Herget James Carol 1969 Jamaica

JAMAICA
EVANGE L
A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean
'Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands"
Isaiah 42:12
Vol. 15
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL
No. 1
Produced & Published by the

JAMAICA CHRISTIAN BOYS' HOME
at No. 7 Oxford Road, Kingston 5,

Jamaica.
DIRECTORS:
Mr. & Mrs. James Herget, managing directors;

Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid;
Mr. Solomon Levy (chairman).
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga,

Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Claire Shilletto,
Dr Arthur Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes,
Mr. Glaister G. Duncan.
Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker.
CO-WORKERS:
VOLUNTEER WORKERS:
Bookkeeper:Mrs.Phyllis Stephens; Nurse

In charge of Clinic: Mrs. Patsy Alberga;
Doctors: Dr, Noel March, Dr. T. Mair,
Dr. M. H. Beaubrun; Dentist: Dr. Henry
Lopez: Photographer: Mr. Quito Bryan;
Football Coach, Preparatory School, Mr.
Pat Smith; Chairman, Board of Gover
nors, Preparatory School: Mr, Ramon
Alberga; Carpenter and Construction
Manager: Mr. Henry Nixon,
AUDITORS:
Price Waterhouse & Co.
ARE YOU WONDERING HOW YOU CAN HELP, TOO?
'Add to your treasures on the day He makes up his Jewels.'

1. Pray for us,
2. Support a boy (25.00 a month or any
part of a boy's support)
3. Send boxes of new useful clothing,
and other items, for boys. Ask us for
audited financial report and the Ja

maica Evangel which will be posted
to you.)
Send used clothing of all kinds and

Bible School materials.
a list.
4. Support financially any of our pro

jects.
5. Collect and forward pretty ends of
materials for our Candy Top Doll
Shoppe.
6.
Become a MEMBER of the HOME.
(A subscription of 75 cents a year

helps to defray postal charges for our
Type, and send scripture labels for

medicine bottles for the Clinic. Leave
9.
10.
room on the labels for dosage.

Send school and craft supplies.
Help us to plant new churches by

supporting the Christian Evangelizing
Association.
Editor:
V. S. Reid
THIS ISSUE OF THE JAMAICA EVANGEL IS MADE FINANCIALLY
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE FOLLOWING

FIRMS:
Grace Kennedy Ltd.
Andrew H. B. Aguilar
64 Harbour St.
95 Harbour St.
You Are Looking At A HOPE!

You are looking at a hope.
Quite a word, "HOPE"
"Hope" means, to "desire with expec
tation."
And, brother, we're desiring with ex

pectation! You'd better believe it!
We desire a church building at Meadowbrook. One which by its very appear

ance will beckon people to worship and
provide a worthy pulpit for His message.

Our Lord knew the pull of pulpits. He
often chose striking places from which

to deliver His teachings.
A" From a boat at sea.
On the brow of Olives.
if And even from the Cross.

Except for our love and obedience, we
have little to offer Him. If we offer the
poor gifts of our hands, let us offer of

our best. As we desire to do at Meadowbrook.
Not a large edifice, nor an elaborate
one, but one which will speak of our love

for Him. Pray for us.
Easter In The Islands
At Kasti-r. ihf> land blooms.
The Spring rains c<)me down in buckets

in the mountain country. Across the [and.
orchids, lillios, chrysanthemums and
for lady church-goers in Jamaica,
more of the
bloom.
churches
colourful
host are in full
one
of
do not run.
Most
observe the 3-hour "passion
service."
The sunlight is calm on the coast none

yet of your yellow midsummer heat. The
sou'oast iradewinds. "The Doctor" as the
islanders call it, blow fresh and frothy
off the deep blue sea. (They call it "The
Doctor" because they consider it. with
truth,
All businesses close down on Good Fri
day; even the trains
nature's
most
healthful
gifts.)
Easter Day, too. is a church-going day

with many taking communion at "beforeday" services, i.e.. "while it was yet
dark," (John 20: 1) on the morning of

His resurrection.
The long 4-day weekend ends on Mon

day night as "Easter Monday" is also a
holiday.
White is the traditional dress at Easter
Home Spun
David, in a birthday note to hi
friend. Miss Cheryll;
"Happy birthday. Miss Cheryll.
May God bless you and me."
Robert (in traffic): "Hey, Mummy,

one of my school-friends just
passed on!"
Mitchell Town is a fishing village built

on some salt flats on the island's south
coast. It also functions as a dormitory

for workers on an adjacent sugar planta
tion and factory complex. Sprawling, al
most formless, Mitchcll Town is prone to
extremes:
sometimes
almost
drowned
under hard-hitting rainstorms, and often

in the grip of drought. The kind of condi
tions that breed a hardy, independent
people used to doing for themselves. It
was a fact which turned up strongly when
it came to building the Mitchell Town
Church of Christ.
So we will tell you now about the Mit

chell Town church and the part played
by your gifts in making this dream come
true.
Solomon R. Levy
("Brother Levy"),
pastor of the Mountain View church, al

ternate preacher in the Meadowbrook
Prime Mini.ster Ri. Hon. HuRh Shearer
YOUR GIFTS HAVE WINGS!
Church of the Fishers

and August Town churches of Christ and
our long-time co-worker in the Jamaica
Christian Boys' Home, is also a hardy
man used to doing for himself. City bred
A.s Brother Levy leDs it, it was Sister

Fannie Kragnc and the August Tovvn
Young People's Group who held the first
meeting in an open field to inaugurate
though he be. sparks were bound to fly
the Mitchell Town Brotherhood.
when he and
Now, as all Christians know, there is

nothing like stepping out of the boat into
the water. It may be wet underfoot, but
with faith, its solid, brother, solid!
Brother Levy and his Mitchell Town fel
lowship needed a house of worship and
so, after praying on it, they stepped over
board by announcing they were ready to
build. And do you know what? They found
that they were on solid land: that is, a
corner lot deeded to them by Mr. Albert
Ashley of the township and the greater
portion of a roof pledged for out of the
gifts made by you our readers to the Ja
maica Christian Boys' Home. So you see
how your gifts have bourne wings!
Mitchell
Town
met each
other.
Sparks? More than that. A real bonfire

for God.
Soldier of Christ
It is forty miles of winding going be

tween Brother Levy's city church and the
community at Mitchell Town, but that did
not slow the husky, medium-height
soldier of Christ in making his marches
for the faith. He had already built up a

deeply convicted congregation at Moun
tain View and August Town, so involved
with the Lord's work that he only had to
indicate what he was up to. and they
were ready for the march wiih him.
(cont'd, on
'Whose foundation was overflown . . . (Job 22: 16)
it If
page II)
JAMAICA EVANGEL
CARIBBEAN SPRING 1969
kEVS TO Tllli KINGDOM

No field of human pj-ohlcms I'emaiiu-rl
iinUiiichcd by the Christ-life. Like all the
human race, at some lime He knew the
assault of prejudice upon His capacity to

foi'give.
He was born a victim to such assaults.
Not only was He a Jew. a sub.iect-rac'
despi-sed by the Roman conquerors, but

He was also despised by fellow-Jews. He
knew much contumely.
He knew the contemptuous dismissal
in the synagogue: Shall Christ come

out of Galilee? (John 7: 41)
And the howl of the outraged Sabbath-day worshippers; Is not this the
carpenter's son? (Matt. 13: 55);
(JENE STINSON
were their duels at evening worship with

Gene accompanying on his guitar, or by
Carol at the piano.
The campaign which was aimed at the
twin Meadowbronk -
Havendale suburbs,
won souls to Christ
and new sharers of
And the mockery of the Roman sold

iers: Hail, King of the Jews! (Matt. 27;
the Meadowbrook fellowship. We thank

God they could come and hope to wel
29);
come them back agam.
And Nathaniel's incredulous cry: Can

any good thing come out of Nazareth?
(John 1: 46);
He knew the derisive irony of Pilate's;

Am I am .lew? (John 18; 35). He knew
HIBISCUS LODGE
much contumely. Is it any wonder, then,

that the only words chosen by our Lord
for special comment in His prayer, the
only words which carry a performance
clause on the part of the sinner, are those
which ask God's ftjrgiveness as we for
give those who have wronged us'.'
For if we forgive
men iheir wrongs.
God will forgive

.And if nui Heavenly
Father forgives us nur sins, then heaven
is ours! It is a key of the kingdom!
Ocho Rios
Jamaica W.I.
Situated on 3 acres, laid out in flower
ing shrubs and tropical fruit trees with
home atmosphere and good food. Over

looking the water. Good bathing.
VISITORS TO MEADOWBROOK
Visitf)rs
this
mdtUh
were
Gene
Moderate rates.
and
Lana Stinson nf the First

Christian
Church in Boca Raton, Florida. Brother
Gene did a week's revival at Meadow-
brook with an evening evangelical s.ervice

each day except Saturday. He and his
wife took as quickly to Jamaica as the

Jamiiican tellowship tonk to him; It was
love at first sight. Particularly pleasing
Telephone Ocho Rios 676
pvery Friday Bi-other Guy comes down

from the hills oF Claremont for a working
vvfi'kc'iui ill the Home. Among his regular
chorc's are squiring Grandma to the mar
ket. catching up with his correspondence,
and helping at the Friday night Meadowbrook young people's meeting. But above
all. its the little guys who enjoy Brother
Guy.
seasons, equally helpful to the boys in

prayer room and on playing field.
The playing field thing was quite funny
in its way. for the national games of Ja
maica are different from those played in
the States. So it was quite an experience
watching him teaching baseball to little
fellows whose friends really preferred
Cricket, or explaining American football
to fellows
mM
who saw
their
companions
kicking away at soccer.

