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MISSION SERVICESP.O. Box 2427Knoxville TN 37901-2427

615) 577-9740

DONALD FREAM


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lAMAICACHRISTIAN

VOLUME 2 January-February, 1952 Number 1^

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White Hall Church of ChristWHITE HALL CHURCHNEARING COMPLETIONThe picture above is an artist's conception of how the new building at WhiteHall will look upon completion. Thebuilding is 18' x 40' and is constructedof concrete blocks. It is nearing completion now, since Donald Fream and Woodrow Phillips spent most of the month ofDecember working on it. They laid theblocks themselves. It is estimated thatthe building will seat 100.The members laid th e foundation, butsevere crop losses during the hurricaneprevented them from going ahead withthe building. They are contributing allthey can in the way of labor.As this building was going up, wordcame that another church building a tBoise Content burned down. However,th e loss was not too great, as the building was temporary structure and was inneed of being replaced.

Pray fo r this work that out of theruins and the ashes, a better one can bebuilt, and that faith crushed to earth

Over 4 AttendChurch RallyTheme: New Lamps for Old.

Churches of Ch ri st in J am aic a m e t fo ra preaching rally the 2nd of Decemberin the S tony Hill Government School justnorth o f Kingston. Over 400 attended thes er vi ce s wh ic h la ste d fr om 9 a.m. unti l6 p.m.

The theme of the rally was NewLamps for Old by Donald Fream, miss ionary; Unclean Works of the flesh vs.Holy Fruit of the Spi ri t by E. A. Robinson, Braeton Church of Christ; TheUnclean Tongue vs. the Clean Tongueby Malcom Smith, Minister, CamperdownChurch of Christ; Despising Fellowmanvs . Brotherly Love by A. R. A. Hepbuni,minister, York Street Church of Christ;and Sin Unto Death vs. Obedience UntoRighteousness by Woodrow Phill ips,missionary.Special sermons were delivered byClifford Edwards, nat ive Jamaican whohas just returned to Jamaica after fouryears study in Albeita Bib le College,


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Page TwoThe JAMAICA CHRISTIAN

EDITORPansy Reed Click Moore Haven Floridamissionaries to JAMAICAAMERICAN ADDRESS-

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fream:Route 2 Moore Haven Florida.Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Phillips915 8th St. San Jose California.

FOREIGN DDRjSS FqR OTH FAMILIES- _Jamaica Christ ian MissionStony Hill I . P. .lainaicu B. W. I.America Sends Clothing

In response to the appeal to helpneedy Christians here in Jamaica afterthe hurricane Christians in Amei ica literally overwhelmed us with their generous gifts of u.scd clothing.In the space of a month and a halt270 boxes of clothes arrived at themission. All of us were thrilled to seeso many boxes come in because weknew what a great help it would be toall the needy even though it meant agreat deal of work for us.With so many boxes arriving you canunderstand why there would not be timeto open sort and repack each box. Itthe box was still well-wrapped we just.sent it on or delivered it without opening it Consequently we could not acknowledge the contents of each box received lut only the number of boxes.To save postage on trying to mail outall of the clothes we attempted to deliver as many as possible. Each time oneof the cars left, it would be loaded downwith boxes to drop off at various churches along its roxite and whenever thestudents left for their week-end preaching jaunts, they took as many boxes asthey could carry. At the rally all of thechurches who had trucks wore givenboxes to take back.

You would have to be here to understand what al l of this meant to thosepersons and families who poor undernormal circumstances , were le ft poo rerby the storm. They have offered manyprayers of thankfulness for their American b r e t h r e n

Over JOO attend Church Rally(CotUimied From Page Onei

Lions were led by Robert Blake, evangelist. T he communion s erv ic es and message was in charge of E. A. Woodstock,minister, Richmond Church of Chnst.Les lie Richards, minister, Lime Hall

January-February , 1952

MR. AND MRS. J M E S H E R G E T

HERGETS TO RETURNTO JAMAICA

A wire from Mr. and Mrs. James Her-get was r eceived by the edi tor of the Jamaica Christian on January 1st, stat ingthat their visas had been granted by theBritish Government, permitting them tore turn to Jamaica as missionarie.s.The Hergets have been making plansfor severaL months to return to Jamaica,where they were once stationed as mis-sionai ies, and now that their visas havebeen granted, they will leave just as soonas necessary arrangements can be completed.They plan to establish a work in asect ion o f th e i s land w h e r e t h e r e is noNew Testament church, and will cooperate and work with the Jamaica Chris t ianMis sion in i ts total mission program.At th e present time, Mrs. Herget issecretary to Mr. J. H. Dampier, minister,o f th e Fi r s t Chris t ian Church of JohnsonCity, Tenn.

T o live in h ea r t s we leave behind isn o t to die.bus. Sickness caused the l as t minutec an ce ll at io n o f two t ruck loads. One ofthe speakers, C. A Morris, minister,P o r t Maria C hurch of Chr is t sen t a te legram that he could not attend as he wasseriously ill in bed.Howevei- th e school building was fi lled to capacity and since the rally invok


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oClttJe T^l ^Lan aTii^THE GIVEAWAY

One (lay there came a timid knock atthe (looi- of the house where Nita Loulived. A barefooted little girl w ith p ig -taiks and big brown eyes looked up pleadingly at Nita s mother , Please, couldyou give me a doll ?Nita s moth er looked a t the little girlfor a minute, then called Nita.Nita , she said, this little gii ldoesn t have any dolls a t all, and youhave several . Do you think you couldpick out one to give her?Nita was quite thrilled with the idea,and short ly decided to give away a smallbrown-haired doll who wore a green bonnet trimmed with a pink ribbon.When the little girl in p ig -ta il s s awthe doll, her brown eyes opened wider,and her mouth di-ew up into an 0 .Then, clutching her prize, she murmureda thankyu and ran for home as fastas her brown legs could carry her.The very next day, Nita s mother happened upon Nita who was going out ofthe house with her arms loaded downwith dolls, books, and toys. Glancing outof the window, she saw a whole crowd ofchildren waiting expectantly. The wordhad gotten around fast.You ie giving all those away? sheasked .Yes, mother, Nita replied. Thoseboys and girls don t have any toys andI have lots o f them.Generous Nita nearly emptied her toybox tha t day. I t was our Lord who sa id, I t is more blessed to give than to receive.

