AMERICA
REVISITED
An Evaluation
And how d i d America and Americans
strike us after
an
a b s e nc e
of
o v e r
t h r e e
years? Perhaps you would
be
i n t e r e s t e d
in reading
s o m e
candid opinions we
f o r m e d
d u r i n g o u r
t h i r t y - e j g h t
weeks
touring the
eastern
part
of the
U.S.
We
felt that our a b s e n c e and our Jamaican
experience g av e u s a
nique
perspective.
Contemporary America
First of a l l , we were struck by th e
material
prosperity
of A m e r i c an s in
general
i n
sharp c o n t r a s t with the pov
e r t y
of
Jamaicans
i n g e n e r a l .
Every
where
it seemed that
t h e r e
were new
c a r s ,
n e w houses, TV
e t s , h i - f i phono
graphs,
n e w
f u r n i s h i n g s ,
and
l o t s of
ne w
equipment^Tn-^the^kitchen an(T laundry.
Many
f a m i l i e s
had
two or even t h r e e
cars.
Even
w i t h a r e c e s s i o n most
A m e r i c a n s
seemed
to b e
living
v e ry
h i g h .
Yet
i t s u r p r i s e d u s t o see h o w
many
Americans
we r e
going
i n
debt for
material
things, spending a l l
of
their
income,
and saving
very
l i t t l e . Thrift
was not
an
e v i d e n t virt ue.
Ev e r yw h e r e we
noted
the heavy-
footed
impressi on of
t e l e v i s i o n
on Amer
ican
t ho ug ht s
and
habits.
We istened
to
thoughtful Christians who w e r e
deeply concerned
over i t s affect o n
Christians, congregations, and
especially
children.
TV
i s
i n d e e d a po we r f u l
m e d i u m ,
b ut
f r o m
a
hristian
standpoint
i t s impact i s at
best
negative and at
worst, anti-Christian.
It seems to
me
s u p e r f i c i a l
r e l i g i o s i t y
was dominate.
Cuitism, interdenommationalism, and
believe anything ism ' s e e m e d popular
and
ilourisning.
ignorance of
God
s
oc
trine
and
a
.outing
of God's mo ral re
quirements w e r e
widespread.
H a l t i n g Church
Even i n t h e
c h u r c h o f
t h e Lord
we
f ound
many of
these same conditions. I
returned lo
America
almo st apologetic
for some of our Jamaican l e a d e r s and
congregations b ecaus e t h ey
w e r e f ar
from
the
N.T .
pattern,
b u t
t h e
more
I
travelled, t h e
less
I apologized. With ll
their
backwardness,
defects,
and d e f i c i
encies they c om p ar e d
favorably
wi t h
many American
congregations. In d e e d,
t h e congregations
in
Jamaica who had
h a d any
opportunity
and any
teaching
for
t h e
most p a r t exce e d e d the
better
American churches.
We
e r e
amaze d
at t he
poor,
s p i r i t
less singing in
many
ongregations.
The
worldliness. s hal lo wnes s,
and
careless
n e s s
of
many
c h u r c h members
a l m o s t
s h o c k e d
u s
after t h e h i g h e r standard of
conduct
usua lly
demanded
from Jamai
can Christians.
The general
ignorance
of
t h e
majority
of
c h ur c h members was
dismaying. W h i l e church
b u l l e t i n s
and
ch u rc h n e w s p ap e r s g a v e one the i m p r e s
sion of material and numerical success,
a number
of
congregations revealed
s h o d d y workmanship without scriptural
Some lea der s privately conceded t he
mushroom nature
of
t h e
growth
and th e
increasing d i f f i c u l t y of
dealing
wi t h half-
converted
congregations. S t i l l
t h e
ma
j o r i t y , e s p e c i a l l y
of preachers,
s e e m e d
content
to
ride the
wave
of the
cur
rent n u m b e r s racket and s h r u g off re
s p o n s i b i l i t y . P a u l precisely l a b e l l e d
t h e m
— for they
a l l
seek t h e i r
own,
not the
things
of Jesus C h r i s t . (Phil.
2:20) T h e
t h e m e
s ong s e e m s to b e , Get
yo u r s
w h i l e
y o u
can for after us
—
h e
d e l u g e .
The
Minority
Yet
h i l e many
c h ur c h e s
w e r e
f
u nd
d r i f t i n g i n t o m er e s o c i a l organizations
or
denominationally-minded
group ,
we
praised
God
for the notable, faithful
churches, preachers,
and Christians.
In
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J M IC N
JUVENILES
A
RAINY DAY
(An r i g i n a l essay written
in school for
an exami n a t i o n by our ten-year>oId.)
One
day
i t rai ned f o r a week and
our
backyard was
just flooded
w i t h
w at er . We could n o t play very well
because
our garage
i s
n o t
v er y
big
a n d
t h a t i s also
our
storeroom. My
oom
i s
n o t too big because i t i s the maids
room
and my other
brothers
do n o t like us
to play in there.
Mother
does n o t like
for
us t o run i n
the
house because it
marks up the floors
so she
has
to
polish
them again.
Some
imes
we
get to
play
cricket
in the
garage with our ten n is
ball
but
t h a t
i s
n o t
ve r y oft en
because
we
can't
find
our
b a l l . Dady makes
us
do s chool work which we . o
not like
t o
do. So the r a i n is a trobile
maker
t o
us
a n d
also a help to our lettuce
gaordi n. (This ast word seems
o
have
been influenced i n spelling by
Mark's
French
lessons. GHE
i
Marlene and
Nathan
PRIORY
DAYS
Mark, athan, and -David are now t
tending The Priory School, a private
school o n Hope
Road
just
t w o miles
from bur house.
Nathan and David have
classes
from
8:00
until
12:30.
Then they
have
a supervised
class
while
w a i t i ng
for
Mark to get
out
at 1:00. At the
s ound of the b e l l ,
the
boys come
swarm
ing out of the building ready to go home
and
get some
lunch.
Different
This
sc hool i s
a s chool
with an ex
cellent scholastic
reputation in
Jamaica.
We
ike
i t n o t only from the standpoint
t h a t
the
boys
are
getting
f i r s t
class
teaching,
but
because i t i s coeducational
and more
on
the American o r d e r . Most
sc hool s
here
feature uniforms for the
children,
both boys a nd
g i r l s . P r i o r y
does
n o t . This we h i n k is much
more
dem o c r a t i c
and promotes individuality
and personality.
Also most
schools here
are either
boys'
schools or g i r l s schools.
We ike
the coeducational
system
better.
A urther
point
in i t s favor
i s
that
i t
i s n o t a denominationally
controlled-
school
like most here.
High Grade
The boys are
s h o w i n g
excellent
de
velopment in their wo rk.
All are
good
students. They usually have quite a i t
of
home
work
to
do.
The
subjects Mark
i s carrying may
be surprising
to y ou
when you realize he
i s t e n
years old —
Latin, French, mathematics,
English
grammar,
English literature, history,
geography,
a n d s c i e n c e .
We re pleased
w i t h
his love of
Fre nch,
math., a n d
English.
On his
mid-term
exams he
came 2nd
in English grammar,
ourth
in
English
literature in his class
of
n i n et een; and ou t o f 100 questions
in
Fr e n c h he got 87 right. This i s con
sidered a very
high
grade.
We include
an original compositio n
which Mark
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P GE FOUR
July,
1958
HOME
AGAIN
IN
JAMAICA
Have any
of
y o u t r a v e l e d f o r n i n e
months
with
three
active boys no t
knowing j u s t where
you
would spend
the n i g h t fr om almost one n i g h t t o t h e
next?
If so, then y o u know the joy o u r
family i s experiencing i n becoming s e t
tled
in our
own
home
again.
House
Hunting
Upon
o u r return
to
Jamaica
we
were
q u i t e
s u r p r i s e d
t o
f i n d a
l i s t
of houses
for
rent
in
the GLE NER ads, for we
had thought
we
might find only one o r
two. As We began to investigate them,
imagine our
amazement when
we dis
covered
that rentals had
in c rease d
about
33%
during
o u r
short f url ou gh.
