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THE

JAMAICAN

CHALLENGER

PublWicd by E v a n ( « l i t t a i i c l M r t .

GRAYSON HARTER ENSIGN

ChurchM of C h r i s t (Jamaics C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n )

vex

ao

H«lf-Way-Tre«,

Jamaica, B.

W.

.

(U. S ' . Address:

Miss

Mildred

McClure

c/o

River Park Church

o f

C h r i s t

8o3 3Qth

S t r e e t , South

Bend, 15, Indiana)

We

prefer

to

have

e l l funds and l e t t e r s sent

t o

us in Jamaica.

Assoc i ated with the Donald

Freams

in the

Jamaica

Christian Trust.

R e s p o n s i b i l i t y ,

Whose?

Many mission

f i e l d s

ha v e suffered

f r o m m i s f i t s ,

incomp etent workers,

a nd

e v e n

frauds.'^A

number

o f congregations

h a v e

been hurt

s p i r i t u a l l y

and turned

against

world evangelism

generally b e

cause they

have

sent o ut

under

their

s a n c t i o n and

name

some

so - calle d

"mis

sionary" who has been a failure or

a

fraud.

With

increasing numbers

seeking

sup port for

evangelism abroad,

who s

going

to

take the

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

f or

the sending

o u t

o f

qualified

workers

s o that

the

work

will b e

blessed, an d

the

Church protected against racketeers?

ONLY

ONE

ANSWER

The only

answer for Christians i s

furnished

b y the Scripture. T h e

N.

T.

places

the

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

squarely

u p o n

the

shoulders

o f the eldership

o f

each

congregation. T h e elders o f each con

gregation a s s u m e wiWi

their ordiim-

t i o n the serious

obligation

o f

a spir

itual

and

financial

oversight

o f

a l l

the

affairs o f the

congregation,

including

the s e l e c t i o n

o f evangelists o r minis

ters. The

oversight

of the evangelist

must be c ont inu ed as long as he

re

c e i v e s funds

from the

Church. The

eldership

should

exercise

a

greater

care

in

selecting a n evangelist who s going

t o

l ab or

f or

them in

a n o th e r

country

than the evangelist who s going

to

work

with them in the home

church.

Yet

I

v e nt ur e

to

o b s e r v e th a t elders a re

more

particular a b o u t

the evangelist

serving under their daily observation

t t

ian they

are a b o u t

the

evangelist who

is

a

housand

miles

away.

TwoMore allies

Grayson continues to plan

an d bold

all-day preaching

r a l l i e s

with great s uc

cess

among

churches in new d i s t r i c t s .

He

planned such

a

rally during the

November v is it

of

Fred Hintz

that

Fred might

see

and

preach to

the

country people. The meet ing at Diamond

was

the

f irst in

that

district and at

tracted

o v er

two

hundred

p e o p l e from

s e v en

congregations.

Brothers Hintz and

Ensign e a ch pr e ach ed three s e r m o n s

while two J a m a i c a n s

pr e ach ed

o n e

s er

mon each.

I n

March, Brother C.

A.

Morris and

Grayson planned a rally

for

the Guy's

Hill area. Ag a i n ,

i t

was a wonderful

d a y of fellowship and teaching.

Nine

sermons were

preached during

the

day,

one b y Bro. B o y d ,

a

student

in

the Seminary

an d

our first convert

in P enwo o d . Ove r 200 people attended

this

rally from

ix cong^regations. Broth

er Westef eldt, i m pr esse d by he value

o f th e rally, said, We

o u gh t

to

d o

this e v ery week." Bro. Morris t e l e

gra phe d:

"many

confessions

last

night,

one

placed fellowship."

many

emptations,

an d

charged with'the

use of thousands of dollars over a

period o f time. W i s e

elders are

going

to

assume full s u p p o r t and responsi

b i l i t y for

the

evangelist

an d

his f amily.

They w i l l thoroughly investigate the

evangelist

and his wif e—the ir e duca

tional attainments, e m o t i onal s t a b i l i t y ,

their matri moni al maturity, their

p e r

s o n a l i t i e s an d a b i l i t i e s , their

knowl

e d g e o f their

new

f i e l d , and their busi

ness

sense

and honesty,

^ithful

elders

will determine

whether

the evangelist

can

preach

an d

what

he

preaches,

a nd

who

i s the

head of the

family. Di


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TREASURES

As Grayson

prepared to

take a p i c

ture o f the

building Bro .

Levy is erect

ing

for

the Mount ain

View

Church,

these

b o y s

came by

in time

to

be

sn a p p e d

a l s o . That t a l l , t r e e - l i k e

stalk

in the largest boy's

hand

i s

the dried

stem o f a century p lant bloom. Shoot

ing to

a height of 20-30

feet,

they

hear clusters o f s m a l l yellow -flowers.

A f ter blo o m i ng, the stalks dry up . The

boys

climbed the

mountains

for

these

"Christmas trees".

Perhaps they

w i l l

paint

them

silver

before

decorating

them with home-made ornaments of

colored

p a p er.

LITTLEJEWELS

While m o s t Jamaicans spend much

t i m e

decorating

their homes

before

"Christmas", Christians and Bible School

children usually

pr e par e for special

sacred concerts. On December 23, my

Thursday afternoon

Bible

class

a t

Pen-

wood

presented their

first

such concert.

Because

the tent is so s m a l l ,

our

program was

restricted

to singing a nd

recitations. For

weeks

about s i x t y

children

rehearsed

their

parts, s o

that

night

e v ery o n e p e r f o r m e d

well

a s Bro .

Pink

announced his

number. Although

most

of

the

children

were crowded

two

on

a

chair,

they behaved beau

t i f u l l y . Consequently,

a t

the close

e a c h

c h i l d

received

a

b a g

o f

"sweets".

Quake

And

hake

A

few

months

ago

o ur

f a m i l y

was

enjoying

o ur noon

meal when,

s ud

denly, I

b e g a n to tre m ble a l l over.

Was

getting sick? I looked u p

at Gray-

son. On

his face was a bewildered

expression. The

table

b egan

to

dan ce;

dishes

in

the cu pboard

r a t t l e d ;

the walls

seemed to shake. About the same time

we exclaimed,

"Earthqua ke "

Nathan

started to cry a n d ran to my arms

for comfort.

Glued

to my

seat,

I

just

simply

could not m o v e . All I could

do was p r a y

that God

w o u l d care f o r

us.

Shortly the

tremors

stopped,

and

we

had

just expe rienced

our

f i r s t earth

q u a k e . We examined

each room

to d e

termine

the

damage d one.

Fortunately

only a few cracks

in

the walls

appeared.

God h a d been gracious to us.

ROCKEDAWAKE

Some

d a y s

later we were awakened

about 5:15

a.

m. b y a

shaking

o f

the

bed. It was as tho ugh we were b e

ing

rocked

in

a

cradle.

At f i r s t I

thought

that

Bach, our black

dachs

hund,

had

j u m p e d

upon

the

bed

to

waken

u s .

Then

the bed shook more

v i o l e n t l y , and the

mirror banged

agajnst._the

. wall.. .It

was...our

s e c o nd ,

earthquake experience. Although our

b o y . s slept

through

i t , we understand

s e v e r a l o f their fr i ends were

t ossed

out of b e d ,

DAY

OFHORROR

These

moderate

tremors brought t o

mind a c c o u n t s of the d e v a s t a t i o n

wrought

b y

a highly

destructive q u a k e

f i f t y years

ago.

On January 14, 1907,

in

about

half-a-minute

a m ighty

earth

q u a k e

reduced

Kingston's

business

area

to nothing b u t

debris. It started in

the

a f t e rno o n

with

a low rumble

which

quickly swelled

to

a

mighty

r o a r .

