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JAMAICA
CHRISTIAN
Volume
9
Jan. Feb.
Mar.,
1959
No.
1
God'sBockPasture
Small, s t r u f f f f l i n j c grroups of
Christ
ians, desperately
needing:
someone to
conduct services
and preach
the Word
o f God to
them;
and yo u nR, would-be
preachers,
eager
for
a chance
to try
their
wings ,
can often be br ought to
gether quite happily
to
the mut ual
ben
e f i t
of both. And. ince both of these
a r e
g e n e r a l l y
i n s o l v e n t
i t
f a l l s
t h e
l o t
of the
mis s io n aries to
f ur n i sh the
bus
fare
i n
order
to
bring the two together.
We re grateful t o those of y o u who
have sent funds designated for this
purpose.)
HELP WANTED
This semester,
three
o f
the older
students, B r o t h e i - s
Parker,
Johnson, a nd
Gordon, have
been
making uch
trips
o u t
t o
these
f a r - o f f l i t t l e a c c e s s i b l e
spots
to preach the gospel . assava Pon d ,
Lluidas Vale.
Mt.
Rosser, and Charlton.
Usually, these places
are
not
counted
as
churches, but
' preaching
points
because they are not
able
to f a i t h f u l l y
conduct
their
own
services.
The num
ber of baptized believers in
s uch
places may range
fr om
five to
twenty,
with
a good
many children
attending
Bible school.
Remember hese
young
men
n y our
prayers, as the y labor
for
the Lord
o u t
in His back pastures.
Several
have
been
won
to the
Lord
as
a result of
their
efforts.
R a l l y I n
May
An l l - i s l a n d rally
i s being
planned
for May
25th,
which i s
Empire
Day, a
national
holiday
in J a ma ic a . Woodrow
P h i l l i p s
former
missionary and
present
professor
i n
Ozark
Bible
College,
w i l l
be back in the island for
a
v i s i t and
w i l l be the
featured
speaker.
Every effort i s being made
to
ob
tain
permission
fr om the
Kingston City
Council to
use the Ward Theatre
(the
c i t y
auditorium) for the
r a l l y . We
are
working and praying
to
make this the
l a r g e s t
and
most i n f l u e n t i a l g a t h e r i n g
m
• S i
l i ;
l l
Parker, Johnson and Mitchell
CHURCH SITE IN
MANDEVILLE
Our
long
cher i she d
desire to
s e e
a
s tr o n g New
Testament
church estab
lished in Mandeville, one o f the chief
townships in
Jamaica,
i s
another
step
further toward r e a l i z a t i o n
with
the
p u r c ha s e
of a
uitable
site.
Fred Hintz located there
with
his
family
early
in 1958 with
the p u rp o s e in
mind
to
begin
a church. He
made a
careful search for either
building
or
land to purchase,
and toward the end
of
the
year
located a g o o d buy.
A
o c a l lawyer, who has been
legal
advisor
for
many y e a r s graciously
made me a
personal
loan, without
in
t e r e s t to make the down
p ayme nt
l a s t
we u p
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JAN.
FEB. MARCH.
959
Page
five
The
News
n
Pictures
i r J . - :
Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Black
were visitors
to the
island
during De
cember. He i s minister
of
the Hiprhland
ark Christian Church in Chattanooga
Tennessee
which
supp orts the
Jamaican
A '
'̂ 9
>
-
Harrv and
Adele Hill man
agers
of the
Christian Prep School
help
ed in
the
Holiday
Bible School at
Braeton. Their school
is
located
in Half
Way
Tree
and two Seminary
graduates
are employed as
teachers.
i j
Little visitors Janie and Fred
die Hintz along with baby sister
Athelia spent
two weeks
with th e
Fream
children
in January while their
mother was
in the
hospital. Mother is
well now and all are home again in
Mandeville.
Kingston the
capital
of
Jamaica is
the
largest English-speaking
city
south of
Florida.
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Page Six
JAN. FEB.
MARCH
959
Answered
Prayer
Not o n e r
ago.
we
requested
earnest
prayer for a i t u a t i o n which
i&reatened
division. You will rejoice with us to
know that the p o t e n t i a l threat
to
the
churches
by
the anti's has largely dis
sipated, and does not
now
constitute
a serious
problem. Of course,
since they
have
been introduced into the island,
they
may always
be
a
f a c t o r
t o deal
with, but our
own congregations are
not
now
troubled,
with one exception
where the s i t u a t i o n i s
well
in hand. The
two
chief defectors
have quarreled with
each
other
over money, and one has
left the
island.