Even
old houses
were
renting f o r
the
same
p r i c e s as
new ones. High
r e n t a l s
im
mediately
decreased
o u r
number o f
se
l e c t i o n s . After searching
a r o u n d
f o r
about
three days, we
decided
to
take
the cheapest, althou gh adequ ate, one.
Most Jamaicans
bathe
and
wash
dishes
and clothing in cold water, so most
houses
we
l o o ked
at
were
not equipped
with hot-water
systems. Our
landlady
installed that for
us,
f o r
which we
are
most grateful.
Order
Out of Chaos
Since
this
was a new house, we
had
to
sc r u b plaster
and cement
from the
t i l e
floors
and
scrape
paint
and
plaster
from
l l i e
wind o ws. The
f i r s t few
d a y s
we had n o
way
t o c o o k ; so we
ate
sand
wiches.
c o l d cereals, etc. Until the hot-
water system
was
installed, we grate
f u l l y used an e l e c t r i c hot-water
heater
placed
in a
bucket
o f water.
Gradually,
however, we arranged
the
furniture in
i t s p r o p er place,
u n p a c k e d
crates and
cartons
which
had
been
stored
with
the
furniture in a Seminary r o o m , and pack
ed
away o u r
w o r n s u i t c a s e s .
Contented
Boys
Mark
i s
e s p e c i a l l y
t h r i l l e d
to have
his own i t t l e den.
Most houses
o f the
middle income
grou p have
a small
r o o m
for
the maid.
Since
we
have no maid,
Mark has taken
over
that
l i t t l e room
which
i s o f f a
hallway
to the
back
o f
the house. Sometimes in the
privacy
o f
his own
room
he
reads
to his heart s
content
while
his
brothers have to
go
to
sleep earlier.
In
the side
yard
the
boy s have made
a c r i c k e t p i t c h
f o r games with neigh
borhood
chil d ren.
Under the
tamarind
and sweet-sop trees they p ut up tents,
temporary houses, an
improvised su b
marine, o r whatever their interests
d e
mand.
They
are
quite
contented
to
be
back
in
Jamaica,
where
they can
p lay
o u t - o f - d o o r s most of
the
time,
and
to
have a
place
called
home.
Interruptions
Although
we have lived
here
two
months,
I
t i l l
d o not have a single c u r
tain u p.
More
important matters
have
demanded
my attention.
The
Seminary
o pened ,
and
I
was
scheduled
to
teach
English. Much
u se d
Bible S ch o o l l i t
erature from the States had accumulated
in
my
absence, and the preachers were
in-need - o f -new-supplies.-
Therefore
t-had-
to take several da ys o f f to work o n
sorting
that
and
arranging i t
f o r
dis
tribution. That work has not
been
com
p l e t e d , but
I
have been
able
to
prepare
and
distribute
many
packages. In
the
meantime
office
work
was accumu lating
and demanding
attention. Also,
we
start
ed women s meetings at Penwood; and
Bro. Pink
and
I are planning our Holi
da ys
Bible
S cho o l f o r August. Nothing
preventing,
those
curtains
will be up
sometime or other
b e f o r e
another fur
l o ugh. We
are getting settled
in
our
own
home, and
we
praise
G o d
for giving
u s
this
temporary
nhace o f
abode before
g o ing to o u r
eternal
home.
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1.
Mt. View Ave. Church of Christ
in Kingston
dedicated
this
mod
ern house
of
worship on June 15,
1958. Solomon Levy i s
the
min
ister.
Approximate
cost 7,000.
This was entirely
a Jamaican
project.
2. At
Priory School Nathan and
. P ^ v j d
meet,
in
separate s i n g l e -
room buildings on the campus.
This building
i s
actually
David's
classroom.
3. This is
the main
building
of
The Priory School. Like most
private
schools
i t is a
converted
residence.
Mark s
classes are
held
here.
t
loan
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THE
ENSIGNS
39 MONTHS IN REVIEW
Some of
you
may have
read
the
re
port
of
our
thirty-nine
months labor in
Jamaica for the Lord Christ as i t ap
peared in the
Restoration
Herald (Feb
ruary. 1958), but we felt that
others
would
not
have
seen i t .
This
is
a sum
marization
of
what God did with us
during
the
thirty-nine
months
in
Ja
maica.
Negative
As you would expect
there
have
been
disappointments, many discouragements,
and several heartaches
in the
work,
for
no
place
i s without them. They are not
the
work
of
God but come about
because
human beings f a i l a i l to have faith,
to
pray,
to
work in s c r i p t u r a l ways and
to
be true
to
Christ. Out of defeat and
disappointment
and c o n f l i c t , Christians
r i s e up with a greater sense
of
t h e i r
need of God
and
a more complete sub
mission to
God s w i l l . Thus negative
things even are turned
to
the glorv of
God.
Victories
i n
Teaching
The Lord has wonderfully b l e s s e d
and
used us.
and i n s p i t e of
the
un
pleasant and unfortunate aspects,
much
was accomplished. We~Set ourselves the
t a s k of t e a c h i n g
t h e
c h u r c h ,
e v a n g e l i z
ing the
country, e s t a b l i s h i n g new con
g r e g a t i o n s , and
e d u c a t i n g a
f r e e , q u l i
f i e d m i n i s t r y .
Grayson taught
722 c l a
room
hours
in
the
Jamaica
Bible
Semi
nary during
which
time a o t a l of about
twenty men were
in
the
classes.
He
arranged
the
f i r s t
of a series of
four-day
Men s I n s t i t u t e s and altogether
five
out of the
ten
Institutes held.
majority of
the
leaders
of the church
was reached by these teaching programs.
Grayson
taught 86 hours
i n these
gath
erings
and 188 B i b l e s c h o o l or
s c r i p t u r a l
les s o n s in
the
churches.
Grayce Marie was
equally busy
with
thirty-nine
women s
c l a s s e s , 350 c l a s s e s
for c h i l d r e n , 89 hours
of Seminary
teaching, and 12 hours of teaching
i n
camp.
She
held the
f i r s t
Holidays Bible
School for the
church
i n
Jamaica,
and
altogether arranged and held five and
a
h a l f
weeks
of H.B.S. Grayce Marie fur
ther
a s s i s t e d
the churches
i n
t h e i r
teach
ing programs by
taking
a l l the used B.S.
l i t e r a t u r e
r e c e i v e d
i n Jamaica,
p u t t i n g
i t i n t o
t h e
r i g h t o r d e r , and d i s t r i b u t i n g
i t to the congregations.
This
i s
much
appreciated by them.
Victories
i n Building
Grayson
helped
f i n a n c i a l l y
and/or
physically on
the
construction
of
four
church b u i l d i n g s and on
t h e
Seminary
b u i l d i n g . He assumed e n t i r e
r e s p o n s i
b i l i t y
for purchasing
t h e
i ) r o p e r t y ~ f r o m
the
governrnent
for
the Penwood
Rd.
church b u i l d i n g and
e r e c t i n g t h e
house
of
worship
there.
The
75 x
30
foot
b u i l d i n g , almost
t w o - t h i r d s
c o m p l e t e d
now,
s
the
l a i - g e s t
meeting
h o u . s o
own
ed by
the Church of C h r i s t i n Jamaica.
(C ontinued on page
8 , column
2)
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ELLETSON
RD.
CONTINUES
A
GRAND
TOUR
Our irst
Lord's
day v i s i t
in
Jamaica
was to
Elletson
Rd.
We
ound the
build
i n g
(rented from a Baptist
Trust) in
need of repair and painting, but t he
yard
was attractive
wi t h
flowers
an d
shrubs. As
we walked i n
among he c h i l
dren, young people, and elderly s a i n t s ,
we
elt like
we had
returned
t o
those
who love us for
what we
r e .
The mem
bers read
t o us a letter
of
welcome and
presented
Grayce Marie
w i t h
a
bouquet
of flowers.
Their
love deeply touched
us when we remembered
their
poverty.
True and Stedfast
During our
n ine-mon ths'
absence
B ro. Walker faithfully led the congre
gation. The church stood up well as an
independent, Jamaican congregation.