T he

earth heav e d

and

rocked,

spun,

a nd

f i n a l l y

stopped with

a f r i g h t f u l

j e r k .

Other shocks

followed. During

the night

woman and children

screamed

as

l e s s e r

q u a k e s

continued. Through

the

rubble

swept a raging fire

which burned

f or

days. About o n e

tho us an d

were known

t o have l o s t

t h e i r

l i v e s

w h i l e p r o p e r t y

da m age

was

e s t i m a t e d

at

$15

m i l l i o n .

GIDDY HOUSE


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PAGE

FOUR

MARCH, 957

God

Answers

Perhaps i t i s a n

experience

o f older

C h r i s t i a n s , but at

any

r a t e

we hope i t

h a s b e e n y o u r e x p e r i e n c e a l s o . E s p e c i

ally since

1 9 5 3

Grayce

Marie and

I

na v e

witnesse d

some

remarkable answers

to

prayer. As looked

back

to my review

o f

1955

I

was forcibly

struck

by

the

fact that in one year many

hopes

and

plans

are now r e a l i t i e s . Certainly,

Go d

answers p r a y e r s : Does

not

l a c k o f

f a ith

o r

selfishness-

a c c o u n t

for unanswered

pr ay er s?

TRUECASES

A year a g o we were

praying

for the

P a u l Smiths-to work

in

Grand Cayman.

In D e c e m b e r 1956, they arrived

there.

We

rayed for

new

workers.

In

Novem

ber,

the

Fred Hintz family

volunteered

for s e r v i c e , and

i n December,

George

W e s t e f e l d t l a n d e d in Jamaica.

Now

we

hear

fr o m

two

more

mature evangelists-

who are considering the challenge o f

Jamaica.

B a c k in 1955 we were much in prayer

ove r the Penwo o d R d . s i t e

and b u i l d i n g .

Now

in March, 1957, the

s i t e has

been

purchased, and

the

b u i l d i n g i s

going

u p.

I n

Decembe r, 1955

we

prayed for

a

radio program. On January 13,

1956,

Grayson

went

o n

the

a i r .

Through

1956

we prayed

th a t

our

radi o c o ntract

would

be

renewed

i n

s p i t e

of

the

strong

d o c t r i n a l preaching.-In-December, i t

-

was renewed for another

year.

After

much

prayer, the

J a m a i c a

Christian

Trust, L t d . , b e c a m e

a

l e g a l

m e an s of

safeguarding property. David came

through

another

hernia

operation suc

c e s s f u l l y , while

Mark's

h e a l t h greatly

i m pr o v e d in

response to

prayer.

And even in

the beginning

of 1957

the

answers k e e p coming. We

re

thank

ing

G o d

for

friends, pray-e rs,

and

a de

quate

finances;

for

h e a l t h and

strength

each

day.

W i th

o ur Jamai can

brothers

we sing,

"He

never f a i l s me yet."

J.

W.

oke.

Contractor

The

name

"Brother Coke" s

f a m i l i a r

to the

r e a d er s of

our

newsletters

and

CHALLENGERS since July, 1956 when

he interested Grayson

in

the Penwood

property. From

that

time

on, Bro. Coke

has been of great help

in

securing

the

s i t e

in

Penwood

an d getting the

building

plans approved. I have f o un d him to

be a

keen psychologist, a clear

thinker

o n many problems,_an._hQnorable. bual-

ne s s

man, nd a Christian. It is a

pleasure to introduce him

to

yo u

a s

the

J a m a i c an

m o s t

responsible

for the

development

of the

Penwood

R d.

prop

erty.

Brother Cok e and Grayson are

in

closer touch now than

b^ore because

he is the general

contractor for the

building

a t P enwo o d . I

feel that we re

fortunate

to

get

such

a

man

a s

the

contractor.

He do e s good work,

and

his

heart i s in the

building

o f a

house

o f worship for

the

Church o f

the

Lord.


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1956

In

Review

It has been o ur c u s t o m in

the

p a st

y e ar s

o f our service

in Jamaica t o

p r e p a r e a summary

and

review of our

year's

stewardship

in

the

gospel.

This

year

we

are publishing i t here be

caus e we

b e l i e v e

that a l l o f

our s u p

porters and friends

will

b e

interested

in i t , and not just the " b o a r d s " o f

o u r

supporting churches.

It

i s our considered op inion that 1956

was one of

the

fastest

years in o u r

lives.

While

we

carried a heavier

l o a d

of a c t i v i t i e s , a s s u m e d new r e s p o n s i b i l

i t i e s , a n d f o u n d t i m e much harder to

find; yet

i t was

m o r e

a

year

o f sowing

than of reaping.

GRAYCE'S

CONTRIBUTION

Grayce Marie had a f u l l year

of

service as

she planned

and directed

three Holidays B i b l e

Schools, taught 26

women ' s

c l a s s e s ,

114 c h i l d r e n ' s c l a s s e s ,

and 12 hours i n a

summer

camp for

a grand

to tal

of 166 c l a s s - h o u r s . This

does not count the hours of prepar

at i on for

these classes. She c ont inu ed

to

receive, sort, and d i s t r i b u t e o n a n

equitable basis a l l

the

use d

B. S. l i t e r a

ture

received

b y the

three families. As

always,

Grayce

d i d

a l l

the

bookkeeping,

prepared financial

reports,

took care o f

_a l a r g e p a r t o f t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e ,

and

l o o k e d "

a f t e r the need s o f the family.

GRAYSON'SENDEAVORS

During

the year Grayson taught 69

B i b l e

S. l e s s o n s , preached

177

sermons,

prepared the

programs

and preac hed the

51 sermons o n

the

radio

to 460,000

people per week, taught 236 hours in

the

Jamaica B i b l e

Seminary,

attended

or p r e s i d e d at

89

meetings or s e r v i c e s ,

h e l d

13 members'

m e e t i n g s ,

a c t e d

as

secretary a t two me e t ings o f

" t h e trus

tee

of the J a m .

C h r i s t i a n

Trust,

h e l d

two

all-day

preaching

r a l l i e s

with

15

c h u r c h e s i n

a t t e n d a n c e ,

arranged one

Men's I n s t i t u t e and taught

32

hours i n

three of

them.

Only f i v e week-long

campaigns

were

held, and

in three

of

these other

men

did the preaching o r some of i t . Neither

time

nor

p h y s i c a l

strength was

a v a i l

a b l e

for

more. Grayson

a l s o

prepared

and d u p l i c a t e d 12 newsletters for sup-

borters, counselled

with students

and

l e a d e r s , and c a r r i e d

on

c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

with

Jamaican, Caymania n, and Amer

AGood

o l d i e r

It i s an experience

in

the lives o f

m o s t Christians

that

God r a i s e s u p the

men and women most

needed

for a

particular

hour.

Queen Esther provident

ially came "f or

s u c h

an

h o u r a s

this."

It

was a

similar hour, s p i r i t u a l l y ,

f or

Chris t i ans

in Jamaica

when

in De

cember the Freams l e f t on furlough;

and

the

Ensigns were

l e f t

with the

business,

the

teaching,

the

leading,

and

u ph o l d ing o f

the Church.

At

the

same

time,

a serious

internal

pr o ble m

threat

ened the'ontire work

o f -Ci i ri s f s

Church'

in

J a m a i c a ,

and the Ensigns

had

to

work

with

deadly earnestness to o v er

come

the

e v i l . At

such

a r i t i c a l

hour,

God a l l e d u p a

capable

s o l d i e r

o f Christ

—George Westef eldt.

PAST

TENSE

Bro.