Nine Palms
Guy was a tower of strength in helping

to direct camp sports and activities ever
since Jim and Carol Herget established
the first Christian Camp at Grier Park in
the summer of 1957. By the time the camp
was shifted to the new site at Nine Palms
donated by Alcan Jamaica, he had taken

so much to the St. Ann hills that he made
up his mind to do his evangelizing minis

try there, in the nearby village of Clare
mont.
The church at Claremont was started
in the former waiting room of the village

doctor. Its growth has been steady.
Ancient Church
BROTHER GUY
"Here is water." Baptism at Claremont
Its always a big noisy occasion when

Brother Guy strides through the boys'
dormitory on a Friday morning for his
guest room at the end of the corridor.
With a whoop and a holler, the fun is on
. . . and lasts through to his early Sunday
departure for his regular ministry at
Brother Guy believes that the time has

now come to move into a regular place of
worship and all our prayers are with him.
Recently Guy saw a lovely ancient, all
but abandoned church in the village
which which is now being used as a parttime school. The Christian Evangelizing
Association of the Home is trying to lease
the building from its government owners.
Its a place of thick blond walls, old

hardwood floors and a high roof. It would
be so grand for it to be once again a
place of worship. Will you join Brother
Guy in praying that this be so?
Claremont. The fact is, he has a knack
with kids, a discovery we made since he

first came to the Home 11 years ago.
Overboard
Guy Whitley of Bath, North Carolina

joined the Home in 1957 when he came
for a three months duty tour. But the
earlier plan went overboard when Guy
A NEW BABY!
Auntie Patsy has a new baby!

Her new little girl came on January
28, 1969 and turned in a shapely 7 lbs.
14 ozs.
Congratulations to Ramon
and the island fell in love. In short order,

he had made
his
decision to make his
ministry in Jamaica. He had also been

renamed "Brother Guy" by the boys.
Baseball A Cricket
And a devoted ministry he made of it

too. For he proved to be a man of all
& Patsy
Alberga!
IT'S BLUE FOR A BOY!
Another new baby boy has come into

the Home! He's just 7 months old, but he
has put a new spring into the footsteps
of every one at No. 7 Oxford Road. Our
boys are all anxious to take turns baby
sitting. We have named him John Robin
Allen.
DOS
WORD
The folk at the First Christian Church
in Boca Raton asked up Jim and Carol |

Herget to their '68 Faith Promise Rally.
Tony, our third biggest (Bobby and Eddie I
are bigger) accompanied them. And, as
the saying is, they ran all the way do- ^

ing the Lord's work! For the trouble was
that our good travellers tried to fit 17
weeks into the 17 days indicated on the R

airlme ticket.
"We knew beforehand that we couldn't |

meet all those fine
deeds have
people whose kind
sustained
our work m Ja-
maica," Jim said on his return, "but we

could not pass up the opportunity of meet-
ing some of them, and trying by our

presence to send a message of thanks to
all those whom we could not meet. And ^
so it has been go go since the day we v3

flew out."
They flew out of Palisadoes airport. ^

Kingston, on November 5th, arriving at
Miami 90 minutes later. They motored to
Orlando where they were met by Don and
Julia Wheeler. Don (he is in insurance)

and
Julia
of the Pine Hills
The Word at Boca
Raton
(Gene Stinson &
Tony).
Christian
Church are the forwarding secretaries Q

THE
and promotional workers for the Hergets.
STATES
Meet Friends
Their brief base in Orlando included a
"The Rally at Boca Raton represented,
trip to Eau Gallie with the Bill Ellisses

(he is an evangelist located with the
Washington Shores church in Orlando).
and speaking engagements at Pine Hills.
West Oak Ridge, and Northside Churches
|for us, all the rallies, and the drives, and

Ithe quiet but continuous support being
|given by so many churches and people
ithroughout America."
of Orlando.
"We were particularly glad to meet

friends when we attended meetings and
an international dinner in Eau Gallie,"
Carol reports,
From Orlando, they were hurried along
j Elvin and Betty Gray came up from

Fort Myers to collect them in Boca
Raton. Epecially for Tony, it was a big
,reunion in Fort Myers with all the kids
who
by their old friends, the Palma Bennetts,
who took them for a night on Merritt Is

land. Next day they were motored to
Boca Raton to stay with Ed and Sandy
Wilson, and to attend the Faith Promise
Rally.
Faith Promise
"The Faith Promise Rally was held in
Boca Raton's First Christian Church, and
what a wonderful experience," Jim says.
"Although we know that, all over the

States, there are Christian people praying
and working for our ministry, it was the
circumstance of being there, while it was
happening, which made it so unforgettable.
had
attended
the
Vacation
Bible
\
School
at Meadowbrook last summer (see
'EVANGEL, Christmas 1968)
"Thank You"
For all three, it was a faith-building

j
round
of fellowship and a quick visit to
,old
friends Leslie and Bess Lumsden and
Port Charlotte Church. (Bess has for

years made and donated those cute Bar
bie doll dresses for our Candy Top Doll
;Shoppe at Oxford Road.)

"But there were so many other friends
we.just couldn't get a chance of seeing,"

Jim says. "So many places and people
we needed to make 'thank-you' visits to."
>
Jim spoke in churches at all the places
Ithey visited. Carol spoke to the Women's

'Missionary Group and to the Delia Stan-
ir
'
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Church. Fort
Hospitality at Fort Myers. The Elvin Grays

in foreground.
sifer Circle in Fort Myers. Tony did his
"We would have liked to stay for the

turkey but . . . "Carol said, heading off
the plane for her Friday night young
people's meeting at Meadowbrook.
"We sure would," Jim said. "Any idea
how the roof's going?"
"It was nice," Tony said, looking at the
sunlit hills, "but cold."
Choir of the First
Christian
Myers.
bit too
and
from
all
accounts was a
splendid young witness.

Business as Usual
But soon the time was up,

south again to Miami and the
home. They came back on
evening before Thanksgiving,
and it was
flight back
the Friday
straight in
to business as usual.
K. G. KALPHAT LTD.
104 Orange Street
GENERAL
IMPORTERS
From Eau Gallie

Harding and Sarah
Palmer of Eau
Gallie were our nappily welcomed guests

at Oxford Road for 17 days just before
Christmas. We have much to thank them
for: Harding, for being so helpful in the

office, not only with routine, but with
Haberdasheries
ideas for improving our efficiency within
our resources, and Sarah for her yoeman

work in the Prep School and Home. Be
sides taking over a class during the ab
Sewing Machines,
sence through illness of our headmistress,
Mrs. Cameron, she also made all those

choir robes for our Candlelight Service in
Phone 25776
the Home Memorial Chapel. We hope

they will come again soon.
THE HOUSE OF FINE REFRESHMENTS

DESNOES & GEDDES LIMITED
IN SERVICE BOUND
I knelt to pray. A little child cried
And while I paused to dress a bruise
My heart from prayer was torn.
My worship time I seemed to lose.
I knelt to pray. A rap upon the door
brought those who sought for daily bread.

There's none, the cupboard's bare, they
said.
Worship? No, a duty call instead.

I knelt to pray. Determination stood.
And in my heart I cried, My Lord!
Again to no avail.
INVESTMENT
IN JAMAICA
COMPANIES
For at my window pressed a tender

cheek, eyes hungry for love.
Oh, could I afford
another break from worship. Lord?
Then as the tiny heart beat close to mine
I found therein a love sublime.
I stooped to tie his shoe and found

My worship. Lord, in service bound.
Carol Herget
"OUR MOST URGENT NEED"

While Brother Gene Stinson was visit
The rapid growth of the Jamaican

economy and the Increased finan
cial participation of the public
created the need of a National
Stock Exchange.
ing the Home he asked us what our most

urgent need was.
After only a moment of thought we

were able to outline to him not only the
desperate need of a secertary for the

Home, but the absolute challenge to the
work that this need presents. To relieve
the present staff of your workers here in
Jamaica from the pressures of office
routine would open up the means for
greater service in Evangelism.
Our Christian Day School needs more
As a
member of the Jamaica
Stock Exchange, we offer a com

prehensive service to all Inves
tors, both at home and abroad.
Bible classes. Our Meadowbrook church
needs more attention. Christian counsel-*'
ing is demanding and is often cut short

by office duties. And our candle is burn
ing at both ends ... a little too brightly.
We can hire a good typist here in Ja
maica. But we need regular pledges to
cover the cost. Won't you pray with us
about this? And will you write and en
quire further about it?
For Information, write or phone;

Capital Market Services
(Jamaica) Ltd.
YES-THERE WAS A TREE

ON THE ROOF!
We put up that Christmas Tree on the
roof as we had promised to do, which
means we were on target for our funds.
We thank all of your who sent your
gifts. Our faith has been strengthened.