THE THREE R S

Have you ever wondered what it wouldbe like to go to school in Jamaica? Letme tell you what one school is like.First of all, there are no classrooms.There is jus t one big room like an audi

tor ium with var ious sizes o f desks andchairs. The classes are put in differentparts of the same room. Some country

Steven Paul PhillipsLittlest Missionary

This is S t e v ie ou r l i t t les t l i t t lemissionary. He is a very happy boy, andPatty and Woody are quite proud of him.Ni t a and Les l ie have f e l t a h it le ft ou tbecause they don t have a baby b ro th er ,too; but now they are vei-y excited because they expect to have a baby brotherof their very own next May. Of course,i t might turn out to he a baby s is ter, andtha t would mean they would have some

one with whom to share the i r dolls anddresses. Either way, they will like itjust because it will be such a tiny baby.TO FLY TO JAMAICA

Nita Lou and Leslie are very excitedover th e p ro sp ec ts of a v isit from theirgrandmother, Mrs. Pansy Reed Click,who is th e m o th er of Mrs. Freain.Mrs. Click is edi tor of the Jam aicaChris tian, and is, also, forwarding agentand personal representative of the


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Isn t this policeman handsome in hisuniform as he stands in the middle ofthe street directing traffic? In Kingston,the capital city of Jamaica, you will seeone at every main street crossing Theywear white helmets and coat s with si lverbuttons, and dark blue trousers withbright red stripes down the side. Therearen t any traffic lights in Jamaica atall, so an officer must slay in the street,signaling which cars must stop andwhich mus t go on.The city fathers have lately been talking of getting traffic lights just likeNew York has , and one day they probably will. But the people in Kingstonwill miss their color fu l pol iceman withtheir graceful motions after the red andgreen stop lights are put up.

Snowballs In January

January-February, 1952The Little Dog That Laughed

You ve probably heard ox laughinghyenas, but did you ever hear of alaughing dog? There is a little dog nearthe mission which really laughs. Mostdogs say Bow, Wow Woof, Woof orArf, Arf ; but this dog says Ha, Ha He tries very hard to bark like heshould, but it always comes out Ha,Ha , and then everyone laughs at him.He could never make a good watch dogand frighten people away, for whowould be afraid of a dog that laughed ?The laughing dog looks funny too. Hehas a thin little face with great longwhiskers that make him look like a rat .But he had one friendSmokey. Smokeyplayed with the dog that laughed all thetime, and didn t seem to mind that itdidn t b ark like he did.But one day Smokey was crossing theroad without being very careful, and agreat big truck ran over him. Thechildren found their little pet, and sadlycan-led him home to bury him. The dogthat laughed was there and he sniffedat the still body of his friend, thenwatched when Smokey was put down into a hole and covered over with dirt. Herolled his eyes and looked very sad likehe wanted to cry, but he only said Ha,Ha . No one laughed at the little dogthen. They all felt very soi-ry for him.

A HAPPY REUNIONRecen tl y a ll the churches o f Christ inJamaica held a big rally in the government school just down the street, andpeople came f rom many different places.All of the little missionaries were verysurprised and pleased when Sammy andLarry showed up too. They had misse


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January-February, 1952

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This outline map of Jamaica showsroughly the main mountain ranges andt he genera l concentration of the Churches o f Chr is t All of th e c hu rc h es c an no tbe shown on the map, but the main onesare given in their approximate location.The churches are not as close together asthe map makes them appear. One churchmay be on one side of a mountain, andanother chui-ch on the other side, withno way to get from one to the other except by walking or riding a donkey.The present location of the mission isshown at Stony Hill, just north of Kingston. This location is still temporary,however. It is hoped that the missioncan be moved into the city of Kingstonp r ope r A liig Little Island

Jamaica is a comparatively small island (144 X 49 miles) but i t seems a verylarge is land when one tries to get fromone place to another. After driving overthe narrow mountain x-oads for awhile,one has the feeling that he is just traveling up and down instead of going foi*-ward. A mei'e thirty miles stretch outinto a two-hour trip.The Blue Mountains are the highestmountains in Jamaica. They extend asfar west as Stony Hill, where the mainroad from Kingston to Annotto Bayi-eaches a height of 1,360 feet. Thehighest point. Blue Mountain Peak, is7,388 feet high, and there are many otherpeaks over 5,000 feet high. Sir John'sPeak is 6 ,100, and Catherine's Peak 5,036Cool NightsAs temperature falls one degree foreveiy 300 feet I'ise above the level of the

sea, i t will be obvious tha t as half o fJamaica is over 1,000 feet in elevation,the avei-age temperature will be quite 3

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Variety sthe Spice of ifeBy Maxine Fream

It has been said that Vaxdety is th espice of life . Read about a few of ourexperiences, and then make up yourow n mind

Som etime in November we were concerned with mai ling our Chi'istmas cards.There wei-e around 400 of them to signand address. Don addi-essed all of theenvelopes, and neatly stamped them;then stacked them away until I couldfind time to^sign the cards.

Stuck-upAll tha t week i t rained in tori*ents.Luckily, it gave me enough time insideto get the cai'ds al l signed. Then, oneevening we started to insex-t the cax dsseal them and send them on their wayBut horrox s The damp weather hadcaused al l of the gummed flaps to Ixecome glued together as tightly as ifsomeone had delibex-ately licked them andsea led t hem .Well, we s imply couldn't addx ess anew set of envelopes ail over again; besides, they all had postage stamps onthem already, and we couldn't lose allthose too. So, thei e was only one otherthing to dosteam each one open. Thenext day we had two teakettles boilingmerrily on the stove and we spent arather humid afternoon getting the envelopes open, and burning our fingers afew t imes in the process.

Double TakeAnother day, I was snowed under bya stack of mail which needed to be an


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Page SixVariety Is the Spice of Life(Continued f rom page Five)dered what was going on.Stamp Shor tageOur post-office worries have become

almost proverbial with us. Take thesimple matter of buying stamps. t costs2 pence to mail a letter locally. Naturally, one would think that there would beplenty of 2-pence stamps, but the factis that every post-office on the islandran out of 2-pence stamps. We got alongfor awhile by using two 1-pence stamps,but they also ran out. Then, we werecompelled to use -pence and pencestamps. We tried to visualize what wouldhappen if those ran out, could we mailour letters free ? Hardly conceivable.Would there be no mai l a t all? or wouldwe be forced to pay twice th e amount foran ordinary letter? Fortunately, wewere spared this tragedy when a freshsupply of 2-pence stamps a rr ived fromEngland. It costs 8 pence to send anair-mail letter to the states, but they donot have 8-pence stamps. So we haveto use two 4-pence stamps, or a 6-penceand a 2-pence (when they have the 2's)or . . but let 's not go into that.Package AngleWe shall consider another anglePackages, for instance. We always need tomail out a lot of packages of clothingand Bible school l i tera ture to the churches , but for a long time we had no end oftrouble with our local post office. Packages reached us from the s ta tes in 22-ib.bundles, but we were informed that wecould not mail out locally more than 11-Ib . bundles. This mean t tha t we couldonly fill th e boxes half full, and, ofcourse, would not have enough boxes.But we managed somehow.However, when the boxes were f inal lypacked, tied and knotted securely, wetook them to th e post office only to betold tha t they were tied too well Nothing would do but to untie the wholebusiness and re -tie t hem with one little

THE JAMAICA CHRISTIANMoore Haven, Fla.

