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1/9

JAMAICA

CHRISTIAN

Volume

9

Jan. Feb.

Mar.,

1959

No.

1

God'sBockPasture

Small, s t r u f f f f l i n j c grroups of

Christ

ians, desperately

needing:

someone to

conduct services

and preach

the Word

o f God to

them;

and yo u nR, would-be

preachers,

eager

for

a chance

to try

their

wings ,

can often be br ought to

gether quite happily

to

the mut ual

ben

e f i t

of both. And. ince both of these

a r e

g e n e r a l l y

i n s o l v e n t

i t

f a l l s

t h e

l o t

of the

mis s io n aries to

f ur n i sh the

bus

fare

i n

order

to

bring the two together.

We re grateful t o those of y o u who

have sent funds designated for this

purpose.)

HELP WANTED

This semester,

three

o f

the older

students, B r o t h e i - s

Parker,

Johnson, a nd

Gordon, have

been

making uch

trips

o u t

t o

these

f a r - o f f l i t t l e a c c e s s i b l e

spots

to preach the gospel . assava Pon d ,

Lluidas Vale.

Mt.

Rosser, and Charlton.

Usually, these places

are

not

counted

as

churches, but

' preaching

points

because they are not

able

to f a i t h f u l l y

conduct

their

own

services.

The num

ber of baptized believers in

s uch

places may range

fr om

five to

twenty,

with

a good

many children

attending

Bible school.

Remember hese

young

men

n y our

prayers, as the y labor

for

the Lord

o u t

in His back pastures.

Several

have

been

won

to the

Lord

as

a result of

their

efforts.

R a l l y I n

May

An l l - i s l a n d rally

i s being

planned

for May

25th,

which i s

Empire

Day, a

national

holiday

in J a ma ic a . Woodrow

P h i l l i p s

former

missionary and

present

professor

i n

Ozark

Bible

College,

w i l l

be back in the island for

a

v i s i t and

w i l l be the

featured

speaker.

Every effort i s being made

to

ob

tain

permission

fr om the

Kingston City

Council to

use the Ward Theatre

(the

c i t y

auditorium) for the

r a l l y . We

are

working and praying

to

make this the

l a r g e s t

and

most i n f l u e n t i a l g a t h e r i n g

m

• S i

l i ;

l l

Parker, Johnson and Mitchell

CHURCH SITE IN

MANDEVILLE

Our

long

cher i she d

desire to

s e e

a

s tr o n g New

Testament

church estab

lished in Mandeville, one o f the chief

townships in

Jamaica,

i s

another

step

further toward r e a l i z a t i o n

with

the

p u r c ha s e

of a

uitable

site.

Fred Hintz located there

with

his

family

early

in 1958 with

the p u rp o s e in

mind

to

begin

a church. He

made a

careful search for either

building

or

land to purchase,

and toward the end

of

the

year

located a g o o d buy.

A

o c a l lawyer, who has been

legal

advisor

for

many y e a r s graciously

made me a

personal

loan, without

in

t e r e s t to make the down

p ayme nt

l a s t

we u p


2/9


3/9

JAN.

FEB. MARCH.

959

Page

five

The

News

n

Pictures

i r J . - :

Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Black

were visitors

to the

island

during De

cember. He i s minister

of

the Hiprhland

ark Christian Church in Chattanooga

Tennessee

which

supp orts the

Jamaican

A '

'̂ 9

>

-

Harrv and

Adele Hill man

agers

of the

Christian Prep School

help

ed in

the

Holiday

Bible School at

Braeton. Their school

is

located

in Half

Way

Tree

and two Seminary

graduates

are employed as

teachers.

i j

Little visitors Janie and Fred

die Hintz along with baby sister

Athelia spent

two weeks

with th e

Fream

children

in January while their

mother was

in the

hospital. Mother is

well now and all are home again in

Mandeville.

Kingston the

capital

of

Jamaica is

the

largest English-speaking

city

south of

Florida.


4/9

Page Six

JAN. FEB.

MARCH

959

Answered

Prayer

Not o n e r

ago.

we

requested

earnest

prayer for a i t u a t i o n which

i&reatened

division. You will rejoice with us to

know that the p o t e n t i a l threat

to

the

churches

by

the anti's has largely dis

sipated, and does not

now

constitute

a serious

problem. Of course,

since they

have

been introduced into the island,

they

may always

be

a

f a c t o r

t o deal

with, but our

own congregations are

not

now

troubled,

with one exception

where the s i t u a t i o n i s

well

in hand. The

two

chief defectors

have quarreled with

each

other

over money, and one has

left the

island.