Pray for us in our needs for 1969. We
pray for you, too.
Stockbrokers
P.O. Box 351
Kingston, Jamaica, W.l.

Phone 24298
THE JAMAICA JUNIOR
Aunt Phyllis
VOL 19. NO. 1
CHliil'Ell...
BV THE DOZEJI
Twas
the
week
before
Christmas.
Mommy was scratching her head and

looking very puzzled, while Daddy leaned
heavily upon his elbow, deep in thought.
Finally they called the boys and told
them they were trying to decide what to
'
give the boys for Christmas. There wasn't

much money to spend on each one indi
vidually and toys were very expensi\e
this year. Then they asked the boys what
they would like for their gifts.
Much to the surprise of both Mommy
and Daddy, a loud cry went up;, "We
want to go to camp". Every boy, the
small ones, the tall ones, the fat ones, and
the skinny ones, the curly-heads, the fatcheeked ones, and even the littlest guy
who hadn't even seen camp jumped up
and down in the excitement crying. "Mi;
too, me too."
So out came the pencil and paper for
a grocery list, clothes to be taken, storj
books for after supper, games, Christ
mas cake, balloons, and hiking shoes.
Filled Tummies
Christmas night, after every little gu>

had filled his tummy with holiday dinner
and had his toys sent in by loving friends,
the packinn was done and car and truck
loft the yard loaded with boys and fun.
Can you imagine the midnight hour
when camp "Nine Palms", sleeping so
nicely under the tropical moon, wa.s
awakened by the shouts of boys and light
ing of lanterns?
Next day. and for three days, we sang
and laughed and hiked and ate and play
ed
and had
wonderful
time.
Their
friends John. Linda, and Elsa were with
the boys too. and everyone had a happy

Christmas holiday.
Every boy and girl in llie world loves

to have an Auntie. Our boys are no dif
ferent than others. And they have an
Auntie whom they think is a real darling.
Her name is Aunt Phyllis.
Aunt Phyllis lives a long distance from
the Home where our boys live, in fact
almost as far away from their Home as
you could go in Jamaica. Remember that
Jamaica is an island, just 145 miles long
and 49 miles wide. She lives in Montego
Bay at the other end of the island from
Kingston.
Aum Phyllis.
Sometimes Aunt Phyllis invites the boy.s

to her house which is right by the beauti
ful Caribbean Sea. They love to visit her
for she always thinks of many very
special way.s of making boys happy.
Now Aunt Phyllis has loved the boys of
the Home for many many years. In fact
she found the first little boy for the Home,
a little fellow we named "Peter" because
we found him by the sea. And she has
found many others for us too.
Last week Auntie Phyllis visited our
boys and oh, what a lovely time of stories
and walks and play and funl they had!
Your friend too!
Now one night when Aunt Phyllis was

here at the Home, we talked about how
nice it would be if the boys and girls in

America could know Aunt Phyllis too.
So she has promised to write some little
stories and letters to you.
When your next letter comes to the
Home, you will get an answer from our
"SURPRISE MAILBAG".
Home boys with some members (if the Meadowbroolt youth choir sang in the Home Chapel
at Christmas. It was a lovely Festival of Songs and Words at which our zueat reader waa the
YOUTH CORNER
Hey you can write us for a story,

kids!
THANK YOU BOYS AND GIRLS

Every night when little Frankie. our
last little boy of three, in the Home,
finishes his supper, he leans back in his
highchair and smiles a deep smile of
great satisfaction. And there he stays for
quite some time, just doing nothing but
smiling.
Frankie is so very happy, happy be

cause you cared enough for him to help
him have a nice home. Frankio is from
In our Surprise Mailbag is .a "Story

Box". Now every boy and girl loves a
story. Jamaica is the kind of land that is
just full of lovely stories to tell. We want
to share these stories with you. So here
is how we will do it.
From now on. every time your class or

group of boys and girls writes to us and
sends a gift for the boys of the Jamaica
Christian Boys' Home, you will receive a
lovely story about Jamaica and Jamaican

children. We will number the stories, too,
so that you can ask for them in order and

not miss one.
away over the other side of the island

near Montego Bay; unlike his friend
Michael (see below) who is from the city.
Uncle Victor, our Editor, Aunt Phyllis,

and Mommy Herget, will be writing the
stories for you, so hurry and get the first
We want to thank you, too, not only

with a smile but with a prayer that God
will bless all of you in a special way for
sharing your gifts with our boys. Here is a
one this month!
list of our littie friends who helped in re

cent months. Many of you have helped
regularly every month and this is a real
blessing to our boys. Will you pray for us
too?
Fishers...
cont'd, from page 3)
So they started to build the church

themselves. Brother Levy likes to recall
that he found all the masons, carpenters,

ditch diggers, water carriers he required
Beginners: Primaries. Jrs. Heyworth, III.
among the fellowship. Working strenuous
Childrens' Church. Hammond Ind.
ly together, they moved
Copeland C. E.. Mt. Pulaski. III.

Junior Jets, Griswold, Iowa
September 29th when the cornerstone was

laid by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon
ourable Hugh Shearer. It was a wondrous
Junior Class, Edison, Neb.
Youth, Malboro. Louisville, Ohio

Youth Department. Bell, Cal.
Boys and Girls, Woodards Pond, N.C.
Boys and Girls. Cornland. III.
Primary 1 Class. Capitol View, Atlanta,
up to Sunday
occasion.
An overflow audience heard the mar

vellous singing of the combined choirs
from the three churches, and a speech by
the Prime Minister who praised the peo
Ga.
ple for their self help. Indeed, so pleased
Jr. and Prim. Dep't Webber St. Urbana.
was Mr. Shearer that he there and then
III.
undertook to provide all the windows for

the church at his own expense! A grand
Prim, and Jr.
Dep't,
Englewood, Jax.
Fla.
send off indeed for Mitchell Town.
Jr. Boys. Liberty, Brownstown, III.

Boys and Girls, Class, Depew, N.Y.
Primaries. Ironton, Ohio
Charles Blair. Ralph Comston. Ironton, 0.
Besides being Chairman of the Board

of Directors for our Home, Brother Levy
like all busy people finds time to help
carry the ministry in all directions.
Town Clerk (chief executive) for the ci'y of
Kingston, Mr. Glaister Duncan.
EXCITING NEW VACATION IDEA
A Christ-centered holiday in Jamaica!
A new extended use for our Nine Palms Christian Camp has now
entered our thinking and we ask your help in coming to final decisions.
A few of our friends, and we too, thought that such a lovely place as
Nine Palms should not be allowed to lay idle so many months of the year,
when it could provide an inexpensive Christian vacation place on this resort
island, for you, who have helped so much in forwarding the work of the
Jamaica Christian Boys' Home.
So. after prayerful consideration and planning, we have come up with
what we believe to be a wonderful idea for Nine Palms.
Refreshing
We plan to offer week-long holiday-with-prayer vacations three seasons

a year: Easter (Spring), Summer and Autumn.
To give you an idea of what Nine Palms will offer in addition to refresh
ing spirit-filled messages from God's Word, at daily vesper services, there
will be comfortable rooms, lounges. Jamaican cuisine, and facilities which
include transport to the beautiful beaches of the north coast, walking and
horseback trails, nearby golf courses, tours of the ministries of the Jamaica
Christian Boys' Home, and more for a memorable vacation. Our prices will
be well below those existing in other places on this resort island.
Our primary purpose will be to shine up our hope by knowing more
about the "great cloud of witnesses" in other lands. Any financial gain from
the Vacation Camp will be used for improving the facilities of this wonderful
place which we enjoy through the kindness of Alcan (Jamaica) Ltd.
Children
A novel part of the programme will be the provision of a choice to leave

your children at our Vacation Bible School in the Jamaica Christian Boys'
Home in Kingston during your stay at Nine Palms.
Before making our final decisions on our brochure etc, we thought to ask
you for ideas and suggestions. Particularly whether you believe the oeriods
Easter, Summer and Autumn would be suitable for Christian Vacations at
Nine Palms.
Will you please fill
out the card-insert in your Jamaica Evangel and
mail it to us ?
Will you do so now? There is absolutely no obligation to follow.
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VOL. 15
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL
NO. 2.
DIRECTORS:
Mr. and Mrs. James Herget, managing directors
Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid '

Mr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)
CO-WORKERS:
Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL;
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler
2713 Sheringham Road
Orlando, Fla. 32808
JAMAICAN (Camp) RETREAT: PROMOTION;

Gene Stinson, minister
450 N.E. 51st Street Boca Raton. Fla. 33432

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Jamaica
Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga

Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Claire Shilletto
Dr. Arthur Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes,
Mr. Glaister Duncan.
CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S CLINIC:
Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in charge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:
Mr. Ramon Alberga, Chairman Board of Governors