They
paid
t h e i r
b i l l s
and
p a r t i a l l y
paid
their
preacher.
Two young brothers,
Mo r r i s and Ligismund, have been assist
ing in
a
helpful
way.
An x c e l l e n t youth
meeting
i s
carried
on each
Lord's
day
evening.
I t
was
a
special joy
to
baptize
a
G2
year old man i nto Ch r i s t ,
the father o f
Sister Clarke,
our
f i r s t
convert on
Whitehall
Ave.
i n
1954.
Bro.
Daly
ran
a
rum
s h o p a l l
of his
l i f e ,
but now he has
shown
an
unusual
i n t e r e s t in becoming a
s t r o ng
C h x i s t i a n . ,
Thus
slowly
but amazingly the gospel
reaches one
and
then
another. Elletson
Rd.,
though
small,
s t i l l continues as a
voice crying
out
for
Christ in
the
wilder
n e s s
of
eastern
Kings ton.
Jamaica
i s
now
a
part
of the Fed
e r a t i o n
of the
West In d ie s
which
came
i n t o e x i s t e n c e
t h i s
year i n A p r i l . This
brings together
(?) at l e a s t
p o l i t i c a l l y
ove r three million
people
spread over
1,500
miles of sea.
Our
f i r s t furlough
i s
now history,
and as weevaluate i t we thank
God
for
a useful, refreshing, profitable,
and hap
py tour.
It was exciting and
s omet imes
wearing, especially
on Grayce
I \ I a r i e ,
who
was
trying
to
wash and
i ro n
f o r
a
family
of
five
living in an automobile.
The n i ne
months p a . s s e d swiftly, but
a
tired family was ready t o r e t u r n t o
Ja
maica in
April and
s e t t l e down in
on e
house
again.
For
n i ne
months
we
ne ve r
had
our
suitcases
completely unpacked.
Yet
we had
a l l learned
much, een
many
new and wonderful things, r enewed
old
f r i e n d s h i p s ,
s t r e n g t h e n ed
our
ties wi t h
our congregat i on s , and s p e n t some t i m e
w i t h members
of
our
family.
It was
worthwhile for us, and we hope for a l l
concerned.
More Than
Figures
During our two
hundred
and ixty-six
days away from Jamaica we
presented
our
r epor t ( s ee
summary
on p.
6)
i n
ninety-cwo
different
places, presented
the message. The
Challenge
of
Chr i s t
and Jamaica n i ne t ee n t ime s , gave s ev
eral o t h e r special messages t o churches
and
special
g r oup s ,
and
held
four
weeks
of
evangelistic mee t i n g s
with fourteen
added t o
the
church.
We travelled
t h rough twenty-five
states
and
a b i t of
Canada i n
putting on
about
25,000
miles.
We
isited f ou r Bible colleges, two
o f
them concerned with Negro
evangelism.
We
ost two
weeks
out of the thirty-
eight weeks w i t h illness. The Lord was
very good to us i n everything
and
provi
dentially cared f o r
us .
F i n a n c r v i l l y ,
we
were able to pay of f
t h e 1,000 loan we had secured on t he
Penwood Rd.
building, pay f o r
and keep
up the radio broadcast i n Jamaica,
help
some
congregations with
their building
construction,
and
support some
preach
ers
A
Big
Thank
You
Our deep gratitude
and
genuine
t han k s
go to
each of you and
each con
gregation who
received us, assisted us ,
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CAYMAN REVISITED
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1
dirty town h a l l . We
thanked
God for
the growth and perseverance of the o l d
er Christians whom we had known from
the beginning of the
work.
Those added
s i n c e my a t e s t
v i s i t
impressed us
with
their convictions and loyalty.
About
thirty
Christians
are
holding forth the
word of l i f e in
this
island of
8,000
souls.
It was
a joy to preach to them
again
~bn
"the Lord's day and Monday night.
Gospel Power
These Christians, who have
come
through
trial
and opposition a re well-
taught and
aggressive.
Just
recently
the
church
purchased
a well-located
s i t e
f o r
a house of
worship. The Christians
are bearing
witness,
and
the
whole
island i s
a s t i r under
the impact of N.T.
Christianity. Bro. Smith
publishes
a
weekly newsletter which
covers the
is
land with
a
powerful presentation of
gospel
truth.
Great things
have been
done
in
Gr.
Cayman
and, with the favor
of God, greater things are yet to come.
39 MONTHS N
REVIEW
(continued from page 6
Victories in
Evangelism
During the thirty-nine months Gra y-
son
arranged
and preached
28
weeks of
evangelistic meetings. He preached 528
sermons plus 85 sermons on
the radio.
This radio
ministry has been
perhaps
the
greatest single contribution made
toward
evangelizing Jamaica with the
gospel. Grayson began preaching
over
our
only radio station
in
January,
1956
to an estimated l i s i e n e r s h i p o i ^ - n - V j O u O
people. Every year we renewed
the
contract. Now Gra yson i s back on
the
air reaching an estimated 650,000
souls
each week.
This work
has been
of
in
estimable
value
to Christ and His
church.
Victories in New
Fields
The Lord
was pleased t o use
the
En
signs as instruments
in starting
four
new congregations a l l
of
which
have
proved
s u c c e s s f u l . Grand Cayman
church
was
tarted with
the Tom Adams n 1954
and
now
has over t h i r t y
members
and
t h e i r own
evangelist. Whitehall
Ave.
was
begun i n 1954, and
i t s
t h i r t y - s i x
members became
a part
of the Constant
Spring church which meets in
the
Semi
n a r y building. Then Elletson
Rd.
hurch
was ounded in 1955 with Brother
A. A.
Walker who s now
minister
- o f this con
gregation.
I n
1956 Penwood Rd. church
was started with
Nelville
Pink co-
l a b o r e r .
"He i s now the
m i n i s t e r
for t i i i s
congregation.
Other Work
In a d d i t i o n t o
t h e s e p r o j e c t s Gray
son
h e l d a
two-hour public discussron
w i t h
a
7 t h
Day
A d v e n t i s t
m i s s i o n a r y ,
helped organize the Jamaica Christian
T r u s t , L t d . , t o p r o t e c t c h u r c h p r o p e r t y ,
and t r a v e l l e d
2 , 7 0 0
m i l e s by
p l a n e
and
4 7 , 0 0 0 m i l e s by
c a r . With Grayce Mar ie
he produced
eighteen
i s s u e s
of t h e l o c a l
monthly paper and nine issues of the
C h a l l e n g e r . Grayson a l s o wrote 4 5
monthly
n e w s l e t t e r s
t o
y . o u
f o l k at home
as
well
as innumerable
personal
l e t t e r s .
With deep
t h a n k s g i v i n g
t o
God, t h e
Ensigns r e j o i c e
with you i n
God's ac
c o m p l i s h m e n t s . I t i s
t h e i r
e a r n e s t p r a y e r
that t h e s e
next
months
of
s e r v i c e s h a l l
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VOLUME8
JUNE - JULY,
1958
NUMBER
Ml', and Mrs.
Hiram
Cassel
S t u d e n t s W o r k i n g
W i t h
Freams For Summer
Ml',
and
Mi's.
Hiram Cassell,
students
of
Midwest Christian
College,
Oklahoma
City, Okla., are
realizing
the dream they
had
before they married
of serving
Christ
i n a oreign f i e l d .
Mr.
and
Mrs
Cassell
(Marceline an d
Hiram)
ave
arrived
i n Jamaica and w i l l
spend
the summer working with th e
churches and the Christian service camps.
Marceline
i s a sophomore
at
the
present
time, and
Hiram
i s
a junior.
These
young people bring
t o
the s e r v i c e
of the
Lord a variety
o f talents. Mar
c e l i n e plays the
piano
and
sings both
a l t o
Donald Fream,
A. . A.
epburn, and
Fred
Hintz
w i t h new Gospel Car
G o s p e l C a r
A.R.A. Hepburn, minister of
the
York
Street Church of Christ i n Kingston, i s
now
the proud
(and
considerably
poorer)
owner
o f
a
now Hlllman car.