January-February, 1952string running around each way.Damaged MailFor a little variety, one day an airliner, loaded with mail, freight, and passenge rs , m is sed the runway as it camein for a landing in a heavy fog , and wasforced to make a belly landing in thesea. All of the passengers and mailwere removed before the plane wentdown, but not without some dampeningeffectsWe wondered if any of our mail wason the plane, and sure enough in a fewdays some rather water-logged lettersarrived with the ink running and thestamps soaked off, bearing the notice:Received damaged, and repaired a t theKingston P. 0. However, the contentswere al l intact and, fortunately, we lostnothing.Our pos t-of fice worr ie s are fa r frombeing a t an end, but as I said a t th ebeginning, Variety is the spice of lifeso they say

Outline Map of Jamaica(Continued from page Five)have fireplaces built in the walls, like thehouses in the temperate zone.Cockpit CountryThe cockpit country is a large unhabitable region, covering an area of about

200 square miles on the southern boun-dry of the parish of Trelawny. It iscomposed of liniestone rock and the effect of the tropical i*ains 'has been toform series of rough cones and hollows.The scenery is wild. The cockpits ,which received their name from theirresemblances to the arenas for cockfight-ing of two centuries ago, vary in sizesand shape from small steep-sided circular pits of a few chains in diameter tolong narrow shaped bas ins a mile inlength. At the bottom of some are sinkholes of unknown depths. This countrymade communicatiqn almost impossible,and it was the hiding place at one timeof the Maroons and runaway slaves.

SEC. 34.66 p. L. R.U. S. POSTAGEP I

Moo re Haven, Fla.PERMIT NO. 7


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s tony Hi l l P,0Jferch, 1952Dea r Bre t h r en in Ch r i s t ;

We are writ ing t h i s l e t t e r with a very special burden on ourhearts. The time has come when we have reached a definite turningpo i n t i n th e life o f th e miss ion work i n J am a ic aa nd a s we facea l l the oppor tuni t ies and respons ib i l i t ie s which the fu ture i sopening to us.^ we are f i l l ed with a sense of himil i ty , and a deepconsciousness of our dependence upon th e Lord,

This matter concerns the Jamaica Bible Seminary. Late l a s tyear the Seminary was moved to th e me tro po lita n Kinf;ston area : norder^to enable more stu de nts to attend. The enrollment doubledimmediate ly^ and more applications are coming in almost every weekTwo nat ive min is te rs will join the faculty next term.

We a re convinced t h a t th e success o f th e work here wi l l be indi rect proportion to the success of the Bible Seminary, At thepresent timej we have churches and 32 preaching points havingover 2500 members j but we have only about s ix nati ve m ini ste rs \jh oare capable of rea l ly teaching New Testament doctrine. Our cryingneed i s fo r a greater number o f tra in ed native preachers. We needa Jamaica Bible Seminary with 75 students enrol led and 15 gradua t ing every year in orde r to moot the demands o f the f i e l d Butto be able to care for more students5 adequate fac i l i t ies mustbe made avai lable in the very near fu ture

After much prayer and consideration,^ a five--year building program has been decided upon. Seven acres o f f ine land have beenpurchased for a building s i te only 5 mllos from downtovm Kingstonin^a rapdily developing residential section. A large^ modernbuilding of the ranch style so p ra ctic al in tro pic al climates hasbeen designed and blue prints submitted to the building authorit i e s for approval . The building plans ca l l for cement block cons t ruc t i on with re in fo rced s t e e l and asbes tos tile roo f Thecompleted s tru c tu re w i ll be composed o f f ive un i t s one un i t tobe constructed each year to meet the growing needs. The Materialfor each unit v/ill cost approximately ly500, not counting thelabor V7hich wi l l be done by t he m i ss iona rie s and students . Atthe end of five years^ v;e wili have a building worth many timesits cost

I t is an hour I or prayer. e have pre.yed much over it^ but v eneed your prayers too. more than ever. Your fai th, support, andprayers a re making th is wovk possi ble. V e hope you wil l continueto find i t worthy, and that these plans will meet your approval.This new college is our dream and hope- - you can help us make i tcome true

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Dear Ch r i s t i a n Fr i ends s

Half-Way Tree P.O.Apri l , 1952

Our ^main concern a t the present is s t i l l the nev.; building forthe Jamaica Bible Seminary. Announcements about should come outin the Jamaica Christ ian and in the Christ ian Standard th is monthwith a sketch of the proposed structure - watch for i t We plan topublish l i s ts of a ll contributions designated specifically for the. seminary buildingThe students are on vacation this month and they have just completed an evangelistic moeting for the Richmond Church of Christ, andv/hat a thr i l l ing meeting i t was. Except for one evening viien therewere heavy rains, the building v/as f i l led to capacity (over 200), and

one n ig ht th ere wore more than 500 by ac tua l count crov/ded in andaround the building. The children sat around on the platform so tha tthe preacher had to stand in one place to deliv er h is message, andone l i t t l e fellow even went to sleep under the pulpi t .The whole community -was st i r red by the gospel messages and theteaching. The v is ib le r esul ts were in 31 resnonsos: twenty-six confessions of fai th, VJhen v/o sec the results of the students' efforts,we are more anxious than over to increase our fac i l i t i e s for t rainingmore young men in th e minis t r j - .We ve spent some.wonderful hours in Christian fellowship s ince theHergets arrived. There for awhile we didn' t got much else done except

vis i t and get acquainted and help thorn got their things through customsand go t s e t t l ed . They havo found a house to ren t not f a r from us andare just getting moved in this week. o picked a new mailing addressthat would be best for a ll throe missionary families 5 sort of half-way betwocn everyone, and turned out to bo Half-Way Tree P.O. WohopG this address v/ll l bo permanent as long as v/e are in Jamaica.The shadow of the stork i s hover ing ove r us - a now addit ion tothe family is expected to o-rrlve on the scone early next month. Thereare many busy preparations g , ing on around the house. A big basket i sbeing fitted out for a bassinott, and the scv/ing mach.ine v/hirs awaystitching up l i t t l e clothes, sheets, etc. (Haxino v;as very p leasedV7hen she found a local store s ellin g gauze dianers, unt i l she learnedth e p r i ce v/as 7 a dozeni )Everyone is well a t this wit ing , and we a l l send our regards toyou in the Lord, Wo thank Him continually for the help of Christianbrethren tha t makes th i s v;ork possible.

In His service ,


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Half Viay Tree P.O.Jamaica B.VJ.IMay 10 1952

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M R . A ND M RS . D ON AL D F R EAMM R. A ND M RS. W O O DR O W PH I L L I P S

De a r B r o . McFa r l a n dThe fo l lowing news i tem i s fo r the nex t A.O. if you have room tospa re . We apprec ia t e more than we can say the he lp you have been to usin handl ing th e s l i de s publ ic iz ing th e work e t c . Sometimes we ge tso busy we fo rge t to sit doi-m long enough to vn?ite thank you . Wea re pressed fo r fvinds i u s t nov7 but the enclosed check may help in a

sma l l vjay. May th e Lord cont inue to b l e s s you in the work you a re doingFa i t h fu l l y in Ctiris t

V/UUf^^D on a ld F re am

- NEW SGIiOOL T ER li B EGINS IN JAMAICA -The sc ho ol term May to August began on May 6th \7iths tudents enro l l ed . James Herget missionary and A .R .A . H epburnl oca l minis te r a re ass i s t ing Woodrow Phi l l i p s and D on ald F ream withth e teaching program. Classes wi l l be held each morning and the

a f t e rnoons v a i l be r e se rved fo r working on th e nev/ s choo l bu i l d i ng .I t i s planned t h a t the nevr bui ld ing ill be bu i l t alnuast en t i r e ly byth e s t uden t s and t e a che r s o f th e Bible Seminary . Funds so des igna tedcan t hus be used to purchase th e necessa ry la ate ria ls fo r c on st ru ct io n .