Mr. Ken Collins, Mr. Vic Reid,
Mr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol Herget.
NINE PALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP; Estate Supervisor:
Mr. Guy Whitley
CHRISTIAN EVANGELIZING ASS'N:

Mr. Nimrod Townsend. Evangelist
CANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPE:
MrS; Patsy Alberga,

Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Port Charlotte, Fla.
DOCTORS:
Dr. Noel T. March. Dr. Terrence Mair,

Dr. M. H. Beaubrun. Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist.
FOOTBALL COACH;
Mr. P. Ossie Smith
CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: Mr. Henry Nixon

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Mr. Quito Bryan
OXFORD PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS; Print Consultant
Mr. Winston Stephenson
AUDITORS:
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL: EDITOR, V. S. Reid
Editorial Board:
U.S.A.
Jamaica
Solomon Levy
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2.
3.
4.
jects.
Shoppe.
6.
Donald Wheeler
Elvin Gray. Minister

Quito Bryan
Mrs. C. Herget
Pray for us.
Siipport a boy (25.00 a month or any
to you.)
Send boxes of new useful clothing,
7. Send used clothing of all kinds and
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Association.
Editor:
V. S. Reid
Produced and published quarterly by the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home at No. 7 Oxford
Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica, West Indies. Phones: Kingston 66243, 69037, 64863
This is an
anniversary
issue
This is an Anniversary Issue. Yours,

and ours.
The anniversary of a hope that for you

and us has borne fruit for 16" years now.
For without your prayers and con
tinuous support, the Jamaica Christian

Boys' Home and all that it has meant
in the Jamaican Ministry would never
have been.
We are happy to have been "family

to so many of you!
How we would love to name you all!

But as you are reading this Evangel, we
want you to take it as our personal way
of saying
THANK
YOU!
Our Cover this issue

Jamaican stories are very popular
with the boys at Oxford Road. Here.
Carol reads from a novel on the
Maroons, the 17th century resistors
{o the British redcoat invaders.
Have you seen the new Christian

Mission Today (formerly Far East)?
We recommend it.
begiji a hmne?
1953
IJow do you begin a home? When do

I
you befiin a home? At what moment

in time do lost socks and a new tooth,
overdue haircuts and torn trousers, ice
box excursions and lawnmowing goofoffs. constitute a home? When do laughter
and tears, problems and understandings,

-*
merge to make a home?
As close as we can get it, our home

became
home
sometime
soon
after
September 1953. That was the year Jim

and Carol Herget found Peter, age 2. and
he became their first son. Johnny, age 7,

followed fi months later.
The family first lived at "Happy

Heights", the attractive bungalow buiit
by those indefatigable hod-carriers, the
Hergets. But when, by August 1955, the

family was 6. it was time to think of
more commodious quarters. So the hunt
was on.
Reported HORIZONS for October I,

1955 and quoting the Hergets; "After 4
weeks of diligent search, we found a
home in a lovely residential street , , .
situated on 2)/. acres . . . spacious and
cool."
No. 7 O.\ford Road was in business.
THE SEPROD
GROUP OF COMPANIES
Jim Hetget & Oxford Road,
1954
Oxford Road is the major link road
between the two main north arteries out
of Kingston. Half-Way-Tree and Hope

Roads. Only about a quarter mile long,
it locates a top drawer of offices, hotels,
a golf course and the island's major art
gallery. Jim Herget and his wife Carol
bought the property with little in their
pockets, but with limitless faith in the
Lord. The
kind of faith
Martin Luther
describes as "a lively reckless confidence
1:00 p.m.
Downtown again at the law

yers, they learn that $2,800
must be deposited by morn
ing. They have less than half
that amount. So after sitting
in the car and praying, they
go to the post ohice for mail

and its all there, the further
$1,500 they required to make

u pthe total! Gifts from sup
porters
and
friends
in
the
U.S.!
in God."
This is how
it went
that warm
late-
August day:
10:00 a.m. They go to see the lawyer

handling the sale. They learn
that the asking price is $28,500
They shake at the knees a
little. They prayed.
Noon
next day
They call on the lawyer and

carefully tell him why they
must buy the $28,500 property
for $2,000 less. The owner
points out that at least 3
people are standing in line
with $28,500 to pay. They talk
some more. Lawyer listens.
Agrees to contact owner. Own
er agrees to take $2,000 less.
1955
Headquarters of the Jamaica Christian
Boys" Home is a fine old Colonial man
sion of two floors. The main rooms are
beautifully proportioned, with high ceil

ings and some mahogany panelling. The
main staircase is of Jamaican mahogany.
The house faces the 7,000-ft Blue Moun
tains to the north. South is the sea.
Accommodation for
the boys in 1956
meant the conversion of the master bed
room into the most elegant bunkhouse

you ever did see. The grounds offered
level lawns and very climbable trees.
But growing up means more than a
long romp.
EDITORIAL
SORRY!
We understand that postage surtax

on the EVANGEL has been paid by a
number of friends. We are very sorry
and have taken steps with Post Office
James 1:27
to prevent any recurrence.
']'0 PREACH IS NOT ENOUGH. We

1956
But growing up means more than a
long romp. There is, for instance, school.
After many months of do-it-yourself
tutoring among their 6 boys, it seemed a
are walking shakily near to "faith

without works" when our practice of
the faith is fixed only on preaching.

We must put the Word to work. At the
good idea to the hard-running parents to
Jamaica Christian Boys' Home, we

have endeavoured to put the evangeli
start a school. The old coach house on the
zing word to work.
south side looked good for it, so soon you

could each morning see the brood
moseying over for sessions at the new
Christian Day School in the coach house.
"NINE PALMS" '69.

Camp Dates
Boys
July 13 - 19
July 20 - 26
July 27 - Aug. 2
Jr. Co-Ed.
Girls
Camp Jamaica
Senior Co-Ed
Aug. 9 Aug. 16
Aug. 19 23
Piione 66243
"Pure religion," says James the

brother of Christ, "is to visit the
fatherless and widows" as well as to
keep ourselves
"unspotted from the
world."
Who
are
the "fatherless and
widows" and how do we "visit" them?
In the
social
life of the
Jews of
James' time, orphans and widows were

considered particularly afflicted. Easy
to know why. There was no social
security except the communal and
family obligation. And since nobody
^'isits the afflicted empty-handed, to
"visit
the
fatherless
and
widows"
literally meant to succour the needy.

It is this act of witnessing which James
has chosen to round out the "unspot

ted" form of "pure religion". Does it
fit into today's context?
Emphatically, it does, even though

ii. often makes many church people
nervous. Caring for the aged, for
children, for the handicapped, if an

chored in Christ, has equal value with
soul saving in our witness. Christ
ordered the thousands that followed
Him, to be fed "lest they faint in the

way." The Good Samaritan was no less
in our Lord's service than the soulwinning evangelist. Indeed, Jie was a
soul-winning evangelist.
We rejoice that our Home has, in

God's plan, received from His "diver
sities of gihs", the evangelizing one of
"visiting the fatherless." We have, at

the Home sought to preach the Word
and practice the gift. The Home has,
in Him, tried in its 16 years as
Christian "foster parents," to use His
gift for the best for our boys. We
thank Him.
I
1957
The school took on quickly. By mid
year the enrollment had been beefed up
by a dozen "outside" kids. But what of
the spiritual side?
It had never flagged. For at the centre
and core of the Home was the spiritual
ministry. It had been so since the first
founding.
At Mannings Hill "Happy Heights", the
family had done their public worship in
the Barbican church-tent a mile away.
Many a Sunday morning, promenaders
could gape at Carol marching down the
Constant Spring Road behind Peter,
Johnny and Andy mounted on the family
donkey, while Jim took his country run to
visit rural churches. When they moved
to No. 7 Oxford Road, the deep shady
verandahs and adjoining dining hall re
commended
themselves
instantly
for
Lord's Day worship.

The way that ministry grew. Evan
gelistic meetings were held before the
year was out.
The year also saw the Home popula

tion grow to ten, and the school bulging
at the doors. More room was urgently
needed.
1958
More room was urgently needed for the
growing boys during the long summer
holidays. A regular campsite would be
welcome: but with land values so high on
the island,
where
on
earth would this
come from?
Not to mention how to house the boys?