The car
was
not purchased
for
h i s own
pleasure,
but
for the work
of the Lord; however,
i t
al
ways gives
Bro. Hepburn a reat deal o f
pleasure
t o do
the work
of
the Lord,
and
trips
to v i s i t the
churches
become
real
joy rides i n the
f u l l e s t
sense
of
th e
word.
Bro. Hepburn's v i s i t s to the churches
provide a
real service in strengthening
and encouraging them,
o
to help h i m
in
this
work o f
evangelism,
we have co n
tributed toward his
gas
b i l l each month
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W
JUNE-JULY,
1958
The JAAAAICA CHRISTIAN
Published b y
MR AND MRS. DONALD FREAM
JAMAICA
CHRISTIAN
MISSION
Churches
of
Chr ist
ASSOCIATES:
Mr.
and Mrs. Grayson Ensign
Mr. and
Mrs. Fr e d Hintz
ADDRESS:
Box 10
-
Half Way Tree
Jamaica,
B.W.I.
Forwarding
A ddr ess:
Rt.
2,
Moore
Haven,
F l a .
TESTIMONY
On
h e
first Sunday
n
June, t h r e e men
w e r e ordaine d as deacons by
h e
Constant
Spring
Church b y f a s t i n g
laying
on of
hands,
and
prayer.
T h e s e w e r e
the
f i r s t
officers
to b e s o appointed by h e church.
A f t e r their
ordination,
t h e t hr ee men
w e r e
c a l l e d
u p o n to give a
ublic
t e s t i
mony. The
words
o f
one o f them were
particularly w o r t h noting.
Bro. Beckford i s not a
new
Christian.
He as b e en har d at work or t h e
Lord
ev e r since
h i s conversion
i n 1929, h o l d i n g
-Bible-School34n-his-own-yard—preaching
i n
t h e
streets and
villages,
his w e l l - w o r n
Bi b l e h i s constant companion. But ever,
i n a l l t ho se
years,
d i d
h e
ever "take
mem
b ers h i p" w i t h any of th e established
churches, f o r i n
a l l
o f them h e
f o u n d
t eachings
and practices contrary to th e
Word
of God.
He
was
annoyed by
h e
pr eacher s who wore "turn-back collars"
and
appropriate d h i g h -sound ing
t i t l e s
f or
themselves.
He ould never find i n h i s
New Testament where Christ ever d i d
anyth ing
like
that.
And
so,
ev en
t h o u g h h e
felt
alone i n
t h e w or l d ,
h e continued faithful to th e
truth
as
he saw t
l i t t l e
d r e a m i n g t hat
t h e r e
were
t h o u s a n d s
of o t h e r s
who
had
not bowed the
knee
t o
Baal .When
he
f i r s t
heard
some
real
New
Testament
pr eaching, h e recognized i t at once and
received i t gladly. For
h e
first
t ime
h e
felt h e
could whol e h earte d ly an d i n
g o o d
E n s i g n s R e t u r n T o J a m a i c a
After a f ur lo u g h
of
eight
mont h s
i n
the
States,
Mr.
nd Mrs.
Grays on E n s i g n
and
t h e ir
t h r e e
sons
have
r e t u rn e d t o
Jamaica,
and
are back
i n
harness
again.
Brother E n s i g n w i l l b e
teaching again
i n t h e
Seminary, serving
as
academic
dean, d o in g
evangelistic
work, and con
tinuing with his radio broadcasting pro
gram,
The Ch u rch e s of Christ Salute
You , h i c h h a s
b e e n
presented on th e
Island's
only
radio
station since
January
of
956.
He nd his family
are
l ooking we l l and
i n g o o d health.
H i l l s L e a v e On
F u r l o u g h
A
eek after t h e E n s i g n s r et urned to
Jamaica,
Harry and
A d e l e
Hill left
'for
t h e
State s f or
a
s h o r t f o u r - m o n t h
p e r
iod to g a i n s u p port
f o r
their work. The
Freams took them
to
t h e
airport and
saw them
saf e ly
o f f — a f t e r a last
min
u t e da s h back
to
t h e wait ing room f or
Harry's coat ju s t s e c on d s
b e f o r e
th e
plane
took
off.
T h e i r h e a d
teacher,
Bro. Fran
Hardy,
is carrying o n t h e sc h ool in their
ab -
swice-with
t h e
assistance--of-'one-^^f-the
Seminary students and
a yo un g
woman
from t h e C onstant S p r i n g
church.
M r s . l i c k
T o l y
T o J a m a i c a
The Lor d willing, Mrs. Pansy Click
will fly to Jamaica
t h e
last week in
July
to s erve as d e a n of women
or th e
t hr ee Christi an Service camps
o
b e
h e l d
for The Churches
o f C h r i s t"
be
g inning
t h e
27th of Ju ly
and continuing
t h r o u g h
A u g u s t .
Mr.
and Mrs. Dona l d
Fream
are
re s p ons i b l e f o r t h e
planning
and
management o f
t h e camps.
Mrs. lick
w ill b e
available
for teach
i n g
and to
assist
w i t h t h e
mus ic.
FREAMS ISIT BEECHERTOWN
Donal d an d
Maxine
Fream, accom
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JUNE-JULY,
1958
P GE THREE
. V . B . S . G r o u p s
1
The
icture
above shows a part of the
teen-agers'
class
at D.V.B.S.
which
was
recently
hold.
The very'attractive- g l l
i n
the
c e n t e r
has
just recentl y be come
a
Christian.
She comes fro,m a .nice
family, and the
missionaries
are work
in g
hard
t o
reach the
parents.
The p i c t u r e below i s a
group
of
some
of
the smaller
children
in
o p e n i ng ex e r
c i s e s giving their
p l e d g e
to
the Chris
ti an flag. Shawn
Fream
i s
holding the
flag, whil e a i t t l e boy, to whom Shawn
always refers as
My
friend. Paul" i s
holding
the B i b l e . Classes
we r e taught
by Maxine
Fream
and A d e l e Hill
St e phan i e
Ann Fream
"Of
S u c h
I s
T h e
Kingdom"
L i t t l e
S t e phani e Ann
Fream
has r e
cently been
having
q uite a
bout
with
fate.
F i r s t
she
contracted
"pink
eye",
which p rov e d to be a v e r y stubborn
case,
a n d her l i t t l e e y es w e r e r e d a n d swollen
for q u i t e
some time. On top of that,
she ca ught a bad cold, a n d then she su f
fered a tumble, which l e f t a b r u is e
across on e
cheek
an d a big black and
bl ue bump
on
her
forehead.
She
looked
as i f she had
b e e n the
loser in a
p r i z e
f i ght .
These
unfortunate
i n c i d e n t s
have ai l
e d
t o dampen he r ch eerf ul s p i r i t an d
enth usiasm. To her, t h e
whole
wo r l d ,
e v e n with a l l i t s
mishaps,
i s a wonder
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P GEFOUR
JUNE-JULY,
1958
AMONG
THE CHURCHES
400
TTEND
B PTISM LSERVICE
400 people
gathered to
witness a bap
tismal service held
by
members of
the
Dunkeld
church.
Three were
baptized
into
Christ
and two were received
into
fellowship.
The
church
now has 36
members. As one
member
stated, A
real
work is going on; the
dear
Lord
i s
in
Dunkeld
mightily.
TWENTY
B PTIZED TNEWHOPE
Twenty
were baptized and
six added
by fellowship
recently at New Hope
church. The church held
a
month s evan
g e l i s t i c campaign.
Young
men were the
preachers for the
f i r s t
week;
elders fo r
the second; deacons for the t h i r d ;
and
the minister and other
workers
for the
r e s t
of
the
month. Attendance
averaged
200 to 300
for night
services.
C MPERDOWNHOLDS R LLY
An
a l l - d a y
r a l l y
was h e l d by
the
Camperdown
Church
of
Christ on June
1st
with a
ine
attendance.
Donald
Fream delivered a sermon on
What
is the
Church of
Christ? and
Fred Hintz
spoke on The World's
Greatest
Need . Services were contin-
ued throughout the week conducted by
Bro. intz.