Suppor t fo r th e Jamaica work may be sen t to any o f the m iss ion ar ie st h rough t h e i r forwarding agen t s o r d i r ec t to th e f i e l d . American addresare Donald Fream: R oute 2 Moore Haven Flor idaWoodrow Phi l l ips ; 91? So. 8th Stree t San Jose Cal i f .James Herget; P.O. Box 162 Elizabethton TennesseeForeign address fo r a l l fami l i e s i s ; Half Way Tree P.O. Jamaica B.W.I

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Ameriean Addresses: Donald Fream Rt. 2 Moore Haven Fla. Woodrow Phillips 915 So. 8th St. San Jose Calif.


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Dear Fe l low-vro rke r s i n Ch r i s t 5

chxistiajN missionJ AhA iCA , B. W. I.

June, 1952P. O .

My soul doth magnify the Irord, and riy sp i r i t hath rejoiced inGod my Saviour , Unto us a son i s born, unto us a chi ld i s given.There* vra.s t r u l y g re at r ejo ic in g in the housGliold5 .hen baby Shavma r r ived sa fe ly ea r ly in th e morning o f i^vy 3rd . I \ ra.s deeply touchedby ll th e l e t t e r s and messages t h a t came from th e Chr i s t i ans he rein Jamaica to welcome hiia. One minis ter \ /rote, We are especial lyproud of your son, because he i s Jamaican born. He wil l serve tobind you th e c l o s e r to us .

Nita and Leslie are proud of t he i r baby brother . They did notseem to th ink t s t range t ha t he should be red and scrav/ny , and theybeg to s t in the rocker and be allov/ed to hold h in fo r a few minu tes on t h e i r l ap s . He i s ce r t a in ly king o f ll he surveys .I am glad too, tha t my s trength i s returning and I -v/lll soon beable to go out on t r ips to the churches again . Don, V/oodrow, and Jimhave each t aken a d i s t r i c t o f churches to v i s i t quar te r ly , so t h a t ina year s tim e, every church v/ill have been visi ted several times by

ll th e miss ionar iGs . These v i s i t s nave se rved to encovirage th e chur*ches to renewed zea l and ovangol i s t ic e f f o r t s . During th e months ofIlarch and April , I66 additions ^/ere reported, 110 by baptism. The reports for yky have not come in yet, but we thank God for tViis sign ofgrowth .

However, our ha-ppiness could not bo without a cloud, i t seems.We were so glad i-jhen the nev; school t e rn opened with 17 s tudents enrol led, but by the second week, f ive had to bo dismissed. We -v/ant tomain ta in h igh sp i r i tm l , moral, and educat ional leve ls in the Seminar:a t a l l t imes, and not a l l could measure up. e were sad to see thefive go, but perhaps the 12 are l e f t are the bet ter for i t .

Often in t he a ft er noon s, I take the c hild ren fo r a walk over tothe new property to see hovr fa r along the s tu de nts a re in the v/ork fo3the Seminary bu i ld ing . The foundat ion fo r the f i r s t un i t has been du^and a road bed lovclod and grave l hauled in . The l a s t t ime I oveithey were digging a long pipe l i ne out to the road so a v/ater maincould be l a id . They probably th ink I count every shovelful of d i r tt h a t i s turned over] Al-\ ;ays before I l eave , I s tand in the midst oft h a t green e:cpanse and look up tov/ard the beau t i fu l Blue Mounta in s anc.pray, God bless us here, in th i s land, among th os e p eople . Give uscourage to face the tasks before us, and s trength to accomplish them,

V/i l l you p ray w ith u s too?

P; .CM TI-iE WORD

In His name,YY\

Max i n o F r e am


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JAMAICACHRISTIANVOLUME 2 SEPTEMBER, 1952 Numbe r 7

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Max in e a nd D ona ld F r e am

INTRODUCING THEMISSIONARIES

Mr. and Mrs. Dona ld Fream are one ofthree missionary families working withthe Jamaica Chris t ian Mission. Mr.Fream was appointed as truste e of themission by the American Committee inJuly, 1950. The Freams toured theS tate s for funds durin g th e fall of thatyear and arrived in Jamaica in January,1951. They were joined by t he Phil li psfamily th e next April, and by the Her-gets in March of tiiis year.Donald Fream, son of Mrs. FlorenceFream and the la te Leslie V. Fream,was born in Holdenv il le , Okla. , November 24, 1917. He g ra du ate d from highschool i n Holdenvi lle , a nd a tte nd ed Oklahoma Baptist University and MesaJunior College. During the war he roseto rank of Captain in the Air Corps

Seminary Walls Going The walls for the new Seminary building are going up rapidly. With classes

ou t fo r a month there is more t ime towork, and each day shows good progress.After wox'king with cement blocks in abroiling tropical sun al l day, th e mencome home blistered, and with sorehands and tired backsyet they sayth ey a re enjoying itA r et ir ed con tr ac to r who lives nearthe Fream s went over to look a t theproperty and kept commenting on whata fine piece of land i t was. When toldwhat was paid for it , he expressed a-mazement and said i t could be sold fo rtwice t h a t amoun t t omor row.

BUILDING DONORSRecen t donat ions sent especially forthe building fund are as follows: HaroldEller, 5U; C. J. Raffel, 20; Firs t Christian Church, Long Beach, California, 11; Mrs. B. W. Perkins, 5; Firs t Christ ian Church, Canton, Ohio, 15; SunshineClass, Christian Church, Mason, 111 20;Paul Berthald, 10 ; First Christ ianChurch (Young People), McKeesport,Pa., 5; J. N. Pike, 15; Mrs. Mae Hart-suck, 10; Church of Chris t, Redlands,California, 150; Wm. M. Ross, 37.50;Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gi-ubbs, 3.50; Mrs.Marion J . Davis, 25.00.These funds are being used as theycome in to pay bills for building suppliesand the construction goes right on.

SOULS SAVEDDuring Augus t vacation a number o fevangelistic meetings were held with

good results. Jim and Carol Herget helda week's meet ing a t Beecher 's Townwith 13 baptized. A girl of 20 years


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The JAMAICA CHRISTIANEDITORPansy Reed Click, Moore Haven, FloridaMISSIONARIES'TO JAMAICAAMERICAN ADDRESS-Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fream:Route 2, Moore Haven, Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Phillips,,915 South 8th St., San Jose, Calif.Mr. and Mrs. James Herget,P. O. Box 162, Elizabethton, Tenn.FOREIGN ADDRESS FOR ALL FAMILIESJamaica Christian MissionHalf Way Tree P. O., Jamaica, B. W. I.

Funds for the Jamaica work may be sent to anyof the above addresses. Bank drafts, moneyorders or checks are all acceptable. Airmail postage to Jamaica is 10c.