Church ite

in

Mandeville

(Continued from page

1)

for sale

one

of the two

remaininc

lots

adjoining the

Seminary

property

in

Kingston, which have been held by.

he

Trust as

an

investment. In February,

the

half


5/9

GR TOH

nd

GS tCE

M RIEENSIGN

J U L

25

9 5 3

B o x

2 0 , K i n g s t o n

1 0 ^

J a m a i c a , W e s t I n d i e s

.

e 0 9 tut new having no more place in these parts

and

having a great desire©-

©

a a that ay

come

unto you with joy

i y

the will of

Gcd^

and may

with

you

he

refreshed©

a <

o

(Romans 15^25^32)

D e a r

B r o t h e r M o E a r l a n d , J u n e 1 5 , 1 9 5 9

( s e n t

o

June«=July'has brou^t more interesting

items

for the

record

bociks of God

and

man© We are happy to share these things with you who have been

so

faithful in caring

for

the things

of

God in

Jamaica©

Time has been, as usual, at a r e m ; . i i m

as

I preached

1

sermons,

tau^t

2 ? hours

of

Seminary classes, tau^t 3

essons in the

chorches,

attended 2

vangelists*

i a e e t ~

ings,

1 leaders meeting ,

1 Trust

meeting, 1 missionary

prayer

meeting,

held

a

t w o ' - ' d o y s Men s

Institute,

and worked on

the Penwood

Rd©

house of

worship©

The two-

days Men's Institute was quite

s u c c e 3 s f i . i l

with

3 0

men f r o D i 6 ongregations in a t t e n d - ^

anccg The so-called leaders

meeting

was

used of the

Lord

far beyond our

esqjecta-

tions in

accomplishing

sane

immediate good

in

exposing more

fully

the think ing, atti~

tudes,

and objectives of

some

of

the S eminary graduates

We have

been

making a

very strenuous effort to complete

the

Penwood

Rd©

building

With your continuing

i ^ l p ^ ,

we hope

to h c - . v e

the

dedication

service

on

August 2 © It

will

b e

a

wonderful

day

for

all

of

God's people

and for

you dear helpers

especially©

Our biggest news concerns the f o m i i ' y and our future

plans©

For the past

few

months Grayce

Marie has

not b een well, and after numerous tests. X-rays, and e x a m a j i - ^

ations

we have

been told

that she is

suffering

from a

duodenal

ulcer©

We are

thank

ful

to report that the

doctor feels that

it

is

under control,

that

Grayce Marie

is

not

bedfast, and that she

is

showing i E q . j r o v e m e n t o tovever,

the

doctor advised us to

leave J amaica

as

soon

as

v / e can© This (lueation of leaving

has

b een very much in our

thoughts for many m o n t h s ©

We

have been w r e s t 3 - i n g in prayer over i t © We have sou^t

the counsel

of

consecrated Christians,

) i a v e

prayed for the Lord's ? / i l l

to b e

done,

have searched

our

om. hearts, have studied the circumstances

providentially

d e v e l o p - -

ing,

a n d h a v e m o s t o f

a l l

sou^t t o

d o a l l

t o t h e

^ory

o f G o d © W i t h

t h e

d o o t o r ' s

pronouncement

and

a c 3 v i c e ,

we

felt

that

mr time

of

indecision

was over

and

that

it

was

the

final

part

of God's

answer to

our

oft-repeated requests©

Grayce M a i ' ^ i e ' s illness is

not

the cause or even

a

main cause of

our

leaving the

work

in

Jaiuaica©

We had

already

arrived at

the decision

that

this would,be

our last

t e r m

in J a m a i c a ©

We h a v e

g i v e n a l m o s t

six y e a r s

(in

O c t o b e r ) t o

t h e

w o r k

of

C h r i s t

in

Jamaica©

They

have been hard years on us physically and psychologicallyo We have

p o u r e d out

o u r

l i v e s u n s t i n t i n g l y as we h a v e

f a c e d

l o n g - s t a n d i n g p r o b l e m s , e s t a b l i s h -

ed new congregations, estab lished a

radio progcam,

worked with the

forty churches

of

Christ,

tau^t in the

Seminary, fou^it

i ; h e g o o d

fi^t

of

the faith, and

g i v e n up a l l

though^ of leisure t i m s o We have

given our

best

and

done our best©

We

praise God

for

what He has accomplished through u s . , Now we feel t J x a t we can b e

more

effectivel

used

elsewhere,