But as in other cases, we prayed and
worked on the wish and sure enough the
answer came.
From the big aluminum mining com

pany. Alcan Jamaica Ltd.. who donated
a nice old country residence name Grier

Park, and several acres of roaming land.
That summer, the first
Jamaica
Christian Boys' Home Christian Camp
was held at Grier Park-
Out old Gtiet Paik Camp
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Lady Blackburnelays the coineisione fot MemoiialChapel
1959
As in any home, every year at No. 7
has had its record of triumphs and
troubles. In their regular job of baffling
the grownups. Oxford Road kids, as else
where. lose shoes,
catch colds, win
scholarships.
And speaking of scholarships, the Ja
maica Christian Day School had by now
upped its enrollment to 70. But even more
exciting, work had begun on what was to
become the Home's Memorial Chapel.
Memorial Chapel was a milestone in
the growth of the Home. The Sunday
services had spilled over from the porch
and were now being held in the im
provised school house. There was need
to build.
A building fund begun by the Home in

1955. the month of moving into Oxford
Road, received a considerable fillip when

friends of the Home heard the announce
ment of the groundbreaking for a Home

Chapel in memory of the beloved Pastor
of the Hergets' home (U.S.) church,
Ernest H. Wray. Friends of the Home in
the U.S. and in Jamaica rallied with
money and building materials.
1960
Memorial Chapel was opened on Feb.
28. 1960 with a Dedication Service led by

J. Halbert Brown of Charlottesville, Va.
Lady Blackburne, wife of the Governor
of Jamaica,
had
laid the
cornerstone
only a few weeks before. This year too,

for the first time in 9 years, the Hergets
went on furlough ( for 11 weeks, courtesy
of A1 & Ned Foster of Miami, Fla.) and
raised the money-gifts for the new 17room dormitory.
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Our Cover last issue

AithouRh dimiinitive Donald, who at one
time boarded with our boys during the
months his mother was in hospital, is now

homo again with his parents, we thought
this picture of our littlest guy being hiprode by our biggest in the Home (Bobbie)
was too good to put aside. The picture
was taken by our good friend. John F.
Straubei of John F. Straubel Communi
cations. Menlo Park. California, while on
a Jamaica visit. Bobby attends high

school in Kingston,
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View of Memona) Chapel tfuough the trees.
In the long range plans of the Jamaica

Christian Boys'
Home through its
Christian
Evangelizing
Association.
Memorial Chapel is our headquarters
building for establishing church bodies in
Jamaica. Memorial Chapel was built in
I960. Before the Home instituted C,E.A..
it led in the establishment of the Clare-
mont church. C.E.A. has since organized

the Meadowbrook church and assisted in
generating others, such as Mitchell Town,

York. Grier Field and a possible new
Spanish Town church.
The Memorial
Chapel building
was
created to be the "service" church for

the Home as well as a Home base for
establishing churches, and has continued

to be so. Daily morning chapel services
for the 110 strong student body of the
Oxford Preparatory School, (our Nursery
School has its own devotions) weddings
and funerals,
prayer meetings, special
festive
services,
and
Vacation
Schools are in the general

gram at Memorial Chapel.
Bible
Home pro
The Board of the congregation which

was originally formed in the living room
of the Home and is now currently holding
services in Memorial Chapel, has good
plans to re-locate; thus carrying out the
original prayer and plans and hopes for
the work there. C.E.A. is now program
ming to re-assume the ministry in Mem
orial Chapel at that time. The new C.E.A.
ministry in Memorial Chapel will have as
its goal, to broaden the workscope among
ihe young people concerned with the Prep
and Nursery School, as well as among the
continuously widening community of
friends of the Home itself.
And so we press on taking the Word

"that they might have life and . . . have
it more abundantly."
SOLOMON LEVY
RAMON ALBERGA
Chainnaii, Diiectoi Chaiman, School Board
MRS. ADA WALKER

Co-woiker
Mount Carmel
Congratulations to the Mount Carmel
congregation upon completion of "Ameri
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Director
GUY WHITLEY
Co-worker
For Camp Jamaica

Dr. William H. (Bill) Mayfield will be
one of the ministers at Camp Jamaica,
the
Christian
Retreat
to be
held at
ca's Largest Country Church." We have

received a copy of the historical brochure
put out for the Dedication Services. It
writes a story of faith and good works;
a record of creative devoted Christianity.
Nine Palms, Jamaica this summer,

Augusf 9 to 16. Friends who wish to
attend this great witnessing for Christ
in the Caribbean are asked to get in
We arc warmly happy for you. (Near

Atlanta. Georgia, Jack Ballard, minister.)
ter of the First Christian Chu'rch, 450
touch early with Gene Stinson, minis

N.. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Ra., for
reservations.
The Jamaica Christian Boys' Home is a Limited Liability Company registered as a Charitable
Organization by, and under the inspection and approval of, the Government of Jamaica. Alt
property and assets are vested in this company which is governed by its Board of Directors.
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1965
A singular proof that "all things work

together for good to them that love God,"
came about this year when Grier Park
camp burnt down and things looked

bleak. But there are always prayers. We
did. and then went to see our benefactors,
the people who had loaned us Grier Park,
Alcan Jamaica Ltd. And Alcan once
again proved true and generous friends.
For they gave us the extraordinary

gift of a 99 year "peppercorn" lease on
a lovely old country house and 9 acres

of scenic lands for our camp. They also
helped us with necessary overhauling

Their Excellencies Sir Clifford Campbell,
G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., and Latly Campbell
and we were ready by summertime.

We renamed it Nine Palms Christian
Camp.
This beautiful place has been a blessing
1964
The Governor-General of Jamaica, Sir

Clifford Campbell and Lady Campbell
to our ministry.
were at Oxford Road in 1964 to celebrate
one of our happiest moments the open

ing of the new two-storey, spucious
school building. A large audience of
1966
A year of consolidation and much con
centrated work in our organization. Es
pecially in our Nursery School which in
parents and other people distinguished in

the community turned out to observe this
a few years had attained a special place
wonderful witness to faith.
The school, a reinforced concrete block

building of 2 floors, has six classrooms,
staff rooms and a large enclosed play

area. It has an excellent staff and is in
creasing in reputation among parents

anxious that their children obtain a solid
grounding in Christian faith and acade
mic preparation.
in the community. Located strategically

in a quiet "neck" connecting the two or
three main traffic ways into the city, and
gaining a reputation for the "sunshine"
we put into the directive care of our tiny
charges, our enrollment kept climbing.

So that this year, we had to remodel and
enlarge our nursery buildings.
At "home" a family council was estab
lished with our growing teenagers.
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Still two more planks in our long range
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with up to 110 in Sunday School, during

the year. The never-to-be-forgotten high
light of the Meadowbrook year was the
VBS, with over 300 attending, conducted
EVANGEL Editor V.S. Reid.
1967
Two happenings this year marked the
way in which last year's
consolidation
bit and held.
Firstly, the Christian Evangelizing As

sociation was formed. C.E.A. was organ
ized and established to be the evangelical
arm of the ministry. As its first act, land
was purchased for a second church the
Meadowbrook church of Christ.
Secondly, a large new dining hall was

added to the main house. Large and airy,
it provides ample elbow room for the
foreseeable future . . .
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plans shaped up in 1968. At Nine Palms

we added a combination dining hall and
assembly room, and a new modern food
preparation area although we have
still in use the ancient open-hearth-andchimney stone fireplace. Last year also
saw the ground-breaking and construc
tion of the Meadowbrook Sunday School
building in which the Meadowbrook con
gregation presently worship. The
Meadowbrook membership grew to 53
by the Ft. Myers,
Fla. First
Church youth and
sponsors team. The
Christian
C.E.A. was also at work in Mitchell Town
where the cornerstone was laid by the

Prime Minister, the Honourable Hugh
Shearer in September.
1969
And 1969? An exciting promise. This is
our Printing Ministry year. It is also our
Faith Promise year for the Meadowbrook
church building fund.
Our office and printer shop is now com

pleted. We plan to break ground for the
church building on September 14.
What of tomorrow?
What have been the achievements of
the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home since

its beginnings 15 years ago?
Much in substance. Our 2^ acres at

No. 7 Oxford Road have been improved
to at least 3 times its value.
A clinic and camp has been established.

The Christian Evangelizing Association
formed. Meadovvbrook Church of Christ
for full time Christian service.
Of matters spiritual an average of

over 45 people in Kingston yearly bap
tized into Christ through these ministries.
Bible teaching classes held regularly
through the years in various places, in
cluding public markets. Morning services
held daily in Memorial Chapel for our

school.
A church established in
Clare-
established. Many other ministries also

heavily assisted. Five of our boys have
obtained full scholarships (two have been
awarded half) in the tough 11-plus exam
inations for high school.
mont which led to others being presently
More than 7 young people were led to

go abroad to study in 'Christian colleges
have remained in the faith.
established, with scores of people bap

tized.
We believe that all the boys who have

ever lived in the Home, totalling 31,
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For Bill Stephens

The "Bill Stephens Memorial Fund"
has moved forward with the grand gift

of $240.00 from the U.S.A. Women's Club
here in Kingston. Other lovely donations

have swelled the total and now we are
prayerfully making our decision as to

what form the memorial will take.
Bill, husband of Phyllis, who for six

years labored voluntarily in the Home
office at bookkeeping and office routine,
died in Andrews Memorial Hospital after
being shot by a prowler. His body was
taken home to his native New Jersey
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A Memorial service was arranged by

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lar, "loved by the Home boys." man. A
signature book opened in the Chapel bore

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^HE SKY WAS DEEP BLUE. The

clouds overhead were as light as our
hearts as we flew along the old Spanish
Town Road. We sang gay as birds for we
were going to camp, the whole earful of
us. Sixteen miles lay behind us as we
approached the winding valley of the Rio
Cobre Rivec when suddenly ihe car slow
ed to a stop at the roadside and Mommy

bowed her head in despair.
The water pipe for camp had been for
gotten!
The thought of a hot sticky trip through

endless traffic back to the city was a sad
one. Until somebody thought of remem
bering and counting the many specta
cular blessings we have had. It was
great fun . , , and we made the return
trip and had gone nearly the entire way

to camp
still
remembering
the mira-
culou.s wonder of God's love.
Ten Minutes Ago . . .