OUR DEBT TO MISSIONSMany are under the impression thatthe Christian faith is our peculiar possession here in America, and that weare under no obligation to give it to therest of the world. Any such benightedpersons are in for a rude awakening.For you and I, and all Christians inAmerica, are directly indebted to missionaries from afar for our religious

belief.Christianity is not an Anglo-Saxon religion at all, Christ was neither an Englishman, nor an American, nor a European. He was born on the other side ofthe world, the son of a woman of alienblood. He lived amid scenes that areforeign to us, and spoke a language thatis unintelligible to us. Christianity is anAsiatic religion. Our fathers were foreigners to Christ and His disciples; andthey would never have heard the gospelof the Nazarene had not the missionaries of the Church crossed mountainsand sea, and thus brought to them theglad tidings of salvation.When Christ lived in Galilee, theAngles and Saxons and Britonsourf ath er swere ver ie st heathen and a-mong the most backward people onearth. The f i rs t volume of Hume s

Histox-y of England should prove an effective a ntid ote to ou r racial pride. Hesays, No idolatrous worship ever at

SEPTEMBER 1952

Jamaica Bush MechanicBy WOODROW PHILLIPS

Don Fream, Jim Herget and I weredriving doggedly up into the Mochomountains to a leaders meeting at Richmond Park. The road was rough, rocky,and crooked. Suddenly we came to ashort strip of good asphalt paving. Evidently this unexpected piece of goodroad was too great a shock for my Standard Vanguard. The car wheezed uncertainly, coughed apologetically, and quivered to a complete stop. As is the custom with Jamaica drivers, I did notattempt to get off the road, but appliedthe brakes right where we were to keepfrom rol ling back down the hill.UNSOLICITED HELP

Having l imited mechanica l abi lity, Iraised the hood and looked in with l i t t leidea of what I was supposed to see. Lo,as if by prearranged signal, there a,p-peared on th e scene that unusual character that is strictly Jamaican, the Jamaica bush mechanic. Without invita tio n or even encouragement, he reached into my car pocket, pulled out awrench, pliers, and a screwdriver andw en t to work .

One man he s ta t ioned f la t on his backunder the car; another, he put insidebehind the wheel; and several more aidedhim by peering intently under the lifted hood with grea t comment. Amazinglyenough, af te r a few m inutes of argument, discussion, and work, the bushmechanic had my Vanguard runningagain. T he price ten bob 1.40 toyou, and almost a weeks wages to myTHINGS UNDONE

Unfortunately, in th e g en er al turmoil,a few th ings were left undone, resulting in further repairs at a Kingstongarage. However, in an emergency, nothing compares to the unsolicited helpof th e bu sh mechanic and his volunt e e r c r ew


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SEPTEMBER 1952 Page Three

jClttJe Wl^ SLLOiaaRuTwo Babies

A little black baby was born todayIn a far-off heathen land;And the mother's hear t was tendera nd wa rmAs she kissed th e ti ny black hand.

A little whit e baby was born today,In a land wher e t he Saviour is known.He will have more chance to hear

God's Word,And be reared in a Christian home.Two l i t t le babies were born t oday .Two small, new lives came to earth;Black or whi te , in our Saviour's eyes,'Their lives are of equal worth.But the little black baby was bornin to f il th ,Into fear and dir t and disease;And the little dark eyes will l ookearly on sin,Shal l we s i t a t hom e in our ease While a little black baby grows into

a m a n .And sinks into sin and shame,Then comes a t last to the end of his daysNeve r hear ing t he Saviou r' s name?He never will hear unless someone goesTo te ll him tha t Chris t saves the lost.Oh Chinstian Think o f that black baby's

soulIs sending too great a cost?Selec ted

Jamaican nglishIn Jama ica they raise a song, dropthe Word, and lift t he o ff er ing.Your dress is too tall (long.Don' t trouble me again.All I had was to go.That 's a pretty g irl, d on 't i t?I lost that one bring me a next one.He put his shoes on back.

Breadf ru i t f rom J ama ic a

BREADFRUITThis time of the year breadfruit isplentiful in Jamaica. There are many,many breadfruit trees all over the island. They are large t iees and can

bea r a lo t o f f ru i t . O ften th e re a re hundreds of the big g ree n balls growing onone tree, and even one f rui t when i t isripe will weigh from two to f ive pounds.Sometimes people who have neverseen breadfi 'u it g rowing think of a treewith a funny kind of frui t on i t shapedlike loaves of bread, but as you can seeby the picture, it does not look like tha ta t ail. The picture shows one breadfruitjust beginning to grow, and another onenearly ripe enough to pick.

FOOD FOR THE POORBread fr ui t h as a thick starchy whitepulp inside that tastes a little like apotato. I t is good boiled or roasted

whole . Bread f ru i t sel ls in th e ma r k e tfor 3c to 10c, depending on how largei t is .If you are lucky enough to have a bigb re ad fru it tre e growing in your yard,you can have all you want to eat andsome to sell too. A lot of poor peoplewill live on nothing else but b read frui tfor a l ong t ime.


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Missionary Small FryPatty, Woody and Stevie Phillips areeagerly looking forward to a new member of the family in November, who willbear the title, The Lit tlest Missionary.The other day Leslie Vee Fream wastaVen by her mother to a photogi apherto have her picture taken. The officereminded her of the one her mother hadtaken her to a few weeks before. I t tookquite a bi t of coaxing to persuade herto sit on the table under the big lights.Final ly , she sat down and looked up atmother and in wide-eyed horror asked,Mother, are we going to get a blood

tes t? Leslie had remembered all toowell the big needle that the doctor hadhid behind him when he sat her on hisb ig t ab le .Ni ta Lou Fream was sick w ith fev erlast week. She averages once a monthrunning fever up to 102 deg. but thedoctor has never been able to discoverwhat is causing i t. I t does not seem tobe ser ious because in a day or two sheis always up and active again.Four-months-old James Shawn Freamand his daddy f requen tly occupy therocking chair and have long man-to-

man talks about things they won t letthe women f ol ks in on.Oswald Rings the ellEvei y church in Jamaica must havea bell for calling the people to servicefor very few people own a clock. A bellcan be just anything that will make aloud noise. In Por t Mar ia the bell is anold iron t ire rim. Oswald delights incoming to class early enough to ring thebell. He loves the class and we love h im ,BUT . . . Oswald likes to be the centerof at t ract ion . W h en he is called on tonray, he drawls out his prayer in verydramatical tones and when there is anytask for a child to do , Oswald insistsupon doing it .La s t week he came to class r a t he rquiet and ill-looking, and when I askedhim what the trouble was he said. Oh,I have been sick in bed all week andcouldn t go to school, but, he sighedheavily, I could not miss my Bible

Class .In the evening when class is over,Oswald is u su ally the last child to go

S E P T E M B E R 1952

read elivery ManDoes the bakery truck deliver bread

to your house each day? Perhaps youlike to bring the bread into the house orbeg your mother to ask the bread manfor a jelly roll for you.