W e s t e f e l d t

was

bom in

Michi

gan, but

b o m - a g a in

i n J a p a n under the

capable

ministry

of

Chaplain

H a l

Mar

t i n . Upon

his

separation f r o m s e r v i c e ,

George

graduated f r o m

San

Jo se B. C.

and

took two

years of graduate

work

a t

the

Cincinnati Bible

Seminary. He

was w i l l i n g

to

leave his

ministry in

western K en t u c k y , to

raise

a minimum

o f s u p p o rt , an d to

come

to J a m a i c a to

help

out on very

short

n o t i c e . It i s

needless

to

say that such action

indi

c a t e s two truths: a determined Chris

tian character, and

bachelorhood.

PRESENT TENSE

Our

Christmas

was made more

e n

j o y a b l e

as

we shared our home, food,


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PAGESIX

MARCH,

1957

1956 IN REVIEW * * *

(Continued

from

Page 5)

the

o b t a i n i n g - of

a * a d i o program

and

the

establishment o f

a new congregation in

the

rapidly growing western section

o f

Kingston.

For

the

f i r s t

time

in

J a m a i c a

undenominational

Christianity

was

o n

the a i r . 450,000 people were e s t i m a t e d

to

be listening a t

the time.

Strong

doctrinal preacning

h a s

b e en f eatured

o n every

program.

A mailing

l i s t has

been f o r m e d , and hundreds of sermons'

and

tracts have been

m a i l e d

ou t .

We

know the program ' s

doing

a tr e m e n

d o u s amount o f go o d

though i t s

t o t a l

i m p a c t

w i l l

be

unknown u n t i l e t e r n i t y .

ACHURCH

INDEED

The

congregation

at

Penwood

R d .

was

started

on J a n u a r y 1, 1956.

It ha s

grown through

the year to

thirty

Chris

t i a n s ,

m o s t o f

them young

people

who

came b y immersion

into

Christ. Vis itors

have remarked about

th e ability,

con

secration, and aggressiveness of the

Christians a t Penwood

Rd.

aturally, we

think

of it as one of the b e s t congre

gations

in

Jamaica. It has been well

founded

in the Scripture and

has

be en

increased

without the " a i d " o f u se d

clothing

and handouts. P e nw o o d R d .

h a s

excellent

prospects

in

1957.

THANKSTOGOD

AND

OYOU

As

we

review 1^66~we are gratified

with

th e

results which have been

achieved

through

God ' s

grace, y o u r

prayers and

g i f t s ,

and our

l a b o r .

We

g i v e

Go d

a l l p r a i s e , and you a l l thanks

for faithful cooperation. If i t i s God's

w i l l

we hope

to f i n i s h

u p a n

outstand

ing

year

in 1957, and then

report

to,

you i n

p e r s o n .

Under

God, 1 9 5 7

s h o u l d l

be a n o t a b l e year of achievement a s l

we

s u b m i t

more

and

more

to

H i s

w i l l .

Jamaica Bible Seminary has

seven

students and

o n e

prospect

f or

the

next

quarter.

AGOOD

OLDIER

(Continued from

a g e

5)

worker to carry some of the load.

George

i s in charge o f

scholarship

work

for the students, s teaching one c l a s s in

the Seminary,

editing

and

mailing the

m o n t h l y

local

JAMAICA CHRISTIAN,

ministering

to

the Constant Spring

Church

with

Brother

Albert

Thompson,

going

to r a l l i e s and services

in the

country

with

Grayson,

and w orking as a

"consultant"

(without

pay)

on

the

Pen-

wood Rd.

uilding.

FUTURE ENSE

The f uture belongs to the

Lord, bu t

i f

i t i s

H i s gracious

w l l , Bro. W e s t e -

feldt

hopes to f i n i s h

u p his temporary

team

o n

the

f i e l d ,

raise his

s u p p ort

in

A m er i c a ,

and

return to

the work

i n J a

maica. For

our part

we

b e l i e v e

that

George

has

demonstrated his z e a l , a b i l

i t y ,

and

understanding-of

N.T.

evangel

ism. We e l i e v e

that

he would be a v a l

uable

a d d i ti on

to the Lord's

work

i n

Jamaica.

GROUND

BROKEN

*

«

(Continued fro m„ p ag e 1)

gregations represented

turned o v e r

spadefuls

o f

earth

at each

o f the

f o u r

comers of the

building s i t e .

Again, the service was continued in

the

tent, with Sister

A aron s

o f

York St.

Church

singing

a

s o l o . Then Brother

Levy o f Mt. View Church pr e ach ed a

helpful

rnessage o n the s p i r i t u a l nature

of the Church

a s

the

t e m p l e

of the

Spirit, rrndr l l j f r - P - l i v i ' n r

'

i i '

xology

wa:g"5Tmg^..iind_-Bg»^CT-

offered the—heBediction.

i n e i g h t e e n m ontl ^ a drcim

ome tr ue . nr"'

congreMit'^n

"Was

growing

i n

a

n & w _

t^ritOhyyhere

/ t h o u s a n d s

o f

p e o D l e _ a r ^ L a k l l l ^ up

^TE^ence, a

t h i r d

of a j i ~ T j i . i u ifUland

worth o v e r $2,000

wa.s

bought o r

$1,022,

and

construction was begun on

a

com

m o d i o u s me e t ingho u se.

A P ^

THE

JAMAICAN

CHALLENGER

Care of

R i v er Pk. Church

of Chriil

833 30th St.,

South Bend, IS,

Indiana.

A P R I /

1957

Non-profit

Organizetion

U.S.

POSTAGE

PAID

PERMIT NO. 803

South

Bend,

Indiana


7/22

( f l l i u r c l j e s 0f C H l j n s t

,

JAMAICA CHRISTIAN TRUST

i n

J a m a t r n

a ^ ^ ) c . a t e s :

BOX 0 ,

HALF-WAY

REE, J AMA ICA , . W . I . Dcnald Freams

" J una i c a

For Christ"

Evangelist and

Mrs. Grayson h.

Ensign

Jebruary 11» 1957

Harold McFarland,

B o x 968.

PER

1 : , Q C 7

Joliet, Illinola,

U.S.A.

Dear Bro.

McJarland,

Greetings

in the

name

of

Christ from t h e Ensigns

in

Jamaica.

Your

letter

of

January

I2th

is

hefore

me

as well

as t h e Missionary Communiqu

of

t h e same date.

First o f

all, as to your personal letter: I h a v e appreciated

y o u r

e f f o r t

t o

h e

s c r i p t u r a l

a n d

h e l p

c l e a r

u p

t h i s u n w h o l e s o m e s i t u a t i o n

i n

J a m a

I k n o w

t h a t

it

h a s h e e n

a n i r f c - s o m e

t a s k

t o y o u

a n d s o m e t i m e s a l m o s t m a k e s y o u c y

o f c l e a r i n g i t u p .

A t

t h e s a m e t i m e I

c a n n o t

a g r e e

w i t h y o u r s t a t e m e n t t h a t ' ^ o h o

w i l l s t a n d b e h i n d a n y t h i n g

t h e y

s a y - I m e a n

n o b o d y " .

O l i i a i s

i n c o r r e c t

for I

h a

b o t h g i v e n y o u i n f o r m a t i o n a n d h a v e i n d i c a t e d m y e m p h a t i c w i l l i n g n e s s t o d o a n y t h

t o

g e t

t h i s t h i n g s e t t l e d .

E v e r y t h i n g I h a v e

s a i d I s t a n d b e h i n d a n d

a l s o

a m p r e

p a r e d t o s a y i t b e f o r e a n y b o d y . I t s e e m s

a

c o n t r a d i c t i o n f o r

y o u

t o s a y t h a t i t

t i m e

e n o u g h

f o r

t h i s

t o

h a v e b e e n c l e a r e d u p , a n d t h e n t o t e l l m e

- n e

w h o i s w i

i n g

t o

c l e a r

i t

u p

- t h a t I t w i l l

d o

n o g o o d f o r m e t o b r i n g

t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t

h a v e

t o

t h e S t a t e s .