We remembered the time Andy was so
sick with Polio . . . and how in the hour
of great pain, God suddenly put His Hand

upon him and raised him up on the doc
tor's examination table completely
well! The bewildered doctor could only
say, "Ten minutes ago he had Polio, our
tests say so."
We remembered how at camp one day
we asked God for new blankets, remind
ing Him that ours were beyond repair.
The next day when we arrived at the
Home, there were 30 beautiful blankets
stacked on the table, brought by some
American sailors from their ship in the
harbour. We had never met them. God
must have spoken to the mwhen we pray

ed for blankets. (When we pray, we be
lieve God.)
This Morning . . .
We remembered the time we asked God
for a doctor "right now". And that very
moment a strange car drove in and the
driver said. "I am a doctor. I just drop
ped by this morning to see if I can be
of help."
We remembered the day the cupboard

was bare. "There is nothing,", the cook
said. So we prayed (there was no money
either) and God answered. "Would you
mind if I offered you some food?" said
the man who motored into our driveway,
opening the trunk of his car to display a
full load of farm produce.
We remembered
the
time we needed
chairs for the new Meadowbrook church.
We had .spent all our money. Soon after

our prayers a man was on our porch. "I
have six chairs here, and I wonder if you
could use them?"
Weary Hour . . .
We remembered the weary hour we had
looked in vain for James Campbell, our
swimming and the night sleeping on the

beach and catching crabs. They tasted
good for breakfast.
stone mason for the new church. We had
walked for a mile enquiring and finally

stood in the little dusty path and prayed,
"Dear Lord, we are .so tired and we need
this man. won't you help?" And as we

opened our eyes a little boy stood in front
of us. We asked him. "Do you know a Mr.
James Campbell?" The boy answered

brightly, "Oh .yes, but he lives far from
hero. I will take you there." We drpve up
and down streets with the boy until he
stopped us and said. "See his house,
there." And it was the man we wanted!
Twice Aboard . . .
We remembered fun times, too. For

God told us He would give us the desires
First Days ...
We remembered our first days in camp

and the fun we had building buildings
through the years, for there were always
nice treats along with the work.
And always as we remembered, our

hearts were full of the goodness of our
Heave,nly Father who really made these
good things possible.
We didn't forget to thank Him, either!

And if some of these pictures seem a
little yellow with age, its because some
of this happened long long ago and you
too. like we, will grow up.
of our hearts, and little boys like good
things! Yes, we remembered the party

the American Embassy gave us on board
an aircraft carrier, in Kingston Harbor,
with wonderful treats and gifts. (That
happened twice!)
We remembered the first Christmas
program our school presented when our
Minister of Education. Mr.
Glasspole,
came.
We remembered when our teeth fell put

and treats we got for hiding them un'der
the pillow.
We remembered our dog Mopsy that
Eddie loved
so
much
when he was. a
small guy.
We remembered our trips to Negril, the

lovely white sands beach at the far end
of Jamaica, where we spent the days
They liked the new Evangel

"Please send us six copies of the Ja
maica Evangel . . Charles Cameron
Bell. Cal.
"I have just finished digesting the new
Evangel is it ever nice !!!" Myrje

Whyte, Heyworth, III.
"I wanted to take this opportunity to
express my appreciation for the new

issue of the Evangel ... it is very attrac
tive". June Leacock, Barbados.
"Just this morning I was thinking about
what was going on in Jamaica ... and

when I got to my office, here was the
latest issue of the Jamaica Evangel. It
was a most interesting publication . . ."
Wilkie Winter, C.B.S. Cincinnatti, Ohio.

"Congratulations on . . . the new Evan
gel and the new Editor. I know how

happy this must make you." Julia BonDurant, Wash. D.C.
"Thank you for the Jamaica Evangel.

I certainly enjoyed reading it." Marilyn
Weesner. Dexter, Iowa.
"We enjoy receiving the "Evangel"
and hope we can visit Nine Palms . . ."

Mrs. C. R. Jordan, Daytona Beach, Fla.
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vol. 16.
JAMAICA EVANGEL
No. 3.
DIRECTORS:

Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid
Mr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)
CO-WORKERS:

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL;
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JAMAICAN (Camp) RETREAT; PROMOTION:

Mr. A. Lionel Levy. Mrs. Claire Shilletto
Dr. Arthur Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes,

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL;

Mr. Ken Collins, Mr. Vic Reid,
Mr. P. Ossie Smith. Mrs. Carol Herget.
NINE PALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP: Estate Supervisor: Mr. Guy Whitley
Mrs, Patsy Alberga,

DOCTORS:
Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Terrence Mair,

Dr. M. H. Beaubrqn. Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist.
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AUDITORS:
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL:
EDITOR, V. S. Reid
Editorial Board:
Jamaica
Solomon Levy
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Donald Wheeler
Elvin Gray, Minister

Quito Bryan
Mrs. C. Herget
Pray for us.
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StTid boxes of new useful clothing,
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FALL
In this issue of the Evangel you will

notice we talk about S (Ja.). That's'
because aftei ovei thiee centuries of
'ôun^j shiUii^s and pence" (written

.s.d.), Jamaica has now switched to
"dollu cunency" since'September 8th.

It's easier calculation, we agree, but we
do niiss our old .s.d. Moreover, bte

change has notably increased our postal'
cost because of fractional differences in

stamp prices. However, we must.admit
to being happy to see that old S' siga in
the local papers.
Fan in Jamaica is beautiful on the
mountains but hardly noticeable on the

coast. A light norther cools the beaches
a. bit but the nice hot sun still Ucks
deliciously down on the sandy shore ...

...when its not bucketing October rains!
It will get dryer and cooler in Novem*
ber, December is decidedly diy.
But Fall never goes unnoticed up in
the mountains.
At Content Gap and Coleyville, Green

wich and Chestervale, Rock HaU and
Portland Gap, Cinchona and Accompong,

the air is crisp, coot and clean.
(At the Home on Oxford Road, its
never really sweater-weather, just nice

and comfortable.)
In the mountains, like at Nine Palms,
Pedro, Claremont, and all the several
highland districts where our ministry

serves, the air is tangy with scents of
orange and pimento, nutmeg and coffee

and pine. As for the birds! Solitaires sing
from valley to valley, and early migratory
geese from the U.S.A. and Canada,
honk a passage south through the passes.
fa
OST
FUN YET
5"
It was the most loUicking camp year

yet. Five weeks of fun and frolic for over
200 kids. And as for Nine Palms!
Nine Palms sparkled under new coats of

paint and the marvellously sunshiny wea
ther. Our overhead water supply tanks
stayed brimful with lashings of cool, longstored rainwater. Our new diescl clectric-
Ught motor purred faultlessly throuôut.

(How thankful we are for that motor! The
old sccond-hand one finally gave way

with a whimper after three camp-years
of nightly anxiety as to whether it would
bear the load).
But above all, the spirit of happiness

aipong children and adults was never more
buoyant. We are grateful to God.
Splendid response to all our camp acti
vities, spiritual and physical came from
the kids. To hear them sing at prayers and
vespers, would, as the Jamaican expression
goes, "make your head grow."
"CAMP JAMAICA"
outside of the U.S. Camp Jamaica also

taught us how to rest We Americans
Wen, the Happening happened. "Camp

Jamaica^ opened its doors for the first
are always talking and doing. Now, here,

we rested and waited upon God."
time this summer. Our "retreaters" were

in residence for a week.
The lovely old house never looked

lovelier. We turned the &ont gallery into
a lounge, looking straight off into the
mountains. An outdoor patio was buQt
for barbecue suppers. Additional showers

and private bedrooms made everybody
more comfortable.
Our îritual messages were given by

Dr. William (Bill) Mayfield of Ean GalUe
First Christian Church, and Brother
Solomon Levy of the Mountain View
church of Christ in Jamaica. Two other
Jamaicans, Brother Nimrod Townsend
of the Christian Evangelizing Associa

tion and Brother Joseph Williams of
Memorial Chêl assisted at vespers.
Brothen Jim Herget and Guy Whiteley
were resident spiritual leaders.
But nobody comes to Jamaica without
visiting the beautiful beaches. So we had
a picnic lunch at iôus Dunn's River
Falls where a silvery &esh water stream
enters on the beach to oêr a refreshing
and unique kind of treat
Two Jamaican ladies also played mai^

vdlous hostesses to our guests on separate
occasions. Lady Curphey had us all to
her most unusual mountain-top Great
House for afternoon tea, while Miss
Madeline Pilliner entertained us at her
Hibiscus Lodge hostel on the Caribbean

with tea and swimming.
But it was our spiritual feasting that
was richest in every respect. In the great
quiet of the Jamaican mountain outdoors,
broken only by birdsongs and the voice
of our messenger, we aU gained spiritual
strength to live this life at the full, in
sure hope for the "more abundantly"
afterwards.
Lovely as everything was at Camp Ja

maica, there was nothing so deeply grat*
ifying as the spiritual benefits which one
and all received from our "retreat to*
gether." While they waited to emplane

at the Palisadoes airport in Kingston, two
of the ladies who had made the retreat
asked us to quote them.