MERRYL ND
S MERRY
Everything
i s
going well
with
the
church at Merryland. Church attendance
f o r m o r n i n g
s e r v i c e s h a s
g o n e a s
h i g h
as 136;
for n i g h t
s e l - v i c e s ,
1 8 9 ,
and
for
prayer
meetings, 86.
There
are
50
c h i l d r e n e n r o l l e d i n Bible
s c h o o l .
SUTTON CHURCH PROGRESSING
The church
i s moving
forward at Sut-
t o n . R e g u l a r
s e r v i c e s
a r e b e i n g
h e l d ,
and
s o u l s a r e b e i n g won
t o
C h r i s t . They
s t a r t e d w i t h a
membership
o f f o u r ,
and
now have
twenty-two.
YORK
treet
holds
R LLY
A t h r e e - w e e k s ' r a l l y
and
e v a n g e l i s t i c
meeting was held by the York Street
BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The church at Diamond
i s
doing a
good work. Services
are being h e l d
regularly,
and
souls
are
being saved.
They now have
42 members.
They are
in process of gathering material
for
a
building.
FREDHINTZHOLDSC MP IGN
Special evangelistic
campaigns were
h e l d
at
both Mt. Pleasant and fechmond
Park by Fred Hintz.
This
was in addi
tion to
v i s i t i n g
and assisting with num
erous other country churches. B r o .
Hintz i s searching for
a
church l o c a t i o n
in Mandeville.
CONST NTSPRINGORD INS
DE CONS
Three men
were
ordained as
deacons
on Sunday, June 1st.
The church
has
purchased
a piano,
which i s now
in
use.
Donald
Fream
i s
showing
colored
s l i d e s
on the
life of
Christ each
mid-week
seiwice.
h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e
C a m p s
The f i i ' S t C h i ' i s t i a n service camp
in
the
history of
the
churches of Christ
in
Jamaica
was
held
in
August
of
1956
with—thirty-six
youngsters - from twelve
different congregations scattered out
through four parishes, attending the
camp for a week of
teaching. Of
the
t h i r t y - s i x campers
a t t e n d i n g ,
twenty-
one
were
already Christians. Ten others
were
b a p t i z e d during camp,
e a v i n g
only
five who had
not accepted
Christ.
In August of 1957, n i n e t y - t h r e e
young
people
from eighteen congrega
t i o n s
attended the junior
and
senior
weeks of camp,
and twenty-eight of
them
were baptized
during
the
s e s s i o n s .
This year i t
i s planned to
hold
two
junior
camps in
order to
take
care
of
the
increase
in enrollment which
i s ex
pected.
Shawn
C e l e b r a t e s S i x t h
B l r S h d a y
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JUNE-JULY, 1958 PAGE IVE
V./
THE
HiGSLERS
AND THE
PROPHETESS
.
.By Maxine
Fream
Going
to
market in Jamaica
often
turns
out to be more of
an
adventure
than a
routine chore. Bustling with
colorful charactei's and
endless
activ
i t i e s ,
from s t r e e t
fighting to street
preaching, the
market
has a g i e a t deal
to
o f f e r
besides
food—that i s , i f you
are nterested.
HIGGLERSSPRE DW RES
The particular market I o r d i n a r i l y
patronize is just a half-mile
from ou r
home. It long ago outgrew the
zinc-
roofed
shelter
which
the
government
built
for
the purpose,
and
covers an
area,
at l e a s t ,
ten
times as large. The
higglers, as the venders
are
c a l l e d ,
spread
t h e i r
wares
out
on
the
ground
wherever they can f i n d room;
and
i n
making
your
way among them, you
mus t walk very carefully l e s t you upset
soimeone's eggs
or lose your balance and
nearly to
her ankles, were
i n
the tradi
tional peasant style. Hanging from
a
strap
around
her shoulder
was
a car
penter's
square. In one hand, she
held
a stick and a
tattered Bible,
with the
cover and a few
pages
missing;
in
the
other hand, she carried a
small
bell,
which
she
tinkled
as she walked to at
tract
attention.
I t
attracted
mine.
REPENT REPENT
Repent, repent, she admonished,
in
a
little-old-woman's voice.
"The
Word
of God says
to you,
'Repent'
before i t
i s
toe
late,
The,reaction of the
higglers
was var
i e d . Some
ignored
her, some smiled, and
som^' listened
quietly.
"Murderers, adulterers, thieves, hat
e r s of
parents,
God will
judge
you "
When she had passed on, some
of
the
women raised eyebrows
at
one another
and laughed. Another
woman,
with
a
large l oaded
basket on
her
head,
paused
long
enough to
reproach
her fellows.
"Don't
laugh after her.
Yes,
she i s
a funny-looking
l i t t l e
woman,
u t John
the Baptist was dressed in
camel's
hair.
And what she says is ti-ue.
Quoting scripture
passages
fluent
ly, the l i t t l e prophete.ss moved
on, and
I .
followed
discreetly,
arr anging conven
iently
to
make my
purchases
frarn
those higglers who w e i e
c l o s e
enough
to
he r
vicinity
for
me to overhear
what
she
was
saying.
"Yu never
have any time
for
the
Lord,
she accused one
group. Seventh
day,
e i p - h l h
day,
i t makes no difference
—yu don'
keep any
of
'em. The
only
God
yu serve
i s
yu
belly.
ZE L WITHOUTKNOWLEDGE
I
waited until
she
had paused
long
enough for me
to
speak
to
her without
interrupting, and
then
I approached.
"Good morning,
I . s a i d
kindly. Tell
me. do you
attend services
anywhere?
"Oh, yes, she
assured
me. I
v i s i t
all of them."
In her ensuing narrative
I
leanied
that she
had
been
baptized several
times i n compliance
with
varying
re
quirements of different
c h i p - c h o s ;
that
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//
THE
GOSPELIMPACT
A
ew-
church paper
has recently
made
its
debut
to
the brethren
i n
the
States— The Gospel Impact , the joint
effort
of five
faithful
preachers: Ron-
aid Fisher,
John Kinner, Sherman Nich-
o T s , -
W«ndall Parman,
and Kenneth
Washburn.
Printed
newspaper
style, and con
taining
such pertinent articles as How
the
Word
of God
i s Made
Void,
and
Is
One
Church
As
Good
As
Another?
the
Impact
is filling
a definite need.
JAMACIANS
TO GET
IMPACT
Since we
thought
i t could
be used
to
the benefit of
Christ and
the Church i n
Jamaica,
we have subscribed
t o
the pa
per for twenty-six of our
Jamaican
preachers
and workers. They w i l l
re
ceive the
paper
once
a
month for
a
year.
We
t i l l continue
the
monthly
publi
cation
of
a
l o c a l
Jamaica Christi an ,
containing
news of
Jamaica churches,
as
well
as doctrinal
a r t i c l e s .
Five
hun
dred
copies
are
mimeographed
and sent
out
e a c i i
month. For
a
year
we
t r i e d
having t h e paper
p r i n t e d l o c a l l y , but
the
s e r v i c e
was
so slow that
the
n e w s
was
s t a l e b y _ t ] i c
time jve
c o u l d
get
i t
o u t , s o
w e
f i n a l l y gave up
i n d i s g u s t
and
went back t o i i n i m e o g r a p h i n g .
MINISTRY BY PRINTED WORD
The
m i n i s t r y
of
t h e
p r i n t e d
word
i s
f u r t h e r
c o n t i n u e d
by t h e
d i s t r i b u t i o n
of
t r a c t s . Thousands of t r a c t s c o v e r i n g a t
l e a s t , f o r t y d i f f e r e n t s u b j e c t s have b e e n
o b t a i n e d
and
a r e b e i n g g i v e n
wide
d i s
t r i b u t i o n .
P r e s e n t
s u p p l i e s of s e v e r a l of
the r a c t s have been e xhausted
and
have
had
to be
re-ordered.