I h e t h i r d

matter c o n c e r n s Bro. K i n g ' s

letter. You q u i t e

sur

p r i s e

m e b y r e j e c t i n g a C h r i s t i a n ' s t e s t i m o n y

m e r e l y

b e c a u s e y o u

s a y

h e r e p r e s e n t

a d i f f e r e n t

g r o u p .

I k n o w t h e g r o u n d s i n w h i c h

y o u m e a n

t h i s

b u t

f r a n k l y , I d o n

b e l i e v e

in

a

s e c t a r i a n

d i v i s i o n

being admitted among

t h o s e

who

are

g e n u i n e C h r i s t

W e

are m e m b e r s

of t h e c h u r c h of Christ

o r

w e

are

not C h r i s t i a n s .

During t h e

past

f o u r y e a r s B r o . K i n g h a s w o r k e d di l i g e n t l y a n d f a i t h f u l l y w i t h t h e

c h u r c h

o f C h r i

in

J a m a i c a .

H e is a s i n c e r e ,

c o n s e c r a t e d

C h r i s t i a n and for anyone,

out

of hand, t

r e j e c t h i s

t e s t i m o n y

b e c a u s e

at

o n e t i m e

i n

t h e S t a t e s

h e

a s s o c i a t e d w i t h

t h e n o n

instrumental

brethren, i s an amazing procedure to m e .

At a n y r a t e , a s

u n h a p p y

as y o u m a y b e w i t h t h e

s i t u a t i o n

a n d

i n f o r m a t i o n g i v

y o u t o d a y , I

a m

t h a n k f u l

t o r e p o r t t h a t t h e

l o r d i s m o v i n g t h i n g s t o w a r d

a

c o n c l u

here. Even

t h e

local

c o n d i t i o n s

and society

a r e

going t o . i n t h e

e n d . e s p o s e

t h e H

g e t s ,

I b e l i e v e . I

a m q u i t e

c o n f i d e n t n o w

o f t h e f i n a l

o u t c o m e , t h o u g h h o w s o o n

might b e , I d o not know.

I n

r e g a r d

t o t h e

c o m m u n i q u e

about

t h e

p a c k e t s ,

I

c a n o n l y

t e l l

you

t h a t

t h e

p r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n

o n

t h e f i e l d m a k e s

i t

r a t h e r

d i f f i c u l t

t o d o a n y t h i n g a b o u t p r e

p a r i n g s u c h

a

p a c k e t . I m y s e l f

w o u l d

b e w i l l i n g

t o

t r y a n d

p r e p a r e t h e m a t e r i a l

t h o u g h

i t

d o e s i n v o l v e

a n e n o r m o u s

a m o u n t

o f

t i m e

a s w e l l a s e x p e h e e , w h i c h

I

c a

i l l

a f f o r d t o

t a k e

f r o m

t h i s

w o r k w h i c h

is a l m o s t

e n t i r e l y

my

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . W

F r e a m s o n f u r l o u g h , w e

h a v e

v e r y l i t t l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d t h e y h a v e ,

I

s u p p o s e ,

t i m e t o

b e p r e p a r i n g f o r i t . W h a t is

y o u r s u g g e s t i o n a b o u t

s u c h a m a t t e r ? I h o p

b e

a b l e

t o

go on furlough soon

after

t h e

Freams r e t u r n to J a m a i c a .

T h i s m e a n s

a

f u r t h e r d e l a y is

h i g h l y p r o b a b l e . S i n c e t h e w o r k d o n e

o n t h i s f i e l d i s

i n d e p e n d

a n d

b y

f a m i l i e s r a t h e r t h a n

a m i s s i o n

o r g a n i s a t i o n , w o u l d it b e p o s s i b l e t o h a v e

each

work wr a p p e d in a packet.

Sincerely,

yours,


8/22


9/22

undorntcmd no i/hon I nay that I h a v o

no doniro to

intcrfor in tho

fi

unction of

th o

l o c a l

clmrcli i n itn rooponolbllity

to

itn niosionGry»

and

I h a v o n o written to

tliono p o o p l o

w l i o

p r o

iinc to lool: Into

It

o n d

porhapn I ^ . v o

b y

now a l t l i o u ^ t i I m v o no t hoard. Cod blo co

you.

' Ino cr o ly ,

narrold #• vio f tirland

>

. - .


10/22

HINT2

JAÎ ICA

FROM

the Eugene, Misso uri Christian Shurch where he has

b e e n

serving, to

J a m a i c a ,

where he will be

asRociated

with

Don al d Fream

and

Gray a o n

i s

t h e

m ^ o v e n o w

p l a n n e d

b y F r e d W . H l n t z a n d

f a m i l y .

H e

e x p e c t s

to

b e v i si t i ng the-ch urches

i n

I l l i n o i s an d I n d i an a d u r i ng May a n d June

and m a y

b e

contacted through B o x

1 4 7 ,

LaKonte, Missouri.

The

j ' r o f e r a m

to

be

pesented i n c l u d ' e a Kodachrome, slides which Brother

Hlntz

took in

J a m a i c a

while visiting there

i n

November 19561

S i nc e s i c k ne s s m a d e

it

n e c e s s ar y for Woodrow P h i l l i p s t o l e a v e

Jamaica, o ther

vforkers

h a v e

been

needed, and Bro ther

Hintz was

recommended

f o r

the

work

by

Eds il

L.

Dale of

^Qg^k

Jo p lln, Missouri.

Brother

Phillips

is

now

t e aching

i n

the

same

s c h o o l .

/

Donald Fream

and

G-rayson Ensigg wrote from the field "There has

e x i s t e d a r e a l n e e d f o r

a d d i t i o n a l

e v a n g e l i s t s

i n J a m a i c a f o r s e v e r a l ^ m o r e

years. In

this

past

year, this need has become

acute.

After much p t ay er

a n d . investigation, we-believe that

we

have found an evangelist whom we can

commend

to the church

in

America.

W e h a v e ^ - p e r s o n a l I m o x - ^ l e d g e o f B r o t h e r F r e d

H i n t z o l ' o i . e a n , M i s s o u r i

because

of

his two-week

visit

to Jamaica in November

1956, We

.observed

h i m

a s

h e p r e a c h e d , p r a y e d ,

a n d w o r k e i ^ m o n g

t h e J a m a i c a n

p e o p l e . W e

.earnestly counselled with him for many hours. We asked searching questions

about

his faith,

life,

background,

and

work. It

is our

concluslon^that

Brother Hintz is sou nd in doctrine,

consecrated

in life^ s n d

zealo us

f o r

the

r e s f i f i a a t l o n

of Christ*"8 Church.

" I f i t i s

t h e

L o r d' s w i l l , a n d i f t h e c h u r c h f i n d s t h e m

q u a l i f l f l d ^ ^

we

shall

be happy to

have

the Hintz family in

J a m a i c a , . "


11/22

4

.Jm

sj

T h . e L a M o n t e , ^ « 8 o u r l -

w h e r e

L l o y d P l o j g g ^ - l ^ g ;^%he p r e a c h e r , '

and

o f

whic h Fred

i s

a

2i»©^y ©©mmendS c i i e iitntz f a m i l y f o r

this

: ,

service.

/


12/22

—

HE STQRy OP

EENWOOD

RO^i) k 4 -

^

A c U o i f t ^

of Penwood besdns

on

January

1.