Miss Alice Holochwost of Boca Raton,
Fia., said: "It was inspiring. It gave us a
"chance to see how worship and life is
Mrs. Lovell Small of Boca Raton, Fla.

said: "What struck me most was the real
dedication of the people here at Meadowbrook, at the Home, and all the Christian
places we went to. They wholeheart^y

put themselves into the work of the
Lord. I am grateful to have had this
experience."
Both these ladies who had come for
the one week Camp Jamaica, stayed on

for another week.
The fact is, that, pound foi pound,

tiiey'ie better built for the kingdom of
heaven. The Man said so.
We watched the littlest ones closely

at Nine Palms this summer.
"Trust Me."
. liking to leain a little of the marvel,

ntich made the Master, when He was in
Judea, equate them with all that was
holy and perfect
Iliey outsmart us by a courtcraft of

true innocence that baffles even Satan,
dom of heaven," He said at Matt 6:25.
They outreach us adults by their easy,

unquestioning obedience to the idea of
^ t old master of deceit
They outlast us by sheer powers of

concentration, throu^ an unconcern
with unimportant matters, such as in
come tax, mortgage, medical bills and
so forth.
Ihey clock more prayer^time off their
knees, than on, bûse each hoiu of

tbeir living is according to the Book. At
Matt 6;2S. Wi& no sweat at alL
Remember? "For of such is the king

And watching them, one thing jumped
clear: They are without anxiety because
they expect to be looked after. They

know they'll be looked after.
So they never worry.
And that's the secret which makes
them - "of such." And that's what we
adults must become in our fai^ if we

hope to be among the ''of such."
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We held them stiU for a minute and
took this picture of part of our camp
group. Left are Pa & Ma Herget; ri^t

is Brother Guy with "Danny Boy."
OB was easily the most popular camper.
He allowed aU the boys to ride him.
THE JAMAICA JUNIOR & YOUTH CORNER
Fleecy clouds float between the JctUner and the sunny island of Jamaica.
And as we fly in, lower and lower, we can
look down on the grassy hillsides. And
WAITING PATIENTLY
perhaps, magically, the plane will pass

right over our camp at Nine Palms and
Every year at camp time, the "small fity"

gang at the Home must patiently wait until
their bigger "brothers" go and come from
the various camps. But when it is all over,
we would see the words spelled out in large

letters on the grass, in pretty white rocks.
If we look closer, we will see the boys
and girls aglow with activity. There are

Jane and Tommy playing pingpong; Mary
and Bobby playing shuffleboard; a fine-
qyrited team on the playfield is playing

their opponents at soccer; and still another
group is taking turns at riding the horses.
Soon the day's activities of Bible classes
and fun will be over and a lovely, quiet
vesper will be held in the outdoor chapeL

Christ is the central figure, the theme of
our Camp-song, and by the end of the
camp week, we are finding outselves better
then its their turn.
And oh, what fun for them!
Even Baby John found camp a-most in

teresting experience. He loved the animals
and howled lustily for his camp dinner.
The fun begins early when Mom gets up
early and heads for the kitchen to find
something special for the little guys. And if

you want to be sure they'll enjoy it, just
bake pancakes!
Not only do the fluffy little cakes taste
good, but they fill you up so your bones
don't rattle when you ride Danny Boy.
Christians.
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Small boys wait patiently while their

"elders" confer.
Ronember Danny Boy? He's the favour

ite horse. Often voted the most popular
camper!
And when the big bright moon looks

down on Nine Palms, it smiles on some
tired Utfle sleepy heads. Too quickly the

week is over and the "Home" bus is
filled with sad littie l^s thinking about,
all the fim they're l^vthgrThinking about'

playing in the patio in the moonliglit,
tumbl^ down tiie hillsides all softly

caipeted with grass, riding the camp's
gentle horses, singing in the gjoaming,
praying at bedtime.
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Around the table at Home when we get

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We hoped it wouldn't happen, but it

did. Evangel was late off the press this
falL We are sorry, and we ate working
now that it never h^pens again. This
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How would we like to visit there some
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Indianapolis, Ind.
"Real good and interesting. It is a credit
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Palma Bennett,
Jonesboro, Tenn.
"I so enjoyed the EvangeL I read every

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Earlwood
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Isaiah 42:12
VOL. 15
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL
NO. 4
DIRECTORS:

Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid"'
CO-WORKERS-
(Chairman)
FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:
2713'Sheringham Road Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICAN (Camp) RETREAT: PROMOTION:

Mr. A. Lionel Levy. Mrs. Claire Shilletto
Dr. Arthur Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes.


OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:

Mr. Ken Collins. Mr. Vic Reid,
Mr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol Herget.
NINE PALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP; Estate Supervisor:
Mr. Guy Whitley

Mrs, Patsy Alberga,

DOCTORS:
Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Terrence Mair,

Dr. M. H. Beaubrun, Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist.
FOOTBALL COACH:
Mr. P. Ossie Smith
CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER; Mr. Henry Nixon
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Mr. Quito Bryan
OXFORD PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS: Print Consultant
Mr. Winston Stephenson

AUDITORS:
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL:
Editorial Board:

EDITOR, V. S. Reid
Jamaica
U.S.A.
Donald Wheeler
Solomon Levy
Quito Bryan
Mrs. C. Herget
Elvin Gray, Minister
//ovz /ffu
ffecJ'
1. Pray for us.

2. Support a boy (25.00 a month or any
3. Send boxes of new useful clothing,

to you.)
Send used clothing of all kinds and

a list.
Type, and send scripture labels for
4. Support financially any of our pro

jects.
Shoppe.
6.

9.

Association.
Editor:
10.
V. S. Reid
THE WORD BECAME FLESH
Whenall things beg^n, the Wordahready was.

The Word dwelt with God, and what God was, the Word
was.
The Word, then, was with God at the beginning, and
throu^ him all things came to be; no single thing was

created without him.
All that came to be was alive with his life, and that life
was the light of men.
The light shines on in the dark, and the darkness has

never quenched it.
There appeared a man named John, sent from God; he

ramp as a witness to testify to the lig|it,tliat all might become
believers throug|i him.
He was not himself the li^t; he came to bear witness to
the light.
The real light which enlightens every man was even then
coming into the worid.
He was in the world, but the world, though it owed its
beingto him, did not recognize him.

He entered his own realm, and his own would not receive
him.
But to all who did receive him, to those who have yielded
him their allegiance, he gave the right to become children of

God, not bom of any human stock ... but the offspring of
God himself.
So the Word became flesh; he came to dwell among us,
and we saw his gfory, such ôry as befits the Father's only
Son, fiill of grace and truth.
John 1:1-14 (NEB)
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THE GIFT OF GOD
Have you ever thought that God is a ... gift?

No man reaches the righteousness God requires of
us, save by His grace.
Righteousness is a gift that rewards earnest prayer

and repentance.
Jesus Christ is the gift of God to mankind.

He told the woman of Samaria:
"If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is

that saith to thee, give me to drink..."
To give of ourselves is an outward sign of our

inner faith in Christ.
THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS
What is the me ::sage of Christmas?
It Is that God's gifts are poured out on men.
He has promised that if we, too, give without

measure, we will be extraordinarily rewarded.
By joy here, and eternity in heaven.
Give your love.
Give your care.
This is the Christmas message.
TO WHOM SHOULD WE GIVE?

To our fiends?
Our nt'gf bours?

To our relations?
To the people of our own community? Our own

town? Our own country?
says NO! There are others.
Christ says; "For if ye love them which love you
what reward have you? And ifye salute your brethren

only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the
pu^Dlicans so?"
NEW HEAD AT OXFORD
ANOTHER TASK FOR PATSY
Our new head teacher at Oxford
Domestic Science classes have
Prep, is Mrs. Edna MacDonakJ.She

has long been associated with the
be^n in our Oxford Preparatory

School and proven very popular
with our girls. We now have a nicely
furnished kitchen and classroom, all
under the supervision of Mrs. Patsy
school and our church fRtlowship.

Mrs. MacDoi.ald was previously
in charge of tbj Uirjery Depart
Alberga.
ment of the '^K>iil aid rnaiie it into
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We welcome this Christian lady

and pray for her continued success;
signs of which have already ap
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peared.
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Homer Styons' "Soul
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who
attended.
Brother
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BREAKING SOD AT
MEADOWBROOK!
Hi hip hooray! We made It to the

ground-breaking!
To tell the truth, we never had
any doubts. God's work must go

forward.
We are talking, of course, about

the new Meadowbrook church
which is coming closer and closer.