that o . . i r health and effectiveness will b e d e t e r i o r a t . i n g

b y further

living

in

the

tropics,

and

that

it is

t : u a e

to

let

someone

else

carry

on

where

we

have

left

offo

It is

our deep

conviction

that the Lord wants us

to

leave Jamaica© It

is v e r y -

hard

for us

to pull up our heart roots and leave the church

and

the people here. The

churches are in the best

oonditionj

in

my

opinion, that they have been in during the

past five y e a r s © The c h u r c h e s h a v e

b e e n

set in o r d e r ^

a n d m a n y

men a r e

t a k i n g

a

d e - -

finite position for

- f c h e restoratim of New

Testament

C h r i s t - l a n i i y o

With

the Lord's

blessing,

we hope to leave

Jamaica

on

August 1^th

andjto

arrive

i n

C i n c i n n a t i ,

O h i o , i n t i m e

t o

p u t

t h e b o y s

i n s S o o I ^

B y

t H ^ g r a c i o u s n e s s o f m y

i n B t h e r - i n - l a w we shall

have

the

use

of her house for the tine b e i n g ©

We have no

ide

now

where the Lord wants

us

to go or what

He

wants

us

to d o ©

We

earnestly

request

y c f u r

s i n c e r e

p r a y e r s f o r us a s w e m a k e t h i s b i g c h a n g e a n d a d j u s t m e n t My i m m e d i a t e

plan is t o visit main

supporting

churches

for

the three months of S e p t e i d i e r ,

October


6/9

Sep

Z

959

E N S I J ' G N FAMILI

home

from

J A M A I C A *

EVANGEmSTIC FIELD

T h e

G r a y s o n

E n s i g n f a m i l y

r e t u r n e d t o C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o f ' r p i o i S a S g a A u g u s t l

a f t e r a l m o s t s i x

y e a r s

i n C h r i s t ' s w o r k i n J a m a i c a .

T h e y

w i l l m a k e

t h e i r h o m e

f o r t h e

p r e s e n t

at 1 4 1 3 M a m s

R o a d ,

C i n c i n n a t i

3 1 f O h i o .

B r o t h e r E n s i g n s a i d i m m e d i a t e

p l a n i s t o

v i s i t m a i n

s u p p o r t i n g c h u r c h e s

d u r i n g S e p t e m b e r ,

O c t o b e r ,

a n d N o v e m b e r a n d m a k e o u r f i n a l r e p o r t

t o

t h e m . T h e n I s h a l l

h o p e t o l i n e u p

s o m e e v a n g e l i s t i c m e e t i n g s a s t h e

L o r d p r o v i d e s . A n y i n f o r m a t i o n

o f

openings

that

you h a v e would be appreciated.

( E d i t o r i a l

N o t e :

T h i s i s

t h e t h i r d

f a m i l y t o l e a v e

J a m a i c a

i n r e c e n t y e a r s .

T h o u g h

s i c k n e s s

h a s

b e e n

a

c o n t r i b u t i n g

f a c t o r

i n e a c h c a s e , t h e m a i n r e a s o n s a r e a s s o c i a t e d

w i t h

c h a n g e s

i n

t h e

w o r k

i t s e l f . T h e W o o d r o w

P h i l l i p s f a m i l y

r e t u r n e d i n

I 9 5 6

t n d

J o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y

o f

O z a r k

B i b l e

C o l l e g e , J o p l i n , M i s s o u r i . B r o t h e r P h i l l i p s t e a c h e s

M i s s i o n s t h e r e a n d i s

t h e k e y

f i g u r e i n

a

r e c e n t g r o w t h o f m i s s i o n a i y

i n t e r e s t

a m o n g

the faculty a n d students,

a n d

i n the general a r e a . The D o n a l d Freams h a v e recently

returned to

the Stat es

a n d also w i l l

be

assoaiated

with Oza rk Bible

Coll ege. Ad dress

5

e i t h e r

o f

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

i n

c a r e

o f

t h e

c o l l e g e

a t

^6

o r t h

W a l l ,

J o p l i n ,

M i s s o u r i .

A m a j o r p a r t o f t h e i r

w o r k

i n J a m a i c a c e n t e r e d

a r o u n d t h e

S e m i n a r y . W i t h t h e

d e v e l o p m e n t

missionary run

of g r o w i n g

l e a d e r s h i p

a m o n g t h e n a t i v e s , t h e / S e m i n a r y n e e d s t o be

r e p l a c e d

w i t h o n e

o p e r a t e d

by t h e n a t i v e s t h e m s e l v e s .

U n t i l

s u c h

a

t i m e a s that m a y d i d v e l o p , the b u i l d i n g

i s

b e i n g u s e d to house

the

Jamaica C h r i s t i a n Prep

School

c o n d u c t e d

ty

H a r o l d M a d

10

M r s .