1956. when the Gravson

Eoai/ais

hel d the first s e r v i c e

o f preaching in t̂ onmmity shelter on the Penwood

R d A - O

h o u s i n g

e s t a t e

i n

w e s t e r n

K i n g s t c m ^ ^ B r o t h e r j ^ P i n k

b e g a n

w i t h

u s

a s

a n

a s s o c i a t e

worker. v r i th th e he l p

of

Brother J. fesley Ck>^^

a

contractor,

we

began

negotiations t o purchase a strategic l o t o n the e s t a t e f trom the

govern

m e n t A f t e r a

d o w n | > a y i n e n t

w a s

m a d e

w e

s t r u g ^ e d f o r

a y e a r a n d a

h a l f

t o b r e a k

throu^ government r e d t a p e a n d the fierce opposition of

the

denominations o f

^ l e J a m a i c a C h r i s t i a n

C o u n c i j ( ' C | B y

t h e

g r a c e

o f

G o d , t h i s l a n d w a s

f i n a l l y

p u r c h a s e d

a t

a

r e a s o n a b l e

p r i c e

( a t

l e a s t h a l f

o f t h e r e a l

v a l u e ^ ^ ^ d

t h e

p r o

perly was

d e e d e d

t o the

Jamai c a

Christian

Tirust,

Ltd,

Ground

was broken o n January 27, 1957, for a eeting

house f or

the

c o n ^ e g a -

t i o n

idiich h as grown to ihiitji-uiy a c t i v e

meoibers

with at t endanc e at s e r v i c e s

(0 >

BrdV^ink

has

been called to be the minister,

from

oixty

to

one-hundrod,

/ steel structure

and

roof was

erected first as a

meeting

p l a c e

f or the churoh

in p l a c e of the

tent which was gDing t o

p i e c e s #

Then a

concrete

wall

with reinforced steel

was erected

to make a structure

75

X 30 eet# Two t o i l e t s are

being

i n st a l l e d

coBq>lete.

The Ensigis,

who

are ee±e3y responsible

for

this work,

have had

to borrow

Y W i c ( - J c ' loa

$ 1 , 0 0 0 t o p a y o n t h i s w o r k . Y f i t h i n t w o w e e k s , ^ 1 , 3 0 0 m o 3 ? e w i l l b e - d u e t o t h e

/,.3f

contractor,

and

there

^$18 n the

building

fund. Two sections of roof need

to

be

put on to c o n p l e t e the r o o f ,

and

t h e s e w i l l

cost

a l m o s t $500. F i n a n c i a l

help

is greatly

needed

by

the Ensigns

on this m a ^ ^ o r project#

t i n mrn

te

n n i i l

y e t a r ^ i l f t s f ^ o

n n ^ G r a y s o n

E n s i ^ ^ B o x

2 0 ,

H a l f ^ ^ l j i a y ^ r e e ,

J a m a i c a #


13/22

Box

2 0, H a l f - W a y ^ r e e

MAY

23

957

May 21, 19 57

Dear Brother McFarland:

Greetings in

the

n a m e of the

Lord J e s u s

Christ*

I m enclo sing two pictures to accompany

a

news

stoiy

o n the Penwood R d*

meetin^aouse

w i x i c h I

m

constructing with the help o f some s upporters •I m

not

sure

that you

can

or will

want

to use this*

However,

I m

sending it

along in hopes that it may be considered. In

ny

opinion, i t i s one

o f

the

most sigiifica nt undertakings in

the

Jamaican

work

a s it is

the

largest mset-

in^use which has

been constructed

so fa r in the

Kingston

area,

is in

the

midst o f hundreds o f

new

homes with thousands o f p e o ^ e within w a l i d L n g dis

tance

o f

the spot, and will be used

by the

growing Penwood Rd.

congregation

who

already have

c a l l e d the ir

own J a m a i c an

minister*

As you

have accu rately

noted

in

your

directory,

the

work

here

is

unclassifie

and

quite independent. This Penwood R d* project illustrates this clearly*

Prom

the

time that I

ound this

piece

of land,

I ave supplied eveiy d o l l a r

to d a t e

that has

g o n e

to

p u r c h a s e

t h e land,

s e c u r e m a t e r i a l s ,

and

e r e c t t h e

b u i l d i n g *

Unfortunately, many

folk

do not

know that money

which they se nd to the work i n

J a m a i c a , a d d r e s s e d

or

m a d e out to " J a m a i c a C h r i s t i a n

M i s s i o n " , g o e s

to

t h e Don

Freams

entirely. This

is by a

revious a greeme nt

between certain missionaries

h e r e

b e f o r e I

c a m e ,

I t h i n k i t

i s

c o c k e y e d a n d r i d i c u l o u s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , it

h a s

c o nt inu e d

up

t o

now.

X

d o g r e a t l y

a p p r e c i a t e your

f o r w a r d n e s s

and r e s p o n s i b l e

a c t i o n

in t r y i n g to

clear up the Herget t a n g l e * It seems that

few

are will ing to take a tand

and

s e t t l e t h e

m a t t e r p r o p e r l y *

No

o n e h a s v i s i t e d

h e r e

in

a l l

t h e s e

m a z y m o n t h s *

I ave

written

to

s c m i e

men, urging them to action, but for

seve ral months

I have

w r i t t e n

not at all

b e c a u s e

n o t h i n g s e e m s to be a c c o n p l i s h e d

t h e r e b y .

W i t h t h e L o r d ' s h e l p , I h o p e to b e i n M i n n e a p o l i s

o n

S e p t e m b e r 2 4 * P e r h a p s

I hall be able

to

talk with

yo u then.

I n Quit's o v e .

no

0

> /

/

^

A


14/22

lie

JAMAICAN

^""^^HALLENGER

" . . .

a g r e a t

and e f f e c t u a l

d o o r i s

o p e n e d

... n d t h e r e a r e

many

a d v e r s a r i e s

..

VOLUME

I , NUMBER 3 JUNE, 1957

BUILDING ACHIEVEMENT AT PENWOOD R D.

H e r e y o u see a n

answer to

long-

continued

prayers.

When we look a t

the picture o f the land we bought,

a nd

then

at this

l o v e l y , strong building

where a true church o f Christ worships,

we

pra is e God exc eed ingly.

How

re

m ar k a b l e

has

been

the

leading o f

the

Lord i n this

whole

Penwood

Rd. roject.

The Christians are working

with

re

newed- zeal to f i l l this building,

a nd

there

i s a

quickened

interest

in the

c o m m un ity.

Just recently,

six

have been

•i mmer se d into Christ, and two Chris

tians

ha v e

placed fellowship

a t

Pen-

wood Rd.

The

large

room

a t

the

b a c k o f

the

plat

form will

form two

c l a s s rooms. o i l e t s

are being

completed

off

the

end of

t h i s

room. T r u l y ,

we

a r e amazed that we

h a v e be en able

to

actually see the

erec

tion

o f

this

much o f

this

big building.

Solid

Figures

This encouraging

a chie v e m ent ( f o r

i t has giv en heart

to

a l l Jamaican

Christians) in blo ck and steel has c o s t

y o u supporters o f ihe Ensigns al mo st

$5,000 o r

will when

we are

able

to

pay

the

b i l l s —

1,000

borrowed f or the

roof, $1,4 00

d u e

o n the walls. We hould

'I'M, , . . .

Folly

or Faith?

It

was clear

to u s

from the begin

spend

. $ 5 0 0

m o i - e t o

get

the

r e s t

of the

roof o n before

we

leave

in

A u g u s t . If

this

can

be d one , i t will

leave

a b o u t


15/22

THE JAMAICAN CHALLENOER

FwbiMitd b f i v a i i | » i » t t i i J Mr*.

GRAYSON HARTER

ENSIGN

ChwrchM

C h r i s t

(Jamei c a C h r l s t i a r )

Miaiion)

BOX20

H « l f * W a y - T r f t e ,

Jamaica, B.