The bakery truck comes to the missionaries houses too, only it is not ashiny n ew Chev ro let or Ford t ruck likeyou would see in cities in the States. I tis just a little donkey wagon.

DJNG-A-LINGI - THE BREADMANIn the picture -you sec Nita-Lou get

ting the bread from the bread man. Shewatches for him each day, but if sheisn t around when he comes, he stops a tthe gate and rings a little bell loudlyuntil she comes running. Sometimes shegets to ride a short way in the cart andt h a t is such fun

SLICE YOUR OWNBread costs six pence for a small loaf,and a shi ll ing ( twe lve pence) for a largeone. None of the loaves are sliced, andeveryone must slice his own bread,which means tha t somet imes the sliceswill be too thick or too thin, or verylopsided, but it tastes just as good.

M E E T MR. JO H N C R O WIn the 17th c en tu ry th er e was a clergyman in Jamaica who was very well


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SEPTEMBER, 1952LIVING FOR JESUS

By JAMES H R T

Two zealous t een-age young people,members of the Elletson Road Churchof Christ, were hungry for spiritual activities designed especially for their age.In answer to their plea, we gathered afew young people together on the 27thof June and organized a Living-foi*-J e s u s club .Program plans included singing ofchoruses, circle of prayers, a messagegiven by one of the young people, rollcall answered by scripture verses, and aBible lesson by the missionary. Officerswere elected and the meeting date wasset for every Friday night.

HEART SEARCHINGFires of e nt hu si asm swep t over thesmall group of five charter members asth ey knelt in heart-searching prayers to

God fo r the ir own reconsec rat ion and fo rthe winning of others for Christ.Every inember a consecrated Christianwas chosen fo r th eir goal as they determined in the i r hear t s to L ive fo rJesus. The days immediately followingwere busy ones for the club membersdays that wei-e to be rewarded in ashorter period of time than they hadexpected. - JOY UNSPEAKABLE

Scriptural joy unspeakab le was experienced by the club on two occasionsin the past five weeks when they accompanied, first, George, then 'Walter, totheir seaside baptisms a t early dawn.Two more of the young people are planning to be baptized this month. Four ofthem have brought their first Bible message. A ttendance has grown to 16 , sickcalls have been made, and the treasuryholds ove r three dollars toward the i rproject of purchasing a piano for thenew church building. Living-for-Jesusclub members are daily Bible readersand regular attendants at the Lord'stable on H is day.

PRAY WITH USIt has been a joy work ing with theseyoung people, t each ing them and baptizin g them. Both Carol and I have jo in ed

together in p raye r for their-stedfastnessand for the possibility of training someof the boys for the ministry. Pray with

TESTIMONYBy Maxine Fream

Page Five

It was testimony night in the littlecountry church. Small lights bobbed upand down in the darkness like oversizedfire-flies as the Christ ians wound the irway over various trails and pathsthrough the bush and down the narrowroad to church. As each one ent er ed t hebuilding, he blew out his smoky kerosene torch lamp, slid it under hi s seat,then knelt quietly for a moment of silentprayer. Only then, would he look a-round to smile a t his neighbors andshake hands with those nearest him.Then, he would join in with the rhythmicswaying and clapping of hands as voicesjoined in harmony to sing the gospelchoruses that told the old, old story ofsa lva t ion .An old man left his place and walkedsedately to the front. His head wasnearly bald, and his dark, leathery facewas creased and re-ci-eased with myriadsof wrinkles of s or row and care and work.A t first glance he presented a neat picturesuit, white shirt, tie. But a secondlook found mute testimony to his abjectpoverty . The shirt collar was hopelesslyfrayed, and the tie was covered withstains that had stubbornly refused tocome out in the wash ing a lthough mosto f the color had. The anc ient secondhand suit had certainly never beencleaned by the present owner (who canafford the price of a cleaning bill ?) andto wash it only meant that it wouldshrink beyond wearing, and anyoneknows th a t i t is bet t e r to have a soileds u it t ha n no su i t a t all .

EDGE OF HELLHe stood there quietly, hands c la spedbehind his back, eyes turned to the

heavens, his face suffused with joy,waiting for the song to end. I am happy to stand here tonight,he began, and tell you how much theLord has done fo r me. I was s tandingon the edge of Hellthat great yawningpit open to receive my soul, when Jesussnatched me away and set my feet uponthe rock. He paused a moment. Some people say 'Jesus' but theydon't mean Jesus. When you say'Jesus' you must mean i t from the bottomless depths of the sea up to the sky.Turning, he pointed to a painting ofChrist tha t hung on the wall. Look a tHis glorious face Two teai's rolleddown th e c re as es in his cheeks . He re


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mong the PeopleThere were many visitors in thechurch that nigh t, and the p reache r feltcalled upon to make some comments onthe teaching lesson. Friends , he said

I so glad you could hear Bro ther Freamteach tonight . He teach real Bible doctrine. Now this church is a bit unusual .We th e only church in Jamaica that hasit s headquartuh s in heaven. This churchis not no denomination, brethren; wedon say this church start in America,or in England. Don the Lord decree th egospel should be preached first in Jerusalem ? Well, tha t s just wheah theC hu rc h o f Chr i s t s t a r t .

Now, Brother Fi-eam here is not nobig-belly white man that grease yourpalm with a shilling. That kind of mancan fill yo tank with gas and take yo toAmerica, but he can t get yo into heaven.B ro th er F re am is a nice Christian . H ethe n icest white man I know, but youknow wha t I l ike mos ' a bou t h im ? H ehasn t got no bigger title than I have.He just plain B ro th er F ream, B.A. .Now that B.A. stands for Born Again,and if you is a brother or sister inChrist, you have as big a title as hedoe s

And all the church said Amen

TESTIMONY . . .(Continued from page Five)

some tears from my own eyes. He isjust a poor old Negro m an, still Jesusloves him. His ancestors came generations ago as slaves from Africa, and butfor Christianity, for all anyone knows,this same man today might have been as avage head-hunt er . But quiet, meek,and humble, he stood there in the littlechurch and said, Jesus loves me.Can anyone say tha t even af ter twothousand years , Christianity has lost itspower to change men s lives? Has noti ts power touched our own ?

THE JAMAICA CHRISTIANMoore Haven, Fla.

SEPTEMBER 1952INTRODUCING THE MISSIONARIES . .

(Cont inued f rom Page One)tucky, and in Denver, Colorado. He also worked with a mission church inColumbus, Indiana.Maxine Click Fream, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. J. S. Click of Moore Haven,Fla., was born in Fort Myers, Florida,December 22 1925, and g raduat ed fromhigh school there. She met her husband whi le he w as sta tio ned in Fo r tMyers during the war. They weremarried at the Seminary in Cincinnati in1946 and graduated togethe r from C.B.S. in 1948. Mrs. Fream also holds anA.B. degree. She was the originatorand artist of the Macky and Donseries of pictorial letters which appearedfo r se ve ral years in G ir lhood days.

The Freams have three chi ld ren, Van-i ta Lou, 5; Leslie Vee, 3; and a son,James Shawn, who was born this May inJ ama i c a .