A d e l e

H i l l , Box^, a l f

W a y

T r e e ,

J a i a i c a , T h e

W e s t I n d i e s .

S e p

1 9 : ^

d d

E n s i g ?

V

7 C

^ t i l l

F t £ c b L ~

T w o m i s s i o n a r y f a m i l i e s r e m a i n i n t h e w o r k

—

h e

F r e d

H i n t z

a n d Ha r o l d

H i l l

f a m i l i e s . B r o t h e r H i n t z i s c o n c e n t r a t i n g m u c h

o f h i s e f f o r t

i n t h e

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

o f

a c h u r c h a t M a n d e v i l l e ( B o x l 6 8 ) .

A

f i n e s i t e

h a s b e e n

s e c u r e d a n d

f u n d s a r e

n e e d e d

f o r

t h e e r e c t i o n o f a b u i l d i n g .

H e

i s a l s o i s b u s y

w i t h

e d i t i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g T h e

J a m a i c a n C h r i s t i a n , a m o n t h l y p a p e r

c i r c u l a t e d

t o a l l

t h e

c h u r c h e s i n J a m a i c a .

T h e

H a r o l d H i l l s a r e c o n t i n u i n g t h e i r C h r i s t i a n

P r e p

S c h o o l

i n

t h e

b u i l d i n g

f o r m e r l y

u s e d

t o h o u s e J a m a i c a B i b l e S e m i n a r y — n o w t e m p o r a r i l y c l o s e d .


7/9

Nov 5, 1959

BNaiQN

TO PRESIDENCY

OF

CENTR L CHRISTI N

On

December

1, 1959,

Grayson Ensign

will

become the first fulltime

president of

Central

Christian

College

of the Bible, Moberly, Missouri,

-p

First

Christian

Church

He will

replace

John Hall /Vandalia Missouri.

Brother

Hall has

served

f o r

t w o y e a r s ^ n d r e s i g n e d b e c a u s e h e

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

a f u l l t i m e

president,

BEa=tfeer Ensign family Just returned

from five

years of

missionary servict in Jamaica, previous to which he was an instructor

and professor for seven years at Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Brother

E n s i g n

h o l d t h e

B . A .

g r e e

w i t h

h o n o r s

f r o m

U n i v e r s i t y

o f

F l o i j ^ ^ a ;

The M. A. and

B.D. degrees

from

Cincinnati

Bible

Seminary; and has

completed additional studies at the University

r f

Cincinnati,

and Hamma

Divinity School Springf ield Ohio Address of school is 405 North Ault

Street,

Box

615, Moberly, Missouri,


8/9

"AND

THE Y/ORD

WAS

GOD."

"AND

THE WORD

BECAME

FLESH

Dearly Beloved

for

Christ's

sake,

December

25, 1959

H o v r

good it

is for us

to

soberly

reflect

upon the Eternal

Truth

of God

in

the

midst

of

our confused and

disordered world.

I

like to

think of John

3 l6

in

personal terms—For God so loved you

and me,

sinners,

that He

gave His only be

gotten

Son

that you and

I believing in Him

might

not

suffer

hell but

have eter

nal life. This is the one true reason

why

we have a joyful celebration

of

the

birthday of our Saviour, We do not

tarry

long at

the manger

in Bethlehem,

for

our hearts

require

that which was

accomplished at Jerusalem, at the Place of

the Skull. As we

think

of

Y f i s e

men offering gifts to the King of glory, do we

not hear

a

i n speaking

in

the

shadow

of

a

cross—"The Son of man came not to

be

ministered unto, but to m inister and to give His life a

ransom

for many.

"I am come

that

they

may have

life and

may

have it

abundantly,

Inescapably

bound up with

our

knowledge of the Conquering Lamb of God is the

personal

commitment—' '/hosoever

vrill

be

chief

among you, let him be your bond

servant and d e n i ^ l n g himself, let him take up

his cross

and

follow Me.

One

who delighted to

be

known as

a

slave of Christ points out the consequence—

"I

am

a debtor

both to the Greeks, and to

the Barbarians; both

to

the wise

and

to the

foolish.

So

I am ready to

preach

the gospel, ."

Out

of

our

lives flood heart-felt

thanksgivings

and

praises

to

our

Merciful

Father for His amazing grace. In particular, we Ensigns are unmovably certain

of

the blessing, the providence, and the goodness of God. l Y e magnify

His

Name

for the exc eedingly

abimdant

riches of His

grace

in Christ which we

have

experienced.

The Jamaican work is over

for

us, yet it is not finished either

for us

or for

the church.