These are tracts dealing with
the
Christian life— How
Worldly
Can I
Be. and
S t i l l
Be
a
C h r i s t i a n
and Belong
to
the
Church? ,
tracts
treating
w i t h
f a l s e
teaching— The
Rock, The
Keys,
Peter, and The Pope, and Seven
Rea
sons Why I
Am
Not a Seventh-Day
Adventist; as well as t r a c t s dealing
with the Church,
Baptism, and the
Lord's
Supper.
All of
them are printed a t t r a c t i v e l y ,
many n c o l o r ,
on
good paper, and are
easy
to read.
Churches,
Bible schools,
and Bible
classes In
the States
could render a real
service by
contributing
toward this mi n
istry. Many
souls have
been won t o
Christ
through
the use of the right kind
of religious
tracts.
HIGGLERS
AND
PROPHETESS
(Continued from page 5)
ferent from those
who
seem to want to
do only as l i t t l e as p o s s i b l e .
OBJECT
LESSON
The
odd paraphei-nalia she
wore,
I
learned, was
the
object lesson for each
sermon. The carpenter's square? The
c i t y i n
heaven
i s
four-square,
which
indicates ~ perfection, so we m ' u - g j oe
made p e r f e c t t o e n t e r . T h e strap?
John
t h e Baptist
was g i r t
about w i t h
a l e a t h e r
g i r d l e .
The s t i c k ? An
angel
took a rod and measured t h e c i t y , thus
will God measure our lives.
Yes,
I
bear her witness that
she
had
a
zeal
for God,
though not
according
to
knowledge. There i s a great
need
i n Ja
maica f o r t h e s i m p l e
and
s t r a i g h t f o r
ward New Testament doctrine i n a l l i t s
unsullied c l a r i t y .
THE JAMAICA CHRISTIAN
(Non-Profit O r g a n i z a t i o n )
Moore
Haven, F l a .
Harold McFarland
Box
963
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&
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(, f b A o
KOTES
OF
KEWS FROM JAiaiGA
G-rayson
E n s i J P g l i
sent
word that
a n
August
let
Emancipation
Day
all-Island r ally held
at the Penwoo d Roa d
housPof worship wad
attended
eople. The rally was
planned
by Fred Hintz and a
committee
of
Jamaican
brethren.
T h e radio
s t a t i o n
estimates that B r o t h e r E n s l g i / s Friday a f t e r n o o n
broadcast
is
now heard
by
nearly 650,000 listeners. When the new
term
of Jamaica Bible Seminary opened in September, Mrs. Ensign* and
Brothers
Fream, Hintz,
and
Ensign began teaching
duties.
Brother
Ensign serves as dean of
the
Seminary
which
is a g a f i i n on a four-year
curriculum leading to a BSL degree.
September 15-18 a Christian lien's Institute will be held at
Jamaica Bible
Seminary.
The four-day
program
is in charge of Brother
Ensign.
Don
Fream will
teach a
course on How to
Improve
the Lodal
Church;
Fred
Hints
will present
Use
of
Instruments
< i f
Music
in
Worship Services
and Tests
of Fellowship;
Brother
Ensign's course
will
be
Missionary
Principles
and
policies of the New Testament and
Their Use by EHangelists in Jamaica,
According
to Brother Ensign, antl-instrument
brethren
from
Texas
are working among
the loyal churches
in
Jamaica
seeking to
buy
preachers and
obtain
control
of
properties. He wrote We invite the
prayers of.ChristjaiH in this critical situation.
Address^on
field
is
Box
20,
Half
Way Tree, Kingston
10,
Jamaica, West Indies.
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Page Five
NEWS
IN
PICTURES
Don
Pieam
fits some new
glass
in the
windows of
the Beecher-
town church building. Work
on t h i s
building
has gone
slowly,
but i t w i l l b e
a
nice
structure
when
finished.
It is y et
in nee d of
floor,
doors, a n d paint. Three
young men
from
the
church
were in
camp
n d
two you n g
l a d i e s
House of worship for the
New
Hope Christians.
Intended
to b e
entirely adequate for the congregation
when
be gu n , i t i s
now unable
to hold
a l l the crowds. gracious Christian
friend
from
the
Mid-West
donated over
1,500 to
erect the chapel,
which i s of
cement block, reinforced with steel to
withsta nd both hurrica ne
and
earth-
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SEPTEMBER OCTOBER.
958
Salvation Army New H o p e C h u r c h . . .
Worker
Baptized
An e l d e r l y , g r a y - h a i r e d ma n,
w ho
has w orked f a i t h f u l l y
for
the
Salvation
Army
for
t w e n t y - s i x y e a r s , completed
his
o b e d i e n c e
t o the Lord in Christian
baptism
l a s t
month, a n d
p l a c e d h i s
membership wit h the church
of
C h r i s t in
C o n s t a n t Spring. He had bee n
a t t e n d i n g
s e r v i c e s
regularly
for
w e eks a n d
e n
gaged i n s e v e r a l p r i v a t e d i s c u s s i o n s o f
d octrinal
ma t t ers w i t h Br o. Pream. The
conviction gr e w
o n
him
that
in
baptism
he
h a d b e e n
n egl e cting a
definite
com
mand
o f
Christ,
and
he finally came
t o
the decision
t o
put i t
off
m
o n < e r .
He
was
bap ti zed on a Thursday night
after Bible
s t u d y
class.
The
C o n s t a n t S p ri n g
church
has
ha d
s e v e n other
additions
by
baptism
in t he
p a s t two mon ths.
Mr. and
Mrs.
Harry Hill have re
t u r n e d
t o Jamaica
a f t er
a short
f o ur-
m o n th
tour in
the
States
t o
r a i s e
support
for their work.
They
p er a t e a Christian
Day School
i n
Half-Wa^y-Tree with
some
60 students.
J am a i c a i s no l o n g er a p art
o f t he
British West Indies. S i n c e the West
Indian Federation this
year,
the
w or d
British has
been d rop p e d, a n d
the
c o r
rect name
now is simp l y
The
West
Indies ...
o longer B. W. . , but
T. W.
.
(Co n t i n u e d
from
p a g e 1)
churches
were
running
a
c l o s e
race
u n t i l
the New
Hope
Church
c o n d u c t e d a
month's successful evangelistic cam
paign
a n d
gained seventeen a d d i t i o n s .
Th e Co nst a n t Spring
Church,
a s the
l o s e r s , w er e
i n v i t e d
to attend the New
Hope Church and present
a
program.
Members
hired a truck for
transporta
t i o n ,
a n d w e n t over for a n afternoon a n d
evening
of
f e l l o w s h i p ,
preaching,
a n d
singing.
When nothing w h e r e o n t o l e a n re
m a i n s .
When
strongholds
crumble t o dust;
When
nothing
i s
sure bu t
that
God
s t i l l
reigns.
That
is
just the
t im e
t o
trust.
When y o u
are
jarred
by
a aul ty n o t e
in
others, make
sure
i t
i s n o t
the
re
sponse
o f
a
tring vibratin g within y o ur
self. —Redwood
Hurricanes E l l a a n d Ge r d a
passed
c l o s e
e n o u gh t o Jamaic a t o provide a
real threat t o the island,
b u t o n l y
rains
a n d squally weather w er e f e l t .
'Thanks
giving
t o
God-for
delinerance
fwam-p os-
sible
disaster was offered
in many
churches.
Write
injuries
in dust;
write kind
nesses in marble.
To d ar e is great. To
b e ar
i s
greater.
Bravery
we share w ith
brutes,
fortitude
with s a i n t s .
THE JAMAICA
CHRISTIAN
(Non-Profit Organiz ation)
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JAMAICAN
V
CHRISTIAN
Volume8
Nov.
Dec., 1958
Number
eîEETINGS
ITj
irv
Stephanie
Ann James
Shawn
eslie Vee and Vanita Lou Fream
cr
h e r e
i s s o m e t h i n g i n t h e s i g h t o f a s m a l l c h i l d , k n e e l i n g i n s i m p l e
f a i t h
and
i n n o c e n c e ,
t o
say
i t s
rhyming
prayer,
t h a t
t o u c h e s t h e h e a r t
s t r i n g s
and
g i v e s them a t u g ;
r e c a l l i n g
t h e Import
o f
J e s u s words: Ver
i l y I say
u n t o
y o u , e x c e p t
ye t u r n , and
become as l i t t l e c h i l d r e n ,
ye
s h a l l
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NOV EC., 958
The JAMAICA
CHRISTIAN
Published
b y
MR.