OUR DEBT TO MISSIONS(Continued from Page 2)grace. The greatest apologetic for Christian missions on the earth is the Anglo-Saxon people. What Christ has done forus , we can and should do for al l men.Not only for love of man and in response to our Lord s commission shouldwe be missionary people, but out ofsheer gratitude and in recognition ofou r debt to missions.

God works for all.You can not hem the hope of being freewith parallels of latitudewith mountain range and sea.

Put golden padlocks on Truth s lipsbe callous as ye willFrom soul to soul, o er all th e world,leaps one electric thrill .

The Good News of Jesus is, to thosewho know it, their greatest possession;and the object of missions is to maketh is Pea r l of Grea t Pr ice ava i lableand under st andabl e to all the peoplesof the world.

SEC. 34.66 p. L 4 R.U. S. POSTAGEP I

Moore Haven, Fie.PERMIT NO. 7


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^atttatra CHi^rtatian :^TBBianHUR H S OF HRIST

ewsBa3om*-n> o . J am a ic a b . w . i.

Stony Hi l l P 0Jamaica,6* W. Oc t ob e r

MR. A ND M RS . D ON AL D F RE AMMIS S IONAR IE S

Dear ones i n -Chr i s t J e s u s :You have probably already not iced that we have a new addresswith t h i s l e t t e r . I t has been our hearts desire /ever since we havebeen in Jamaica to loca te the school where the s tuden t s could l ea rnsome trade, and thus become after a measure self-supporting. ^VH.thstudents wno would eventually partly or totally support themselves,we plan to enlarge the school in the future. e have moved the entiremissions the Phillips family, ourselvov'j, and the school, to the newlocation after much prayer and consideration. Already we have foundless expense for the mission at Stony Hill than a t Bwarton. and fromhere we can reach a greater percentage of the members of the Churchof Christ. (Our new home is just outside of Kingston, the capital5and about one f i f th of the to ta l population of Jamaica i s \d.thin afew miles. fe now have four churches in Kingston with a combinedactive membership of over ^50. To keep the new address from confusingthe bre th ren a t home, we ar enclosing a self-addressed envelope.The rpnirs from the hurricane are s t i l l in progress, althoughsomewhat slowed. e accomplished the quick work f i r s t and now comesthe slower part of rebuilding some of the buildings that were completely demolished. To date we have spent approximately 4700 for hurricanerelief, and this amount will probably be multiplied several timesbefore we catch up to where we were before the storm. During October

we are planning a series of distr ic t leaders meetings, in \diich we willdiscuss problems peculiar to the work and try to make faster preparationfcr rebuilding the churches. are sending three truckrloads of concre te blocks to White Hal l t h i s week to bui ld a subs t an t i a l bui ld ingthere . The foundation was star ted some weeks ago, but since the stormblew down the booth in which the congregation was worshipf>ing, we mustspeed cons t ruct ion on the new bui ld ing .There were some forty \dio were baptized into Christ during thepast month, and by the time this reaches you, we may have had otherreports not yet in our hands. e are very encouraged with a new workat Beecher^s Town, just a few weeks old. Already there are 56 baptizedbelievers \^o are now willing to s tar t their building, e are prayingtha t a work that mushrooms up so quickly wil l not as qiiickly die, thuswe have spent some time with them recently, trying to. strengthen themin th e f a i t h . One o f the members o f the congregat ion has given aport ion of Isind on \diich to build the church, and it can t ruly be saidthat he has feiven the best of which ho had: a beaut i ful corner lo toverlooking the sea .The children love the i r new home, and espec ia ll y Pa tty Phi l l ipssince she i s in the second grade a t . school, and now can attend a publi,Cschool right across from the missioh. e covet yoiir prayers on behalfof the dear ones in Jamaica, and for the LordVs sake appreciate a l lyou have done and are doing for Him in Jamaica. May the Lord bless you,

* My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth.,... the isles shallwait for m tn^ onmine arm shallthey trust . Isa, 51:5


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FBTAHCIAL REPORT FOR MAY.RECEIPTSLoyal Laughters Class, H. Lisbon ^15; Garfield C. Indianapol is5; C. of G., Grayson 3; Christian Companion Class, CantonTaber Class, Canton 155 Friendsh ip C la ss , Canton 5s

Tota l Lisbursements 279-3^Tota l Rece i p t s 236.00Lef ic i t fo r May f 43.34

Mi s s olor sGaines, Haltom City 55 H, M. Mounts, Elizabethton |5 j H. T, Mab^y,Mountain City 2; L. A, Jackson, Watauga 2; Mrs. J, C. Pi t t s , Cleve--l and 2? C. of C- Edgerton l5 l Hooverson Hts. C. of C ., F olla ns be e 10; C. C., Beaver 5i Mr, & Mrs, C. E, Art is , Soiotovil le 5^5 1stC, G., Wauchula 15; Cambridge City Christian Home Mission 355 Tab. C.of C ., Findlay |5 ; Chris t ian Home Missionary Society, Cleveland 10;Harry C. Randolph, Enfield 3* Bethanv Class, Canton 25; But ler M.Study Group 7; V/est Valley fo r Elect r ic 2.Total Receipts 236.00LISBURSMEHTSBoots Lover (Gas fo r Bus) 3-70l Salary 200; Food fo r Preacher Clinic13-22; Ralph Edwards (Bus Repairs) 6.60; ^0 Gals. Gas and Faucet fo rBus 14.19; A, T, Wilkins (Bus ^epair s) 9 .35; Elec t r ic fo r West Vallej 2.04; Gospel Messangers records 2; Paul Sanders (Building RepairMaterials 23-865 Postage 4.38;Total Lisbursements 2793^

On Hand May 1st 263.10Le f i c i t f o r May 43*3^Balance on Hand 219.76

F IMC I AL REPORT FOR JUNE.RECEIPTSMiss Lolores Gain es, H altom Xli ty ' 10; C. E .,ian counles class , K. c . io ; c . c Lockland 25; Graf ie ld C. C., Indian-Haltom City 5; Chr i s t -apol is J lCj M. S. Group,Taber Class , Canton 5;Class, Canton S5s Lelta Alpha Class, Canton 30; West Valley for Electr ic 2; Miss Frances Tolan, Indianapolis 2; 4th S t, C, C. W Aux., St, Louie 5; C. C., Beaver 5; Walnut St. C. C,, Portland 25; Miss Janice Korns,Akron 55 St. C. C. J r . Gir ls Class, S t . Louis 5; B, McReynoldsfo r NACC Booth 31-50; C. of C., Grayson 6; Mrs, J , C. P i t t s , Cleveland 2; Chris t ian Home M. Circle , Cleveland 10; 1st C.C.W.M.Society, Cadiz 10; Hooverson Hts, 0. of C., Follansbee 5; Booster Class, Painesvi l le 10; Tab. C. of C., Findlay 5; 1 s t C, C., Lewey 10; Mrs. Mary G. Amer-man. Canton 25; C, of C., Culver 29; Mrs, G. T. Faught, Haltom City 3;Tota l Rece ip ts 312-50LISBURSIMENTSSalary 200; West Valley Elec t r ic 2.04; Mena Studio (Film ) 3-56;Gas fo r bus 15-05; Texas Co. (Gas on NACC t r ip 15-48; Stamps 3; VEScookies l; Memo Ink 255; VBS Gifts 6.67; Paul Sanders (Material fo rTables) 10.57.Total Lisbursements 264.92

But l e r 7; Mrs, Roy Polen, Steubenvi l le 5; E.A.Friendship Class , Canton ^ 55 Chr i s t i an CompanionCanton 30

Tota l Receipts 312.50To t a l Lisbursements 264.92June Balance 47.58On hand June I s t 219-76June B ala nc e 47, 58Balance on Hand 267-3^


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Jictmamt (ttifviafiait jmissittnHUR H S OF HRIST

M R . M R S . D O N A L D F R E A M . MISSIONARIESH A L F - W A Y . T R E E P . O . J A M A I C A B . W . I .