Church ite
in
Mandeville
(Continued from page
1)
for sale
one
of the two
remaininc
lots
adjoining the
Seminary
property
in
Kingston, which have been held by.
he
Trust as
an
investment. In February,
the
half
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GR TOH
nd
GS tCE
M RIEENSIGN
J U L
25
9 5 3
B o x
2 0 , K i n g s t o n
1 0 ^
J a m a i c a , W e s t I n d i e s
.
e 0 9 tut new having no more place in these parts
and
having a great desire©-
©
a a that ay
come
unto you with joy
i y
the will of
Gcd^
and may
with
you
he
refreshed©
a <
o
(Romans 15^25^32)
D e a r
B r o t h e r M o E a r l a n d , J u n e 1 5 , 1 9 5 9
( s e n t
o
June«=July'has brou^t more interesting
items
for the
record
bociks of God
and
man© We are happy to share these things with you who have been
so
faithful in caring
for
the things
of
God in
Jamaica©
Time has been, as usual, at a r e m ; . i i m
as
I preached
1
sermons,
tau^t
2 ? hours
of
Seminary classes, tau^t 3
essons in the
chorches,
attended 2
vangelists*
i a e e t ~
ings,
1 leaders meeting ,
1 Trust
meeting, 1 missionary
prayer
meeting,
held
a
t w o ' - ' d o y s Men s
Institute,
and worked on
the Penwood
Rd©
house of
worship©
The two-
days Men's Institute was quite
s u c c e 3 s f i . i l
with
3 0
men f r o D i 6 ongregations in a t t e n d - ^
anccg The so-called leaders
meeting
was
used of the
Lord
far beyond our
esqjecta-
tions in
accomplishing
sane
immediate good
in
exposing more
fully
the think ing, atti~
tudes,
and objectives of
some
of
the S eminary graduates
We have
been
making a
very strenuous effort to complete
the
Penwood
Rd©
building
With your continuing
i ^ l p ^ ,
we hope
to h c - . v e
the
dedication
service
on
August 2 © It
will
b e
a
wonderful
day
for
all
of
God's people
and for
you dear helpers
especially©
Our biggest news concerns the f o m i i ' y and our future
plans©
For the past
few
months Grayce
Marie has
not b een well, and after numerous tests. X-rays, and e x a m a j i - ^
ations
we have
been told
that she is
suffering
from a
duodenal
ulcer©
We are
thank
ful
to report that the
doctor feels that
it
is
under control,
that
Grayce Marie
is
not
bedfast, and that she
is
showing i E q . j r o v e m e n t o tovever,
the
doctor advised us to
leave J amaica
as
soon
as
v / e can© This (lueation of leaving
has
b een very much in our
thoughts for many m o n t h s ©
We
have been w r e s t 3 - i n g in prayer over i t © We have sou^t
the counsel
of
consecrated Christians,
) i a v e
prayed for the Lord's ? / i l l
to b e
done,
have searched
our
om. hearts, have studied the circumstances
providentially
d e v e l o p - -
ing,
a n d h a v e m o s t o f
a l l
sou^t t o
d o a l l
t o t h e
^ory
o f G o d © W i t h
t h e
d o o t o r ' s
pronouncement
and
a c 3 v i c e ,
we
felt
that
mr time
of
indecision
was over
and
that
it
was
the
final
part
of God's
answer to
our
oft-repeated requests©
Grayce M a i ' ^ i e ' s illness is
not
the cause or even
a
main cause of
our
leaving the
work
in
Jaiuaica©
We had
already
arrived at
the decision
that
this would,be
our last
t e r m
in J a m a i c a ©
We h a v e
g i v e n a l m o s t
six y e a r s
(in
O c t o b e r ) t o
t h e
w o r k
of
C h r i s t
in
Jamaica©
They
have been hard years on us physically and psychologicallyo We have
p o u r e d out
o u r
l i v e s u n s t i n t i n g l y as we h a v e
f a c e d
l o n g - s t a n d i n g p r o b l e m s , e s t a b l i s h -
ed new congregations, estab lished a
radio progcam,
worked with the
forty churches
of
Christ,
tau^t in the
Seminary, fou^it
i ; h e g o o d
fi^t
of
the faith, and
g i v e n up a l l
though^ of leisure t i m s o We have
given our
best
and
done our best©
We
praise God
for
what He has accomplished through u s . , Now we feel t J x a t we can b e
more
effectivel
used
elsewhere,
that o . . i r health and effectiveness will b e d e t e r i o r a t . i n g