W.

.

(U.

S. Address: Miss Mildred

McClure

c/o

River

Park Church of C h r i s t

8o3

30th

S t r e e t ,

South Bend, 15, Indiana)

We prefer

to

have a l l f unds

en d

l e t t e r *

tent

to us i n Jamaica,

Asso ciated

with the

Donal d Freams

in the

J a m a i c a

Christian Trust.

F u r l o u g h

?

Yes,

furlough,

with a

question

mark.

We want a furlough, need a furlough,

and have one pla nned; but i t w i l l be

b y

Go d ' s favour that i t

becomes a

reality.

There i s always the

p o s s i b i l i t y of

s i c k

n e s s , though we are i n f a i r l y good

health. There i s

the

f i n a n c i a l problem

o f cleaning

u p

ex penses here

and

b u y

ing

round t r i n

plane

t i c k e t s at alm o st

$500. There i ' s the p o s s i b i l i t y of

s o m e

unforeseen hindrance arising.

Yet,

we

are

trusting

God for

a successful

achievement

of

our

prayers.

Physical

Need

A

urlough

i s a necessity a s well a s

a desirable thing. Doctors a d v i s e

u s

that N. Americans

who are

working

(not v a c a t i o 7 ' n g ) hcc need to get

o ut

of the t r o p i c a l climate at

least

every

two years. From a physical standpoint,

we know

that

three y e a i . s

o f s t e a d y

labor with long hours burns u p a l l the

reserve strength

th;

ne

brings

to

Jamaica.

Spiritual

Need

Furthermore, there i s the need

of

s p i r i t u a l

rejuvenation b y being among

American Christians

an d receiving in

formation, help,

and

blessing instead

o f giving i t o u t

a l l

the

time. It

i s a

falldcy to sup p o s e a missionary neces

s a r i l y

increases i n

s p i r i t u a l i t y

because

he i s a

missionary.

J a m a i c a (and

prob

a b ly

a l l

fields)

c an

bring spiritual

d e

terioration and

moral d egenerat i on t o

the

Christian worker who is

weak or

c a r e l e s s .

^ I l e q u ir e m e nt

E i g h t h

a n d N i n t h

April

was m a r k e d by two excellent

preaching r a l l i e s , whic^ were Grayson's

eighth

and

ninth

r a l l i e s

since he

started

holding

them two

years ago.

These

have

been the m o s t productive meetings

in proportion

to the

time involved that

Grayson

has

found.

Approximately

1,800

people

have

been

reached

by the nine

r a l l i e s . Much

sorely

need e d teaching

on the Church, the ordinances, the p l an

o f salvation, and Christ has b e en

gi v en

to those most needing i t . T h e s e nine

rallies have been he ld

i n the

midst of

the

eight m o s t

important areas where

the churches

of

Christ are located,

(continued

o n

p .

6,

c o l .

2)

Richmond

Park

Bu i l d ing

mentally,

physically and

s p i r i t u a l l y

d i s

q u a l i f i e d

for

continued s e r v i c e . Right

now,

know

a f a mily in J a m a i c a who

has not

t ak en a f ur l o ugh

for

f i v e y e a r s

b e c a u s e , they a d m i t , they

w o u l d

lose

s u p p ort

when

p e o p l e

saw

an d

heard

them. All m i s s i o n a r i e s sho u l d be re

quired

to

return regularly for

a

thor

ough

report to

an d

examii.ation by

the

eldership

o f the supportinjr church.

Finally, there i s the 1 eed o f b u i l d

ing

Up

sup port which has

a tendency

to fall

o f f

as time rolls b y .

Some

for

get

o r dro p

their

p l e dge d

suppoi-t. Ir

regular givers turn to m o r e recent m is

sionary

s p e a k e r s o r

to

more sensational

efforts.

Thus, there

are

four

vital

and

e s

sential

re a s o n s f o r

a

f u i d o u gh.

When?

God

willing, we

h o p e

to

leave

Ja

m a i c a

in

A u g u s t . We o p e

to g e t

some


16/22

NO

MORESNAKES

Here in the land of J a m a i c a we

h a v e a l m o s t

no snakes. Once in

a while

in remote

bush-country

a n occasional

one

i s s e e n . These

arc u s u a l l y

q u i t e

small and h ar ml e s s .

Imported Destruction

To r i d the island

o f

o bno x i o u s

snakes

and

r o d e n t s t h e

mongoose, a

small animal

about t h e

s i z e and shape

o f

a

mink,

was imported. It i s a b o u t

s i x t e e n

i n c h e s l o n g .

I t

has s t i f f , brown

i s h - g r a y

h a i r g r i z z l e d

w i t h

b l a c k ,

s o m e

what l i k e t h e

c o l o r

of

s q u i r r e l s

i n t h e

S t a t e s .

T h i s l i t t l e

animal depends upon

i t s

l i g h t n i n g - l i k e s p e e d

t o

k i l l

i t s

p r e y .

Although i t has a f i e r c e d i s p o s i t i o n , i t

can

be t amed q u i t e e a s i l y .

R are Opportunity

Once

in a while when we are

trav

e l i n g i n t h e c a r a t n i g h t on

o u r wa y

home

from a

s e r v i c e i n

t h e c o u n t r y

p a r t s , we catch a

glimpse

of

a mon

g o o s e

scurrying across the road.

One

a f t e r n o o n ,

however,

we c a m e

a c i ' o s s

t h e

one

p i c t u r e d

h e r e .

I t had

been k i l l e d o n

t h e

r o a d

by

a c a r o r t r u c k . I s u p p o s e

t h i s I S about t h e o n l y way

we c o u l d

T > ^

p i < ^ t u r e o f a w i l d m o n g o o s e .

By

t h e

way, d i d y t . u

know

t h a t t h e

p l u i - a l

o f mongoose

i s mongooses and

n o t mongeese as o n e might s u p p o s e ?

THE OTHER DAY

v ^ - ^ 3

THE

ALIENS AND ADMIRERS

T h o s e of

you who

are

regular

read

ers

of

the JAMAICAN CHALLENGER

remember

Bro.

Bob

Allen,

who assisted

u s

here

i n

J a m a i c a

during

two

sum

m ers.

On his way l i a c k to the States

i n

1955 he

went

t o Grand Cayman.

W h i l e

Bob was tbere, he met Miss

Carolyn Bodden. By h i s p e r s u ^ . s i v e

teaching o f - God's word

through h i s

correspondence with her

he

led

Carolyn

t o C h r i s t . Brother

Ensign b a p t i z e d her

while she was i n J a m a i c a for

a

short

time.

Then last

summer Bob a n d Car

olyn

decided

to

work

together

for

Christ.

Union

-

Reunion

On A p r i l 1 4 t b , a f t e r j . m r n e y i n g

t o

Grand Cayman, Bob mad Carolyn h i s

wife.

Because

Carolyn l . a s

been Bro.

Tom

A d a m ' s secretary at

the

B.W.I.A.

o f f i c e , t h e A l i e n s

were

j i b l e

t o

f l y over

t o Jamaica

f o r

a few

d a y s '

honeymoon.

You c a n w e l l i m a g i n e

o u r

d e l i g h t i n .

seeing t h i . s

fine

couple again.

Both

B o b

and Carolyn a r e a r c l o n t i v admired by

our

t h r e e

s o n s , Mark, Nathan, and

D a v i d ; s o t h e y i n s i s t e d o n h a v i n g

t h e i r

p i c t u r e

t a k e n

w i t h

t h e

A l i e n s j u s t b e

f o r e

we

bade

them

Godspeed

at

t h e

a i r

p o r t . We p r a y G o d ' s r i c h b l e s s i n g s t o

be with

t h i s

consecrated.