AND
MRS. DONALD FREAM
JAMAICA
CHRISTIAN MISSION
Churches
of
Christ
ASSOCIATES:
Mr. and Mrs.
Grayson Ensign
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hintz
ADDRESS:
Box
10 Half
Way
Tree
Jamaica, T.W.I.
Forwarding Address:
R t . 2, Moore Haven,
F l a .
BIRTH PANGS
On the o u t s k i r t s of a small town in
the
center
o f
Jamaica,
a
l i t t l
group
o f
p e o p l e g a t h e r e d
around
a
buxom Mother
in die center
of
a
thatched booth. In
the
l i g h t o f a f i v e - p r o n g e d k e r o s e n e lamp,
smoke
curled
up
from seven burning
can
d l e s ,
arranged
i n
t h e form o f a c r o s s on
the
t a b l e .
The Mother leaned
forward
over the
t a b l e . Her eyes were
c l o s e d ,
and
her
g r o t e s q u e shadow d a r t e d t o and
f r o
across
the
walls of
the
booth
as she
sway
ed,
g e n t l y and f i r m l y , l i k e a mother hen
s e t t l i n g h e r s e l f over her brood. The small
ass em b lage swayed with he- — ome-
swaying f a r ,
some b a r e l y
nodding — u t
a l l in time
and
in
the
same direction.
I t was
an
old English hymn that held
them t o g e t h e r , sung
with
a hypnotic
rhythm that h e l d a l l
i n
the
booth
i n
i t s
s p e l l .
Suddenly, the Mother stopped
her
swaying
and
s i n g i n g ,
as
her eyes opened
t o
s t a r e
at
the f i g u r e o f
a
a l l ,
bony,
b i g -
footed man standing i n the doorway. Here
was
a
stranger, an
outsider, wearing a
shabby coat and carrying a
small
s a t c h e l
i n h i s hand.
Gradually,
t h e hymn
ground
to a a l t , as one by
one
each of the mem
bers
of
the congregation stopped
singing
and turned to behold the man in the
door
way. The night was t o o dark, and th e
lamp
t o o
dim,
t o reveal the
man c l e a r l y .
Another new
b u i l d i n g
goes u p
at
Goshen.
Your
g i f t s arc
helping
on t h i s .
p o c o m a n i a
g r o u p o n t h e ou t s kir t s
o f
L i n -
s t e a d . A mixture of African
voodooism,
Catholicism,
and holy r o l l e r revivalism,
t h e pocomanias
a r e one o f
t h e h a r d e s t
g r o u p s
t o
t e a c h
i n
Jamaica.
They
a r e
u s u a l l y very a n x i o u s t o attach themselves
t o
a Body t h u s g a i n i n g t h e
o f f i c i a l
p r e s t i g e
o f
a
denomination
and
a measure
o f
insurance
against p o l i c e
i n t e r f e r e n c e
with
t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s .
However,
though i t
takes
many
years,
some pocomania wor
s h i p p e r s have b e e n
c o n v e r t e d
t o Ne w
Testament
Christianity.
CONFLICT
Knowing a l l
t h i s ,
Brother Lindo began
t o
teach the
small group as he v i s i t e d
th em once
or twice
a
month.
Some of t h e
members
consented
t o
the
new d o c t r i n e ,
and were b a p t i z e d soon. The Mother
h e r s e l f ,
although f l a t t e r e d by the appear
ance and
v i s i t s
of
this preacher, began
t o
grow
s k e p t i c a l
about
l o s i n g
her
p o s i
t i o n as mother and leader of the f l o c k . I t
was
soon
apparent t h a t she h e r s e l f would
not
change.
Brother
Lindo had
b a p t i z e d
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958
Page Three
OPEN THINE
HAND
I f there
be
among
you a
poor
man
of
one
of
thy
brethren
w i t h i n
any
o f
t i i y
gates
in thy land
which
the
Lord thy
God
g i v e t h
t h e e ,
thou s h a l t
not
harden t l i i n e heart
nor
shut
thine
hand from thy poor brother:
but thou shalt open t h i n e hand wide unto
him
and s h a l t surely lend
him
s u f f i c i e n t
for
h i s need i n
that
which
he
wanteth.
Beware
that there b e
not
a
thought
in thy wicked heart. and
t i i i n e
eye
be
e v i l
against thy poor
b r o t h e r ,
and
thou
g i v c b t him
n o u g i i t ; and
he ciy u n t o t h e
L o i d
a g a i n s t t h e e ,
and i t
be
s i n
u n t o t h e e .
Thou s h a l t surely give
him.
and
t l i i n e
heart
s h a l l
not
be
grieved when
t h o u g i v e s t
unto
l i i m :
because that
for t h i s thing
the
Lord thy God s h a l t b l e s s
t l i e e
i n a l l t h y
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NOV
DEC., 958
C a l l i n g Doctor
Fream
The
s i t u a t i o n
i s
t e n s e .
A
young
man
from
the
audience has
staggered
t o
the
front
holding
h i s
side
i n
evident
pain,
a nd
m o a ning s o f t l y . "D o c t o r " Fream s equal
to the
occasion.
Producing a smal l case,
he
extract s stethoscope, injection needle,
p ocket
l i g h t ,
and other impressive a p p a
ratus,
and p roceeds to
give
the "patient"
a thorough check-up.
"Here
so.
D o c t o r , "
the
"patient"
cries,
pointing to a region n e a r
his
right
shoulder
blade.
"Here so. D o c t o r
e r e
so.
D o c t o r "
he
exclaims
again, grabbing at his
l e f t
l o w e r
ribs as
the
pain
seems to jump.
The
audience
s i t s forward expectant
ly,
some
doubtful,
some amused.
One
t
t l e child, sympathizing, bursts into
tears.
WORST FEARS
After
the examination,
t h e
"patient"
l i s t e n s , round-eyed and s t r a i g h t - f a c e d ,
as
the
"doctor" t e l l s
him
he must have a
b l o o d t r a n s f u s i o n .
A
few
simple
expla
n a t i o n s are
made:
the "patient" slowly
nods his head in a g r e e m e n t . A c o t i s
produced
and he
i s put t o
bed.
A b o t t l e of
dar k
red
f l u i d i s
suspended
from
a
stand
beside
him
and
a
rubber t ube a t t a ched to
the
b o t t l e
and then
t o
h i s
a r m .
Slowly,
then,
the—fluid
drops- l o we r and l o w e r in
the
b o t t l e .
The
bandage
around
the
arm
i s s t a i n e d s l i g h t l y
red.
The
"patient"
turns
away h i s head and
c l o s e s
h i s
eyes.
TRANSFORMATION
"Doctor"
Fream then
discards
his
white
c o a t ,
p i c k s up h i s B i b l e ,
steps
be
hind the
p u l p i t and becomes i n r e a l i t y ,
Preacher F r e a m , with
a
h e a r t - s e a r c h i n g
message o n the atoning blood o f Christ.
The sermon
reaches
i t s dramatic c l ose
j u s t
as the
l a s t
drop o f
l i q u i d
drains f r o m
the
upturned bottle. Preacher Fream
t akes his
seat ,
and
the
loca l
minister
rises
to
give
th e
invitation t o
those
outside
o f Christ to a c c e p t Him as their
Savior.
This scene has been enacted many
times
i n recent
weeks i n churches through
RAGS
and
POOCHIE
Those
tw o
characters
up there ar e
Bible
School
puppets. When
the H i l l s r e
t u r n ed from
the
S t a t e s
to
c o n tinue their
work with t h e C h r i s t i a n Day School,
they
brought
back the puppets as g i f t s
for
t h e
Fream children.