b y further
living
in
the
tropics,
and
that
it is
t : u a e
to
let
someone
else
carry
on
where
we
have
left
offo
It is
our deep
conviction
that the Lord wants us
to
leave Jamaica© It
is v e r y -
hard
for us
to pull up our heart roots and leave the church
and
the people here. The
churches are in the best
oonditionj
in
my
opinion, that they have been in during the
past five y e a r s © The c h u r c h e s h a v e
b e e n
set in o r d e r ^
a n d m a n y
men a r e
t a k i n g
a
d e - -
finite position for
- f c h e restoratim of New
Testament
C h r i s t - l a n i i y o
With
the Lord's
blessing,
we hope to leave
Jamaica
on
August 1^th
andjto
arrive
i n
C i n c i n n a t i ,
O h i o , i n t i m e
t o
p u t
t h e b o y s
i n s S o o I ^
B y
t H ^ g r a c i o u s n e s s o f m y
i n B t h e r - i n - l a w we shall
have
the
use
of her house for the tine b e i n g ©
We have no
ide
now
where the Lord wants
us
to go or what
He
wants
us
to d o ©
We
earnestly
request
y c f u r
s i n c e r e
p r a y e r s f o r us a s w e m a k e t h i s b i g c h a n g e a n d a d j u s t m e n t My i m m e d i a t e
plan is t o visit main
supporting
churches
for
the three months of S e p t e i d i e r ,
October
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Z
959
E N S I J ' G N FAMILI
home
from
J A M A I C A *
EVANGEmSTIC FIELD
T h e
G r a y s o n
E n s i g n f a m i l y
r e t u r n e d t o C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o f ' r p i o i S a S g a A u g u s t l
a f t e r a l m o s t s i x
y e a r s
i n C h r i s t ' s w o r k i n J a m a i c a .
T h e y
w i l l m a k e
t h e i r h o m e
f o r t h e
p r e s e n t
at 1 4 1 3 M a m s
R o a d ,
C i n c i n n a t i
3 1 f O h i o .
B r o t h e r E n s i g n s a i d i m m e d i a t e
p l a n i s t o
v i s i t m a i n
s u p p o r t i n g c h u r c h e s
d u r i n g S e p t e m b e r ,
O c t o b e r ,
a n d N o v e m b e r a n d m a k e o u r f i n a l r e p o r t
t o
t h e m . T h e n I s h a l l
h o p e t o l i n e u p
s o m e e v a n g e l i s t i c m e e t i n g s a s t h e
L o r d p r o v i d e s . A n y i n f o r m a t i o n
o f
openings
that
you h a v e would be appreciated.
( E d i t o r i a l
N o t e :
T h i s i s
t h e t h i r d
f a m i l y t o l e a v e
J a m a i c a
i n r e c e n t y e a r s .
T h o u g h
s i c k n e s s
h a s
b e e n
a
c o n t r i b u t i n g
f a c t o r
i n e a c h c a s e , t h e m a i n r e a s o n s a r e a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h
c h a n g e s
i n
t h e
w o r k
i t s e l f . T h e W o o d r o w
P h i l l i p s f a m i l y
r e t u r n e d i n
I 9 5 6
t n d
J o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y
o f
O z a r k
B i b l e
C o l l e g e , J o p l i n , M i s s o u r i . B r o t h e r P h i l l i p s t e a c h e s
M i s s i o n s t h e r e a n d i s
t h e k e y
f i g u r e i n
a
r e c e n t g r o w t h o f m i s s i o n a i y
i n t e r e s t
a m o n g
the faculty a n d students,
a n d
i n the general a r e a . The D o n a l d Freams h a v e recently
returned to
the Stat es
a n d also w i l l
be
assoaiated
with Oza rk Bible
Coll ege. Ad dress
5
e i t h e r
o f
t h e s e f a m i l i e s
i n
c a r e
o f
t h e
c o l l e g e
a t
^6
o r t h
W a l l ,
J o p l i n ,
M i s s o u r i .
A m a j o r p a r t o f t h e i r
w o r k
i n J a m a i c a c e n t e r e d
a r o u n d t h e
S e m i n a r y . W i t h t h e
d e v e l o p m e n t
missionary run
of g r o w i n g
l e a d e r s h i p
a m o n g t h e n a t i v e s , t h e / S e m i n a r y n e e d s t o be
r e p l a c e d
w i t h o n e
o p e r a t e d
by t h e n a t i v e s t h e m s e l v e s .
U n t i l
s u c h
a
t i m e a s that m a y d i d v e l o p , the b u i l d i n g
i s
b e i n g u s e d to house
the
Jamaica C h r i s t i a n Prep
School
c o n d u c t e d
ty
H a r o l d M a d
10
M r s .