It was a great day for us at! on
Sunday, Sept. 28. We had our good

friend and member of the Home
Advisory Committee, Mr. Glaister
Duncan, Town Clerk for the City of

Kingston, turn the first sod. Then
others in the congj^gatlon followed.

We are grateful indeed to God
that our Faith Promise campaignfor

the sanctuary has been so fruitful
among the Meadowbrook fellow-
ship. Our hope Is that we will com
mence bulMIn^ by February, 1970.

Meanwhile we will continue wor
shipping In the main hall of our
Sunday School'building.
Thank you all, our Stateside
friends, for your wonderful prayers,

help and encouragement. Please
don't stop.
And so now, in the name of
Christ, on to the sanctuary!

**********
Mr. Glaister Duncan, Town Clerk of Kingston, breaks sod for Meadow
brook sanctuary. Others In picture are (from left) Fred Dupee, Vic Reid,
Jim Herget, Solomon Levy, Ramon Alberga, Nimrod Townsend, Homer
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Echoes of a charming old world Christmas custom
are still heard in this English-speaking island of the

Caribbean. This is the national holiday known as
"Boxing Day" Many Americans, in their first months
of Caribbean living have been mystified by this

strangely named holiday which occurs December 26th.
Could it be a day which in the season's mood is
given over to some national boxing championship?

Actuajly, far from having anything to do with
spprt, "Boxing Day" commemorates a love-function,
a Christmas-giving.
It comes from an ISth-century English tradition of
"boxing"the left-over Christmas goodies (goose, plum

pudding, etc.) as gifts for the poor.
The gift-boxes were given out the day after Christ

mas which came to be known as "Boxing Day."
In Jamaica, as elsewhere in the former British
Empire, Boxing Day now has been varied from its
original reasons and become a rest-day after the
Christmas festivities. But the tradition of "gifting"

remains.
For there is a joy in giving at anytime but moreso

at Christmas.
A specially deep-felt spiritual joy that is family to

the exulting of the Wise Men, that first Christmas,
when they "opened their treasures and presented unto
Him gifts."
What a beautiful way to have begun His childhood)
No wonder He was to say later, "Lay not up for

yourselves treasure upon earth..."
Open your treasures and present untQ Him gifts)

A JOYOUS. PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS TO YOU
ALL FROM THE BOYS OF THE HOME)
VhcMialki
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The
Jamaica
Junior
&
Youth
Cornel'
HEY TEENERS!
It was an eager group of faces that
bent heads together on Sunday after
church. Something new was on their
minds and by Friday night they had
assembled with sticks, placards, felt pens,
and scotch tape. Result? An hour later,
two dozen good slogans were printed
and assembled on sticks ready for a
march.
And the march was staged twice.

First it was on a Saturday afternoon
when the visiting evangelists arrived. Our
pick-up truck was decorated with large
signs advertising the meeting, a loud
weaker installed, and the march was off.
Down the road, street after street, road
after road.
They sang, they announced, they

gave out circulars, and they chatted ai
gate after gate. And on Sunday they did
it again. And remember, the streets and
sun are hot in Jamaica. But the dedica
Andrew, our new baby, was four

months when he slept first in the crib in
the Horhe's Nursery. The picture of

angels on the wall looked down lovingly
on him, a gentle breeze from the window
tugged at tiny bits of hair at the edge of
his bald head, and through the slats of
the crib gazed several little fellows who
were falling in love with their new baby.
But there was someone who didn't
tion of Christian youth is hot too.
like this business at all!
They wanted others to find what

they found a full, rich, worth-theliving kind of religion that belongs strictly
peered through his own slats, and viewed
to those who will follow Jesus.

And our kids felt a real kick of
achievement when the house was almost
full every night of the week. Remember

to pray for our kids, hear?
John crept up to a kneeling position,

the newcomer with mingled thoughts.
After making his decision, he let out
a terrible howl of complete dissatisfac
tion. Nothing could console him. This
was an intruder. An intruder in his castle
....another king in his kingdom! He

cried bitterly for an hour, then fell
asleep. But oh, the sunshine of the next

EVERYONE
LOVES A
BABY!...
WELL ALMOST
Yes, babies are lovable. And each one
in turn thinks his is the finest of any.
rhorning crept into his heart and helped

him to love the new baby.
PROTESTING FOR CHRIST: These kids at Meadowbrook thought
they would do a little protesting too so they staged their own march
for Christ, complete with placards, through the streets of the suburb.
Here we see a section of the marchers whose ages ranged from 6 to 16.
A REQUEST FOR CHRISTMAS
but it will be a tree of some kind. And
Bobby looked very serious when he

came into the kitchen where Mom was
fixing supper. He wanted to talk about

Christmas, although it was really only
October. He seemed to be speaking for
all the boys.
"Mom," he said, "We want to go to
camp at Christmas time. Can you and

Daddy decide to not give us any Chrismas presents and put the money together
and buy gas and take us to camp in
stead?"
It sounded like a good idea and it

looks like the Home family will spend a
few days after the Christmas Candlelight
Service, the Sunday School Program, the
School
Christmas
Exercises,
and
when
it is set up and decorated with bits
and pieces of country-bush-finery, it will
look quite nice.
We even have a set of lights that

Daddy will bring.
And then there will be goodies that

our Kingston friends pour onto us that
delightful week before Christmas. Uncle
Ian and Aunt Nan bring turkey for the
occasion, and many, many others join
in making fun.
All this is packed into the pick-up
and arrives at Nine Palms to make the
holiday a glad one.

But most of all, we remember what
the
general rush of Christmas is over.
it
is
about
...
about
our
wonderful
strike out into the "bush" for a Christ
Saviour Jesus Who taught us about gifts.

We share with one another that gift of
love and we are happy at Christmas Nine
mas tree. Now it won't be a fir or pine.
Palms.
What do we do? Well, first the boys
11
GOVT MINISTER OPENS PRDMTERY
Our
new
prlntery,
Oxford
-J^hristlan Press, has now been dedi
cated, opened, and is off running.

Dedicatory Exercises took place
on Thursday, Nov. 6, when the
Honourable Allan Douglas, Minister
old dream of Jim and Carol Herget.

As speakers at the Exercisesstressed,
the main purposes of the printery
will be the dissemination of Chris
tian literature and the offer of a
wider curriculum to the boys of

the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home.
of Youth & Community Develop

ment in the Government of Jamaici
was chief speaker.
Dedicatory Prayers were offered

by Pastors,^.Jimes "HeTget and
Solomon CLevy. Mr. Vic Reid, who
will direct the operation of the
printery,
was
Chairman
at the
function.
The printery has been the 3-year-
Our Cover this issue

For David
and Baby Andrew, it was

love at first sight.
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EDITORIAL
Who remembers Brumalia?
The keeping of Christmas is believed to have begun

about the third century. It is most frequently credited
to Hippolytus, one of the early church fathers.
Startling is the fact that the choice of December
25th was influenced by the popular Roman holiday

known as "Brumalia " which fell on that date.
But who now remembers Brumalia?
Tl-^ ways of God are inscrutable. In the midst of
pagan Rome, He had men cnange a heathen saturnalia

into a holy day commemorating the birth of His Son
and so bring "on earth peace, good will toward men."
What a wonderful day of love and joy Is Christmas
Day!
God qrant you all love and joy on that day and the
days to cone!
A HAPPY PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL,

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JAMAICA

A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

THE JAMAICA EVANGEL

Produced & Published by the

at No. 7 Oxford Road, Kingston 5,

Mr. & Mrs. James Herget, managing directors;

Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga,

Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker.

Bookkeeper:Mrs.Phyllis Stephens; Nurse

Price Waterhouse & Co.

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You Are Looking At A HOPE!

And, brother, we're desiring with ex

We desire a church building at Meadowbrook. One which by its very appear

provide a worthy pulpit for His message.

often chose striking places from which

if And even from the Cross.

poor gifts of our hands, let us offer of

Not a large edifice, nor an elaborate

one, but one which will speak of our love

Easter In The Islands

At Kasti-r. ihf> land blooms.

The Spring rains c<)me down in buckets

for lady church-goers in Jamaica,

host are in full

observe the 3-hour "passion

The sunlight is calm on the coast none

All businesses close down on Good Fri

day; even the trains

Easter Day, too. is a church-going day

dark," (John 20: 1) on the morning of

The long 4-day weekend ends on Mon

White is the traditional dress at Easter

May God bless you and me."

Robert (in traffic): "Hey, Mummy,

Mitchell Town is a fishing village built

coast. It also functions as a dormitory

under hard-hitting rainstorms, and often

So we will tell you now about the Mit

pastor of the Mountain View church, al

Prime Mini.ster Ri. Hon. HuRh Shearer

YOUR GIFTS HAVE WINGS!

Church of the Fishers

A.s Brother Levy leDs it, it was Sister

though he be. sparks were bound to fly

the Mitchell Town Brotherhood.

Now, as all Christians know, there is

Sparks? More than that. A real bonfire

It is forty miles of winding going be

for the faith. He had already built up a

'Whose foundation was overflown . . . (Job 22: 16)

CARIBBEAN SPRING 1969