Christian

co u


17/22

PAGEFOUt

JUNE, 1957

%


18/22

JUNE,

1957

I n s t i t u t e W e e k

In March, "a next" (as our Jamaica n

b r o t h e r s say) Men's

I n s t i t u t e

wag h e l d ,

t h e

e i g h t h

i n t h e

p a s t t h r e e

y e a r s . T h i s

one

- w a s planned by Bro.

George

Weste-

f e l d t , a s s i s t e d by Grayson. I t was

a

f u l l and

b u sy

week.

Alumni

On

Monday

afternoon a n a l u mni

m e e t i n g was

h e l d .

The alumni organ

i z e d t h e m s e l v e s , e l e c t i n g Bro. L. Wil

l i a m s

a s c h a i r m a n a n d

B r o . A. Thomp

son a s

secretary.

A frank, open di s

cussion was held b y

the

a l u mni o n

the

work of

the

alumni,

the future

of

the

Seminary, and the needs of

the

work.

A f t e r w a r d on Monday e v e n i n g ,

I

f i n

i s h e d

up my

c o u r s e s and d u p l i c a t e d

them.

On Tuesday, the

f i r s t

c l a s s e s were

h e l d . I

taught

two c l a s s e s each morn-

—

E s s e n t i a l s of Worship" and

Exposition of

Colossians."

Bro W e s t e -

f e l d t t a u g h t two c l a s s e s — S u r v e y

o f

Mark"

and "How

o

D e v e l o p O f f i c e r s . "

I

l e d

a

d i s c u s s i o n c l a s s

one

afternoon

o n

the

"Meaning

of the Jamaica Chris-

^an

T r u s t ,

L t d . " .

I n

t h e e v e n i n g s

George brought to a m i x e d audience

lessons f r o m

First

John. One afternoon

ê

aught a l e s s o n on the use of v i s u a l

aids.

Leaders' Meeting

An

i n f o r m a l

( i . e . , not denomina

t i o n a l

but

open

to a l l interested work

ers) l e a d e r s ' meeting

was assembled

on Thursday a f t e r n o o n . Twenty m i n i s

t e r s and e l d e r s were p r e s e n t .

Bro.

Wil

l i a m s was

e l e c t e d

a s a c t i n g c h a i r m a n .

Again, we

American

e v a n g e l i s t s were

e n l i g h t e n e d by t h e f r e e

and

c a n d i d

d i s

cussion of various

problems

of the men

a n d c h u r c h e s

— h e n e e d

o f

b u i l d i n g s ,

l i n a n c i a l

p r o b l e m s ,

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

q u e s -

t h e q u e s t i o n o f a s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l ,

and t h e assuming of more r e s p o n s i b i l

i t y for

programs

and work by

t h e Ja

m a i c a n men.

A o m m i t t e e of f o u r men

was a ppo int e d to work

with Bro.

En

sign

i n

preparing the

next I n s t i t u t e .

A

t h r e e man

c o m m i t t e e

was ap

p o i n t e d t o work

w i t h

Bro. Ensign

i n

s e c u r i n g

a l l

t h e i n f o r m a t i o n

p o s s i b l e

a b o u t t h e

e s t a b l i s h m e n t

o f a s e c o n d a r y

s c h o o l

and sending

a r e p o r t t o t h e

l e a d

e r s .

Most of

the

leaders

advocate

s t r o n g l y t h e

founding

o f

such

a

s c h o o l .

O f t e n c h i l d r e n of

C h r i s t i a n p a r e n t s

a r e

d i s c r i m i n a t e d against

i n denomination

ally

controlled schools.

T h e n t h a t e v e n i n g I

h a v e

a l o n g t a l k

with

one of

t h e o l d e r Jamaican l e a d e r s

until 1 a.m.

Last

Day

I t

was 5 : 1 5

a . m .

w h e n I

g o t u p t o

take Bro.

Woodstock t o

the

bus. Then

(Continued on

p .

6 ,

c o l . 1)

PAGE

FI VE

P i n k

and

Palmer

Ordained

Two

t a l l , z e a l o u s ,

k e e n ,

a n d c o n s e -

c r a t e d young men, who were

c l a s s m a t e s

i n

j a b , were

o r d a i n e d

r e c e n t l y .

Brother

N e v i l e A. P i n k was

v a l e d i c t o r i a n

o f

h i s c l a s s

w h i l e

B r o .

S y d n e y P a l m e r

was

s a l u t a t o n a n . Now

b o t h a r e

h a r d - w o r k

ing p r e a c h e r s of t h e g o s p e l who a r e

b r i n g i n g new

l i f e t o

some

o f

t h e

churches

in Jamaica.

Camperdown

On

A p r i l

7 a n

a l l - d a y

p r e a c h i n g

r a l l y

was

h e l d a t

Camperdown

C h u r c h .

During the

a f t e r n o o n

when

e l e v e n co n

g r e g a t i o n s

were

r e p r e s e n t e d .

Brother S.

L. Palmer was s e t

a p a r t t o

t h e g o s p e l

m i n i s t r y . I t was my f i r s t

o r d i n a t i o n

s e r v i c e

m a m i c a , a n d I was i m p r e s s e d

* _ ^ ^ o t h e r s L i v i n g s t o n e ( o f B r a e -

t o n ) Edwards ( o f L i n s t e a d ) , W e s t e -

l e l d t

(of

Constant S p r i n g ) , O'Connor

( o f C a m p e r d o w n ) , a n d

I a l l p a r t i c i p a t

ed

i n t h e

s e r v i c e . Now Bro. Palmer i s

m i n i s t e r i n g

a t

Camperdown

and

L l u i d a s

Vale churches.

York S t r e e t , Kingston

T h e Y o r k S t .

h o u s e o f w o r s h i p

w a s

t h e

s c e n e

f o r

B r o t h e r

P i n k ' s

o r d i n a t i o n .

in

t h i s

congregation, where he was won

t o C h r i s t from Romanism f i v e y e a r s

b e

f o r e , t h i s

f a i t h f u l a n d e a r n e s t

y o u n g

m i n i s t e r

of

Penwood

Rd.

Church

wa s

a p p o i n t e d t o

t h e

m i n i s t r y

of C h r i s t .

u * c a m e

from

s i x

c o n g r e g a t i o n s ,

b u t t h e p r o u d e s t o f a i l were t h e f o l k

f t

- o r n P e n w o o d R d . C h u r c h . B r o t h e r s

of Mountain.

Constant

S p r i n g ,

'

i o i n e d

i n t h e

r d i n a t i o n .

G r a y s o n

h a d

t h e

p r a y e r o f

o r d i n a t i c m a n d t h e s e r m o n o n "The Of

f i c e

o f

E v a n g e l i s t i n t h e

N.T

HP and others

v e . f f i o J d o f h a r -

t h a n

i f

f u t u r e

h a n

t h e r e

h a s b e e n

m h e

p a s t .

N. . Pink,

Evangelist


19/22

PAGE I X

JUNE, 1957

INSTITUTE WEEK

-

( C o n t i n u e d

from

p a g e 5)

we h e l d t h e

f i n a l c l a s s e s

o f t h e I n s t i

t u t e , c o m p l e t i n g t h e s e s s i o n a t n o O T .

As o n e a c h

p r e c e d i n g

d a y , G r a y c e

Mane

p r o v i d e d

t h e

men

w i t h a

m e a l a t

n o o n .

I t h e n

g o t

Dons pay

r o l l "

r e a d y f o r some o f

t h e men,

h a a

i n d i v i d u a l c o n f e r e n c e s

w i t h

s o m e , a n d

S o k o ^ h L s t o t h e

b u s . T h a t e v e n m g

three tired missionaries

f o r t h e i r w e e k l y p r a y e r m e e t i n g , h u t

g a v e t h a n k s t o

G o d

f or

a s a t i s f y i n g

we e k

of

work.