A d e l e
H i l l , Box^, a l f
W a y
T r e e ,
J a i a i c a , T h e
W e s t I n d i e s .
S e p
1 9 : ^
d d
E n s i g ?
V
7 C
^ t i l l
F t £ c b L ~
T w o m i s s i o n a r y f a m i l i e s r e m a i n i n t h e w o r k
—
h e
F r e d
H i n t z
a n d Ha r o l d
H i l l
f a m i l i e s . B r o t h e r H i n t z i s c o n c e n t r a t i n g m u c h
o f h i s e f f o r t
i n t h e
e s t a b l i s h m e n t
o f
a c h u r c h a t M a n d e v i l l e ( B o x l 6 8 ) .
A
f i n e s i t e
h a s b e e n
s e c u r e d a n d
f u n d s a r e
n e e d e d
f o r
t h e e r e c t i o n o f a b u i l d i n g .
H e
i s a l s o i s b u s y
w i t h
e d i t i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g T h e
J a m a i c a n C h r i s t i a n , a m o n t h l y p a p e r
c i r c u l a t e d
t o a l l
t h e
c h u r c h e s i n J a m a i c a .
T h e
H a r o l d H i l l s a r e c o n t i n u i n g t h e i r C h r i s t i a n
P r e p
S c h o o l
i n
t h e
b u i l d i n g
f o r m e r l y
u s e d
t o h o u s e J a m a i c a B i b l e S e m i n a r y — n o w t e m p o r a r i l y c l o s e d .
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Nov 5, 1959
BNaiQN
TO PRESIDENCY
OF
CENTR L CHRISTI N
On
December
1, 1959,
Grayson Ensign
will
become the first fulltime
president of
Central
Christian
College
of the Bible, Moberly, Missouri,
-p
First
Christian
Church
He will
replace
John Hall /Vandalia Missouri.
Brother
Hall has
served
f o r
t w o y e a r s ^ n d r e s i g n e d b e c a u s e h e
s e n s e d t h e n e e d o f
a f u l l t i m e
president,
BEa=tfeer Ensign family Just returned
from five
years of
missionary servict in Jamaica, previous to which he was an instructor
and professor for seven years at Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Brother
E n s i g n
h o l d t h e
B . A .
g r e e
w i t h
h o n o r s
f r o m
U n i v e r s i t y
o f
F l o i j ^ ^ a ;
The M. A. and
B.D. degrees
from
Cincinnati
Bible
Seminary; and has
completed additional studies at the University
r f
Cincinnati,
and Hamma
Divinity School Springf ield Ohio Address of school is 405 North Ault
Street,
Box
615, Moberly, Missouri,
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"AND
THE Y/ORD
WAS
GOD."
"AND
THE WORD
BECAME
FLESH
Dearly Beloved
for
Christ's
sake,
December
25, 1959
H o v r
good it
is for us
to
soberly
reflect
upon the Eternal
Truth
of God
in
the
midst
of
our confused and
disordered world.
I
like to
think of John
3 l6
in
personal terms—For God so loved you
and me,
sinners,
that He
gave His only be
gotten
Son
that you and
I believing in Him
might
not
suffer
hell but
have eter
nal life. This is the one true reason
why
we have a joyful celebration
of
the
birthday of our Saviour, We do not
tarry
long at
the manger
in Bethlehem,
for
our hearts
require
that which was
accomplished at Jerusalem, at the Place of
the Skull. As we
think
of
Y f i s e
men offering gifts to the King of glory, do we
not hear
a
i n speaking
in
the
shadow
of
a
cross—"The Son of man came not to
be
ministered unto, but to m inister and to give His life a
ransom
for many.
"I am come
that
they
may have
life and
may
have it
abundantly,
Inescapably
bound up with
our
knowledge of the Conquering Lamb of God is the
personal
commitment—' '/hosoever
vrill
be
chief
among you, let him be your bond
servant and d e n i ^ l n g himself, let him take up
his cross
and
follow Me.
One
who delighted to
be
known as
a
slave of Christ points out the consequence—
"I
am
a debtor
both to the Greeks, and to
the Barbarians; both
to
the wise
and
to the
foolish.
So
I am ready to
preach
the gospel, ."
Out
of
our
lives flood heart-felt
thanksgivings
and
praises
to
our
Merciful
Father for His amazing grace. In particular, we Ensigns are unmovably certain
of
the blessing, the providence, and the goodness of God. l Y e magnify
His
Name
for the exc eedingly
abimdant
riches of His
grace
in Christ which we
have
experienced.