October, 1952TO llF r i e n d s o f t h e J a m a i c a V/ork:

This l e t t e r i s a s p e c i a l a p p e a l . Maybe you d o n t l i k e appea ls .Well, we d o n t l i k e to worry you e i t h e r but we f e e l t h is i s Important.Our funds on hand have h i t bot tom, and l a s t month t h e s u p p o r t

W O R K I N G W I T HMR. MRS. WOODROW P H I L L I P S

MR, a MRS. JA M ES H ER GE T

was f a r below average. We v/ant t o make a s p e c i a l drive in Dec. to c l e a r1 he debt on the Seminary p r o p e r t y by the f i r s t o f the year . T h e

property cost 5, 00. 3)080 has been paid , leaving an unpaid balance o ft2,520. Hov/ever, we don t v/ant to ask for more and more from you whoa r e a l r e a d y sending us money f a i t h f u l l y > But perhaps you knov/ o f someo t h e r church o r i n d i v i d u a l who v/ould be v / i l l i n g t o h e l p u s . You v/ouldn have to ask them for us, but .just send a postcard v/ith t h e i r nameand address to us, Rt, 2, Moore Kaven, Fla. then vi could \iTte them aspecia l l e t t e r . Of course, i f you could manage to send us an extra g i f ty o u r s e l f v re would be v e r y happy.

V/e cio our b e s t - t o make your d o l l a r go a s f a r as p o s s i b l eReceip ts are sen t f o r every g i f t and f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t s are a v a i l a b l e tod o n o r s on r e q u e s t .

These are mater ia l t h i n g s tx 'ue, but we are not f a i l i n g to m iniste rt o men s s o u l s = L i t e r a l l y hundreds o f s o u l s have been v/on t o the Lordi n t h e T)ast y e a r and it v/ould be h a r d f o r you t o r e a l i z e from

M m /wb.at depths o f s i n they come. Svirely t h i s v/ork i s needed. Pray v/ithus, t h a t v^e may be acceptable unto the Lord, and t h a t He w i l l continuet o b l e s s u s . >A Is- J 1 fUl

F a i t h f u l l y i n C h r i s t

Myrighteousness isnear my salvation isgone forth,the isles shallwait fat meandon mtne armshallthey trust /jo. 51 : 5.


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JAMAICA NEWS L tTTEROctober, 1952

This is our f am il y getting re >d/to go ou tto church on Sunday. Does i t look like fun?Msybe you'd like to go along with us this

I t Is 1|0mile trip to the church of Christin Lluicfes Vale - a short t r ip in the Statesbut no t tin Jsmsica, over Jc/naicsn mountainsstxi crooked, narrow, Jemslcon rosds. However, church does rtot s ta r t until 11 o'ciodcso that g iv es u s plenty of time.

First everybody gets dressed, a lunch ispacked end the betty's formulo is fixed end

s tor ed in the weter cooler. Then we start collectlr^g everything that h , to goj the btity's basket,ties, bCiby food, Bibles, song-books, the portable organ, h^ts, purses, wcsh-clofrts, disinfected waterhands), end a quilt to in2i


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JAMAICA WORK ADVANCES IN 1952 Dona ld Fream

Th e y e a r o f 1952 h a s seen many advances fo r th e cause o f C h r i s t inJamaica. At the close of the f i r s t ten months persons were bapt ized into C hrist and ^ 8 were received into fellowship and therew e r e many o the r r econsec ra t i ons

The student body o f the Jamaica Bible Seminary was t r i p l e d overl a s t y e a r new property purchased an d a new school building planned.We hope to have th e f i r s t u n i t ready fo r occupancy in January. Evenin g c l a s s e s were opened fo r women and seven e n r o l l e d f o r credi tSeveral mission points Bible schools and study classes were beguna youth work organized i n a leas t seven churches an d f i v e churchesl e f t denomininationalism fo r New Testament C h r i s t i a n i t y .

A l oca l p a p e r c o n t a i n i n g news and B i b l e t e a c h i n g fo r th e churcheswas published monthly an d th e correspondence school continued. Twentyone d i s t r i c t te a c hing r a l l i e s were conducted by th e m i ss io na ri es inv a r i o u s churches dur ing th e y e a r and s e v e r a l e v a n g e l i s t i c meetingswere h e l d by both m i s s i o n a r i e s and stu d en ts in th e Seminary.

In m a t e r i a l a c h ie v e me n ts we ass i s t ed f o u r churches in th e erectiono f new b u i l d i n g s . Two b u i l d i n g s were rebui l t and many o t h e r s werer e p a i r e d . S e v e r a l hundred New Testaments were purchased to be di s t r ibu ted to each new co n v ert and dozens o f Bib les were give n to m i n i s t e r sand B ib le s chool teachers. I^hree sets of tracts were mimeographed ands e n t o u t churches and B ib le sc ho ols receiv ed l i te ra ture a s teaching a i da n d many h u n d r e d s o f n e e d y ind iv id i i a l s wer e c lo thed

Approximately 80 wedding r ings were s e n t from churches and individ u a l s in the Sta tes to b e g i v e n as a n encouragement to ma r r ia g e toc o u p l e s to o p o o r to purchase them. With 85^ of J a m a i c a s c h i l d r e ni l leg i t imate t h e r e i s a t re me nd ou s n ee d fo r encouragement towardCh r i s t i a n homes

O ur he a r t s w e r e made h e a v y b y th e lo s s o f o n e o f ou r min i s t e r s


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pthrough immora l i ty Also one o f th e freshmen s tuden t s had to be d ismissed fo r the same cause a l though he did come to repentance

1952 witnessed the return of Mr Mrs James Herget to theJamaican work thank God for the i r help which has grea t ly enlargedour l abors fo r Chris t he re Mr Mrs Woodrow Phi l l ips plan t h e i rf i r s t furlough to the States th i s coming spi ing while my wife and Ilook forward to our t h i rd year o f se rvice on th e f i e l d

Clifford Edwards and h is family have moved to the mission propertya t Bwarton and the churches in t h a t area a re receiv ing sound Bibl ica li ns t ruc t ion through h is e f f o r t s

Many ha^e watered and planted but God has given the increase ToHim be a l l the g lo ry

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