Mrs. Fream
saw
in
them
a
way to l e n d
an added interest t o t he
B i b l e s c h o o l ,
and
began
w r i t i n g some
s c r i p t s o f d i a l o g u e , then
having two
of the
Seminary s t u d e n t s
m a k e t a p e r e c o r d i n g s .
In
t h i s way, . s h e can jnanipulate
t h e _ p u { h _ _
pets
from behind a curtain
while authentic
v o i c e s
i n Jamaican d i a l e c t do t h e speak
ing.
Each week,
"Rags
and
Poochie"
to
gether
with
t h e i r
f r i e n d ,
"George the
Dragon,"
romp
i n
t o
B i b l e
school
and
l e a r n how
God wants people
t o l i v e .
The
adults
en joy them
as much a s the
c h i l
dren
SORREL
S o r r e l
i s
a
small
plant
c o m m o n l y
grown i n Jamaica
that
blooms e s p e c i a l l y
i n D e c e m b e r
and enjoys
great
p o p u l a r i t y
at Christmas
time. I t s dark
red
petals ar e
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J o u r n e y
To Camperdown
By Maxine
Fream
Flooding rains had
closed
many oads,
washed
away
homes, and marooned
whole
communities; and s t i l l
the rain
fell.
We had
no
assurance that there w oul d
be
anyone
out
f o r s e r v i c e t h a t
Sunday
n i g h t as we headed toward
Camperdown,
a small, remote d i s t r i c t i n the i n t e r i o r ;
but t h e m i n i s t e r had
sent
f o r my usband
t o help s e t t l e some i f f i c u l t i e s , and he had
decided t o make
the t r i p
anyway.
I
ac
companied
him,
with our
two
younger
children.
Our
usual
route through
a
narrow
gorge
beside
a
river
had
been
closed
a l l
week by
high
water,
and not
knowing
for
certain i f
i t
had been re-opened to
t r a f f i c ,
we
took
the longer but surer route
over
the h i l l s .
The
main
roads are all marked with
m i l e - p o s t s
— small white cement
p o s t s
two
to
three
feet high
set beside
the road
t o mark each mile
—
n d i c a t i n g t h e d i s
tance
to
the
largest
town.
They
re
h e l p f u l
for d i s t a n c e ,
but
not f o r d r i v i n g time. A
s i g n may read
57
mi. t o Kingston
but
i f ^uld take at least three hours of
d r i v i n g over
t o r t u o u s , winding roads t o
reach
there.
DESTINATION
A f t e r stopping once t o help
a man
who
had run a wheel o f f t h e road
w h i l e
t r y i n g
t o p a s s
us a l o n g a narrow
s t r e t c h , we
came without f u r t h e r i n c i d e n t t o Camper
down, long after
darkness
had f a l l e n . I t
was t i l l raining,
but
a
ight in
the church
building, and the strains of a
familiar
hymn
o l d us
that
some had
come ut,
at
l e a s t . A hurried
dash
through the
rain,
and
we
were
i n s i d e .
Fifteen
faces,
hardly
d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e
i n the
deep
shadows, turn
ed as one
man
to welcome us. On the
platform, two f l i c k e r i n g kerosene
lamps
were struggling to hold
back the
darkness
that
pressed
in from a l l sides.
tarried
to
v i s i t , waiting with the others
for the
rain to
slacken.
Finally,
one
woman,
athering
courage, stoutly main
tained over
the
protests of her friends
that i t wasn't raining s o hard now,
and
she was oing home.
She
put on her
coat
(a man's wool suit coat), pointing out
that
i t was heavy and would keep o f f the rain.
Her l i g h t was
the
common flash-light
of the
h i l l s — op-bottle containing kero
sene, with a
wad of newspaper t i g h t l y
wedged
in the
neck
for
a
ick.
Her
rude
torch a l i g h t , she
gaily
waved
arewell,
and
set off up
the mountainside.
Those
who were
going
down the
road
our way rode with
us
in
the car as
f ar
as
they could. Assured by everal that the
road
through the gorge
was
now open,
we
decided to take the shorter
way
home.
TH
LAT BRIDGE
Once in the gorge,
and hearing
the
flooded Rio
Cobre
raging s o
close to
o ur
r i g h t ,
we
began to
have misgivings.
Less
than
a
week
before,
two c ar s
had
been
trapped on
t h i s
same
road b y
the rapidly
r i s i n g water, the drivers forced to leave
their
vehicles
and seek
safety in
a cave
up t h e h i l l s i d e . There
they
had
watched,
h e l p l e s s ,
as
t h e i r
cars
were swept
away n
the flood. I t
was three
d a y s
before
the
men were rescued, and the river receeded.
Now, s the
rain
continued, the
water
was
beginning
to lap over
the
road ag ain
and
swirl
menacingly
about the car
wheels.
However,
the
l i g h t s
of
a car coming from
the o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n reassured us, and
we
hurried on. There were
several
deep
places
that
had
to
b e
negotiated slowly,
but at last
we reached the
Flat Bridge,
which cros sed the
river
bare inches above
the
raging torrent, and passed
safely
over
to
higher
ground. We
were
not surprised
to learn the
following day
that the
road
had been closed again.
VAUDEVILLE?
Driving
b a c k
through
one
of the
towns,
we passed
some
pocomania
head-wrap
pers, beating their drums and whooping
i t up
in
a l i v e l y street meeting
for
a
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lowed, but i t came
o an
a b o r t i v e
end.
SCANDAL
Sin
reared i t s ugly head, and he scan
dal
of
fornication besmirched
the work of
the new
e v a n g e l i s t ,
ruining
his
opportun
i t y t o
witness and i n f l u e n c e for good. The
building authorities
of
the
parish sent
w o r d
diat the
structure
p u t
up in the
member's yard
was
nauthorized
and
must
be
taken
down at
once .
Wi th o u t
either
leadership
or a place to
mee t ,
the co n
gregation
was scattered —
some w e n t to
England
—
nd
the
work
lapsed.
ANOTHERCHANCE
Not u n t i l
t h i s year,
when Donald
Fream
consulted with
A.R.A.
Hepburn,
min is t e r
of the York
S t r e e t Church
of
Christ
in
Kingston,
and he
agreed
t o
look
over
the
p o s s i b i l i t i e s , was
anything
done
t oward establishing a real
church in Lin-
stead. Bro. Fream
and
Bro. Hepburn
visited w it h
two
Christian brothers in Lin-
stead, who
promised t h e i r
help and co
operation
i f they
could have a f a i t h f u l
leadership
and some financial assistance
toward
a
b u i l d i n g . After
much
planning
and
praying,
Bro.
Hep b u r n
consented
to
take the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . I see
nothing
i n
Linstead
b u t har d w ork ,
he confided
to
-Brother Fream, * b u t r
with
that
work, and
God's help, i t can be
done.
Over
the
past
t w o months,
the
small
group of
s i x members have
been meeting
once again. Bro. Hepburn,
with sheer
determination,
and the help
of
God, has
persuaded
as
many
more
of the
former
members to
return
to the flock.
A Bible
school of 25
i s being t a u g h t . Plans have
been
completed f o r a church b u i l d i n g , 30
b y M
e e t ,
o f
cement nog.
This
time, the
p l a n s were
drawn
c o r r e c t l y and approved
b y
t h e
p a r i s h
c o u n c i l .
The
few
members
of the
Linstead
church have sacrificed
and given deeply
o f
t h e i r need,
and
have
raised $28 toward the foundation. The
York Street congregation has given even
more, and the
s t a r t
has
been
made.
Then
what? We have agreed to help
a l l we can, with what funds are forth
coming, t o get u p a framework and a
r o o f .
I
see
nothing
i n
Linstead
b u t hard
work . ut
with
God's
help
i t
can b e
done.
A
new
day
i s
dawning.
I t e m s
o f
I n t e r e s t
^
Hfin'r-HiH nr^nt
th r e e weeks
in t he
h o s p i t a l d i m i n g October and November
with
virus
pneumonia. He
i s
at
home
now, and
much
improved.
«
« «
A Chinese groceryman,
Edgar Yap,
converted to
Christianity
two
years
ago
by a faith
only
group, b egan
searching
out ail the missiona