The Jamaican work is over
for
us, yet it is not finished either
for us
or for
the church.
The
Jamaican folk are still on our hearts, and the church is
still marching forward in the strength
of
the Lord,
Human
workers come and go,
but
the church
of
Jesus
endures forever.
We rejoice in the
outworking
of the
good and
perfect
will
of
God
in our lives
in the work that Ho did through us in Jamaica, in returning us to America
and
our
homes,
and in guiding us into the
great,
new field
of
service.
Central
Christian
College of the
Bible
in Moberly,
Missouri, is
an outstanding v r o r k of
God. It is doing
a
grand job of Christian education in a needy field.
I
am
thrilled and humbled by the responsibilities
and the
opportunities of being the
president of
such
College,
Y / i t h
all
our hearts,
we
recommend
Central
Chris
tian
College
of
the Bible as worthy
of receiving your children, your prayers,
and your gifts of love. Himibly, v ; e ask for your continued support in this
tremendous
undertaking
of
faith.
As
faithful stewards
of Christ
and
the
gos
pel, we v / a n t
only to
be
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ENSIGNS
FINAL
SIXTEEN MONTHS BI
JAMAICA
April
25, 19^8:
A r r i v e d
in
G r .
C a y m a n
for
5-day visit w i t h t h e c h u r c h we helped
establish
in 195U. Thanked
God
f o r th e
material
a nd
spiritual
progress evident.
A p r i l 2 9 :
Arrived
i n
Jamaica. Got righ t
t o w o r k v f i t h
churc hes. Seminary .
Ma y : S t a r t e d boys
t o
Priory Sc h oo l , Grayce Marie
a n d
G r a y s n t a u g h t i n Semi nar y.
June: Resumed preaching N, T , Christianity ov e r Radio Jamaica.
650,000 listeners
July:
Intensive
work
a t Penwood
Rd.
Building got
doors, windows, and floor in.
G r a y s o n b e g a n h o l d i n g e v a n g e l i s t i c c a m p a i g n s .
A u g u s t 1: A l l - d a y al l -i sl and p r e achi ng r a l l y
a t
P e n w o o d R d . O v e r U OO a t t e n d e d .
Sept, 18: Planned and d i r e c t e d Men's I n s t i t u t e
a t
Seminary. i i 3 men
a t t e n d e d .
Nov. 23: All-day preaching
r a l l y
a t Braeton
w i t h
ov e r l 5 0 fol k
present.
December 2 2 : Grayson had hernia operation,
Grayce
Marie frightened prowler
at
t h e
h o u s e w i t h p i s t o l s h o t .
J a n u a r y ,
1959:
Spent
m o n t h in
r e c u p e r a t i n g
from o p e r a t i o n . T y p e d up and
d u p l i c a t e d
m y t r a c t , V l / h y I a m N o t a 7 t h D a y
A d v e n t i s t .
Fe b r u a r y:
S t a r t e d n i g h t c l a s s i n
N.
T , T h e o l o g y f o r a d v a n c e d s t u d e n t s . M a d e a
pulpit f o r Penwood R d . He l d a l l - d a y
preac hing
r a l l y a t Mt. P l e a s a n t church.,
Ma r c h :
A t t e n d e d
o u r f i r s t Har v e s t
servic e
a t
Camperdown c hurc h.
April:
A l l - d a y p r e ach i n g r a l l y
a t
Mocho c hu rc h. Held a
t w o - d a y
Men's Institute
at
S c o t t ' s P a s s
c h u r c h for
men in
that area
May:
A l l - d a y
preac hing
r a l l y
a t Camperdown
church. Helped
ou t
i n
all-island a l l -
d a y
preac hing r a l l y planned
b y
Fr e a m s
a t
Kingston.
J u n e 2 \ x . Learned
t h a t
Grayce
Marie was suffering
from
duodenal
ulcer.
Dr. McClar
a d v i s e d
a n e a r l y
r e t u r n
to t h e U . S
July: Penwood Rd. 's b uilding g o t permanent l i g h t s
a n d
painting started. Men's
I n s t i t u t e
h e l d
a t N e w
Hope
c hurc h. Made
p l a n s
t o
leave Jamaica.
August 2 :
Dedicated
t h e
completed
Penwood Rd.
church
building. Ordained
B r o t h e r
F r a n c i s
t o
t h e m i n i s t r y . P r e a c h e d l a s t s e r m o n .
A u gu s t l U : Family l e f t Jamaica b y plane. Arrived in the U. S.