«

freams and hintzes

The Don Freams a r e f i n i s h i n g

uP

t h e i r

f u r l o u g h

i n

t h e

U . S .

P j ® "

b e b a c k i n J a m a i c a

i n J u l y o f

t h i s

y e a r

t o resume

t h e i r

a c t i v i t i e s h e r e .

The

F r e d H i n t z

f a m i l y ,

r e c r u i t s

t o

w o r k i n t h e

M a n d e v i l l e

a r e a ,

a r e

s t i l l

t o u r i n g

t o

r a i s e s u p p o r t . T h e y a r e h o p

i n g

t o r e c e i v e e n o u g h

p l e d g e d

s u p p o ^

t o l e a v e t h e U . S . i n November o f 1 9 5 7 .

These workers

s h o u l d

be

on

your prayer

l i s t .

We o p e t o s e e some o f y o u

a t

t h e

M i s s i o n a r y

C o n v e n t i o n , M i n n e a p o l i s , ,

S e p t e m b e r

2 4 - 2 7 .

The

s um m er

term

o f

t h e Seminary

o p e n e d i n

May

w i t h

s i x s t u d e n t s .

THE JAMAICAN CHALLENGER

C a r e o f

R i v e r

P W . C h u r c h o f

C h r i s I

833 30th S t . ,

S o u t h

Bend,

1 5 , I n d i a n a .

EIGHTH and NINTH

-

(Continued

from page

5)

Camperdown

B e c a u s e o f

commitments

i n

t h e

m o r n i n g , B r o . W e s t e f e l d t

a n d

G r a y s o n

d i d not go out

t o

Camperdown

u n t i l

pm.

Eleven congregations

were repre-

Wed n t h e

1 5 0

p e o p l e

who

w e r e

jammed i n

a n d a r o u n d

t h e l i t t l e h o u s e

o f w o r s h i p .

When

t h e

rams

e l l ,

p e o p l e

crowded

i n t o

t h e a i s l e s , on t h e p l a t

form, and

i n t h e

doorways and win

dows. Brother

W e s t e f e l d t

and Grayson

p r e a c h e d t w i c e

i n t h e

a f t e r n o o n ,

as

s i s t e d i n t h e o r d i n a t i o n o f B r o t h e r

Palmer,

and

then preached

a

se^pn

a

p i e c e i n

t h e

e v e n i n g .

B r o t h e r P a l m e r

r e p o r t e d a f t e r w a r d

t h a t

t h e

h a r d - h i t t i n g

s e r m o n o n C h r i s t i a n G i v i n g h a d

t a k e n

e f f e c t and had i m p r o v e d t h e o f f e r i n g s .

Richmond Park

I n

M a r c h ,

G e o r g e a n d G r a y s o n met

with

t h e two

s m a l l , s t r u g g l i n g

c o n g r e -

g a t i o n s a t

R i c h m o n d

P a r k a n d ,

b y G o d

s

f a v o u r , r e u n i t e d t h e m . We

a i d

that^

w o u l d

r e t u r n

t o h o l d a r a l l y

f o r t h e m

a t a l a t e r d a t e . On A p r i l 2 3 , we w e n t

u p

t o

t h e

m o u n t a i n

t o p

w h e r e R i c h m o n d

P ark

i s

l o c a t e d . . , j

S e v e r a l

o f t h e

Jamaican

l e a d e r s

i n

t h e a r e a b r o u g h t s t r o n g m e s s a g e s . Only

f o u r

c o n g r e g a t i o n s

w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d ,

b u t

i t was

o n e

o f t h e l a r g e s t c r o w d s a t

anv r a l l y . Both George and I

were

again

i m p r e s s e d b y t h e c h a r a c t e r o f

_ t h e

p e o

p l e a n d t h e

v i g o r o u s

w o r k t h a t

B r o .

L . W i l l i a m s , g r a d u a t e o f JBS, s card

i n g

o n i n t h i s e n t i r e

a r e d .

U n f o r t u n a t e -

I v t h e

C h r i s t i a n s

h a v e n o t b e e n t a u g h t

t o s u p p o r t

t h e i r m i n i s t e r .

t e a c h i n g

was g i v e n o n t h i s s u b j e c t d u r

^ " ^ A s w e d r o v e

b a c k

t o

K i n g s t o n ,

w e

c o n c l u d e d t h a t

i t _

h a d b e e n a n o t h e r

g r a n d day o f s e r v i c e .

R a d i o

J a m a i c a

c l a i m s

5 0 0 , 0 0 0

l i s

t e n e r s i n

Jamaica

i n 1 9 5 7 .

Their

s e v

e n t h

and

l a r g e s t

t r a n s m i t t e r has

j u s t

b een op ened.

Non-Prof t Organization

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

PERMIT NO. 803

South Bend , Indiana

Mr.

I-Is-rroli

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Box 963

Joliet,

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21/22

l o r g t o ( B o d

I n t h e f l i g h e s

The 1,957'th anniversary of

the Incarnation of

God,

Dearly

beloved

because of Calvary,

h a p p y

are we tc s e n d h o ly

s a l u t a t i o n s

o v e r the m i l e s to y o u r

heart

in

the olessed

remembrance of

the

Incarnation

of

our

Saviour,

With

the

shepherds

and wise

m en'o f e l d ,

ws al so

h?sten

with glowing

hearts to

see the

Christ

rf G o o , the king ^f

glory.

Yet how mu ch

m o r e p r o f o u n d i s o u r wo r sh i p , how m u ch d e e p e r o u r l o v e b e c a u s e we

see not a babe but the crucified and risen

Lord

God, With what

h u m i l i t y ,

r ej o i c ing , and

trembling e m o t i o n s

d o we pron'^unce the

meaning o f the mirac l e o f the

a g e s - - " Th i s is

a f a i t h f u l

saying and

worthy

^f all acceptation, that

Christ Jesus

came

into

the world to

save sinners " Oh, what glorious

g o o d

news

The overwhelming evidence of

the love ^ . f God

must not

only

humble

us

b u t m u s t pro duce

an unse lf ish, sac rif icing

lo v e lik e that

of the Father

and

of

the

Son.

We

cannot

make the

sacrifice of

Christ, but

we

can

and

must give Him

the

ultimate in devotion,

loyalty,

and

service.

God

g a v e

And

though

we c snnot

f u l l y co m prehend

the i m m e n s i t y

o f t h a t giving, ws a l s o m u s t give. For the Chri st i an there

i s

no

q u e s t i o n

a b o u t

what he sh a l l g i v e . The s a v i n g

knowle dg e o f J e s us

Christ

i s

the g r e a t e s t g i f t

that

one

fers^in

e v e r

g a v e

to another.

Through

•yr

Christian l i v e s and homes we are

privileged t i ^

give

to the, bs v v lldere d a n d

despairing

the love of God

in Christ,

0

how thankfully and

happily

do

we acknowledge the

goodness

of God, sg manifest in our own lives, x-raise God for true friends

i n A m er i c a ,

f*r

s p l e n d i d

Christians

in J a m a i c a ,

f o r the

uniting

o f

our

l i v e s i n

the

s a l v a t i o n

o f God and

i n

the

work

o f

s a v i n g

others,

God grant

unto you

and your precious ones

the most jcyous and blessed r'- mne m brance of

Christ's coming that you ever had, and

may

He keep

you

rejoicing in faith

fulness until

He ccm.es

asain.

Grayson, Grayce Harie and sons

B4.130S

UTHOIN

U.S.A.


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