The

Jamaican folk are still on our hearts, and the church is

still marching forward in the strength

of

the Lord,

Human

workers come and go,

but

the church

of

Jesus

endures forever.

We rejoice in the

outworking

of the

good and

perfect

will

of

God

in our lives

in the work that Ho did through us in Jamaica, in returning us to America

and

our

homes,

and in guiding us into the

great,

new field

of

service.

Central

Christian

College of the

Bible

in Moberly,

Missouri, is

an outstanding v r o r k of

God. It is doing

a

grand job of Christian education in a needy field.

I

am

thrilled and humbled by the responsibilities

and the

opportunities of being the

president of

such

College,

Y / i t h

all

our hearts,

we

recommend

Central

Chris

tian

College

of

the Bible as worthy

of receiving your children, your prayers,

and your gifts of love. Himibly, v ; e ask for your continued support in this

tremendous

undertaking

of

faith.

As

faithful stewards

of Christ

and

the

gos

pel, we v / a n t

only to

be

com pletely used

to

glorify

the One who gave

Himself

for

us.

In Christian faith, hope,

and lov^,

/

rayson H, Ensign and Family

L i l t i o l n

U.S.A.

Ns.SmCspyogM


9/9

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ENSIGNS

FINAL

SIXTEEN MONTHS BI

JAMAICA

April

25, 19^8:

A r r i v e d

in

G r .

C a y m a n

for

5-day visit w i t h t h e c h u r c h we helped

establish

in 195U. Thanked

God

f o r th e

material

a nd

spiritual

progress evident.

A p r i l 2 9 :

Arrived

i n

Jamaica. Got righ t

t o w o r k v f i t h

churc hes. Seminary .

Ma y : S t a r t e d boys

t o

Priory Sc h oo l , Grayce Marie

a n d

G r a y s n t a u g h t i n Semi nar y.

June: Resumed preaching N, T , Christianity ov e r Radio Jamaica.

650,000 listeners

July:

Intensive

work

a t Penwood

Rd.

Building got

doors, windows, and floor in.

G r a y s o n b e g a n h o l d i n g e v a n g e l i s t i c c a m p a i g n s .

A u g u s t 1: A l l - d a y al l -i sl and p r e achi ng r a l l y

a t

P e n w o o d R d . O v e r U OO a t t e n d e d .

Sept, 18: Planned and d i r e c t e d Men's I n s t i t u t e

a t

Seminary. i i 3 men

a t t e n d e d .

Nov. 23: All-day preaching

r a l l y

a t Braeton

w i t h

ov e r l 5 0 fol k

present.

December 2 2 : Grayson had hernia operation,

Grayce

Marie frightened prowler

at

t h e

h o u s e w i t h p i s t o l s h o t .

J a n u a r y ,

1959:

Spent

m o n t h in

r e c u p e r a t i n g

from o p e r a t i o n . T y p e d up and

d u p l i c a t e d

m y t r a c t , V l / h y I a m N o t a 7 t h D a y

A d v e n t i s t .

Fe b r u a r y:

S t a r t e d n i g h t c l a s s i n

N.

T , T h e o l o g y f o r a d v a n c e d s t u d e n t s . M a d e a

pulpit f o r Penwood R d . He l d a l l - d a y

preac hing

r a l l y a t Mt. P l e a s a n t church.,

Ma r c h :

A t t e n d e d

o u r f i r s t Har v e s t

servic e

a t

Camperdown c hurc h.

April:

A l l - d a y p r e ach i n g r a l l y

a t

Mocho c hu rc h. Held a

t w o - d a y

Men's Institute

at

S c o t t ' s P a s s

c h u r c h for

men in

that area

May:

A l l - d a y

preac hing

r a l l y

a t Camperdown

church. Helped

ou t

i n

all-island a l l -

d a y

preac hing r a l l y planned

b y

Fr e a m s

a t

Kingston.

J u n e 2 \ x . Learned

t h a t

Grayce

Marie was suffering

from

duodenal

ulcer.

Dr. McClar

a d v i s e d

a n e a r l y

r e t u r n

to t h e U . S

July: Penwood Rd. 's b uilding g o t permanent l i g h t s

a n d

painting started. Men's

I n s t i t u t e

h e l d

a t N e w

Hope

c hurc h. Made

p l a n s

t o

leave Jamaica.

August 2 :

Dedicated

t h e

completed

Penwood Rd.

church

building. Ordained

B r o t h e r

F r a n c i s

t o

t h e m i n i s t r y . P r e a c h e d l a s t s e r m o n .

A u gu s t l U : Family l e f t Jamaica b y plane. Arrived in the U. S.

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