APRIL'S SHOWERS

OF BLESSINGS

Homeoonring

A time to plant
Sunday night
Dear Family,

Jim snapped the big padlock on the iron gate, closed and locked the

Recoiled

door and turned around to meet my face. I smiled as I said, ''Boy, am

I ever tired!" I saw that he was feeling the same. He said, "Yes, I
am too...do you realize that we have been gone sinco 8 this morning
and it's now 10:30? It was the "homecoming" Sunday at Meadowbrook

with a fellowship dinner, afternoon rally, and right through to night

service. But oh, was it ever great! The church praised God in song
and message all day long. There was one baptism..and another one to
day, making twelve this year.

To God be the glory.

At Sun Mt planting time has begun and this year we hope to have a lot
more food in the ground. Bananas have begun to come in - green ones
boiled make a solid base for dinner. And the buildings keep going up.
The engine room is almost complete which promises light for carp this
summer.

Youth^ etreat

V/indows arrived for the dorms and the shower house is next.

Our Christian-Day School has set a

tried for high numbers, preferring
pressed now with new enrolments up
remain free to give our children a

new record enrolment. We have never

quality in small classes but we are
to 1977. Pray with us that we will
Christian message with their lessons,

The 5th Annual Youth Retreat for Meadowbrook was another nice success.

It was an overnight at Sun Mt for the first time and the boys truly
enjoyed "christening" Largo House. After a nice breakfast we settled
down to a whole day of prayers, songs, messages and testimonies. It
was heartwarming for the 23 teenagers-one car got lost on the way.
water

Bzlla

Picks and shovels should be flying this month at Sun Mt as we begin a

much needed water tank. Our builder promised that if we can provide
$800.00 he will build it in three weeks. Water is our one last pro
blem and if we can overcome this, we will be ready to open camp this
summer. It we don't complete the camp house in time it will not be
too serious but we must have water.

With God all things are possible-

even water tanks!

And now we want to thank you for your loving gifts for our work...for

the camp house gifts, for the regular funds that feed and care for our
boys and for our Living Link churches.

Your gifts are needed more than

ever before...and appreciated so very much.

Thanke,

Your letters of encour

agement are dear to our hearts and we thank God for you and for your
care for our whole family. There is always so much to tell you that
we can never find space. Please keep us in your prayers.
Christian love.

CTftfnftlcA
f Y ) ^ CJ-X

hhnr\c

V.B.S.

Story No:14

SUN AND- FDN--<M?OE-SONTOTNTAI^

Right up on top of the whole world is Sun Mountain. It's green peaks just 4)eg'old
old man sun. Just a few. Like underneath those big floppy banana aeaves that grow in
sun to shine down his glory on them. And its not many places, that, .can hide from

Wa^e^s valley. Wayne's valley is a little place tucked between two lovely green peaks.
U4 ^hands
w^reandWayne
hisyams
garden.
You canor just
see him
there lots
of times
on his
kneesenjoys
digging
for dinner
cleaning
outdown
the coffee
plants.
The

banan^ grow close together and its cool there and a nice place to take a little rest.

Especially when Mom comes down, there with a tray of cold sweet drink and maybe some sweet
biscuits.

But oh there is so much more to tell you about Sun Mountain. It's really going to be a
camp for lots of boys and girls sometime and right now its a camp for not so many. That's
because V2 are building and it takes time-and money to build. But Sun Mountain is still

a camp with a lot of excitement going on.

Now, about animals. There are three cows. There is Shalimar and her daughter Norma who
is a darling calf. Then thereiis Julie...and want to know what? She is going to have a
baby calf very soon now. Oh, the boys love to see the new baby calves, don't you? And
then there are some goats. Momma goat is called Midni^t for she is black and was born

in the night. Her little girl is called Jeanie and she is really a darling. Jesinie leaps
all over the place when the boys come 'round. Up on the hillside is a pig pen and oh
de^l there are so many pigs! Jack is the daddy and Jill is the Mommy of 4 lovely fat
children. Miss Muffet has ten children, all girls except one eind those little pigs are
cute as can be# They afe fat sind tiny enou^ to wriggle throu^ the iron gate and run
out into the sunshine sind look for roots to dig.

So when the boys go to Sun Mountain they just dash in every direction to see all of
their friends and to check the berry bushes and bsinana trees and orange trees and sour
pliim trees. Five minutes after the car stops on arrival you can't find a boy anywhere!
In a little while they come back bringing a few treasures.
When there is time for a long walk the boys go down the far hillside to the cow pasture.
On the way they pass more banana plants that sing out a very important wco'ning. It's sm
earth crevis...a wide deep dark cavern in the mountain side that is very dangerous.
Every boy knows that you must stay on the path and walk very slowly and carefully past
there. When you get to the big rock it's all right to stop and look and that's what you
always want to do. If you call out your voice will sound very hollow as it makes it's
way down down down into the damp earth. Then suddenly you get scared and decide to hurry
away on past the bananas eind the jungle like greens...on into the sunshine again where
you can skip through the cow pasture and climb the steep hill on the far side.

But the hills have been there for all of God's wonderful time and our little boys are
only new to them. Yet there is something new at Sun Mountain and that's the camp build
ings that are going up one by one. There's the old iron dinner bell ringing and that
means Mom's got a country dinner ready for hungry boys. It's in the new dining hall
that's big enough for lots more boys than our family has. And girls too. Right across
from there is the new class room building for Bible classes and hand crafts. It has a
pretty roof that rain sounds nice on. On the other side of the big dining hall is Largo
House. It is a lovely dormitory where twenty boys can sleep. Easter time was the first
time the boys slept there and they loved it. From one side you can see far away lights
from the city at night and from the other sides you can watch green lizards rim up and
down tree trunks in the days.

It just always seems that just when you are enjoying that late afternoon ball game on
the play field it's time to go home. Sim Mountain's sun is slipping away, the animals
are quiet, the car is loaded and that means home. Summer will put an end to that for
we can stay for day after day after day. And we can hope that you will come and enjoy
Sun Mountain with us.

JAMAICA
EVANGEL
A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

'Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands"
Isaiah 42:12

JAMAICA EVANGEL
Vol. 22

No. 1

The Jamaica Evangelis a Quarterly publication of the Jamaica Christian

Boys' HomeLtd.. P.O. Box 5, Half Way Tree, Jamaica, W. I.

Directors

Mr. & Mrs. James Herget, Managing Directors, Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid,

Ms. Fanny Knight, Mr. Solomon Levy (Chairman)

Management Advisory Committee
Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga, Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mr. Hal Glave,
Mr. A.C. Folkes, Mr. Glaister Duncan, Mrs. Madge Warren
Missionaries; Mrs. Ada Walker

Christian Evangelizing Association: James and Carol Herget, Mr. Solomon Levy,
Mr. Guy Whitley, Mr. NImrod Townsend

Forward and Promotional: Mr. & Mrs. Don Wheeler, 2713 Sheringham Rd..
Orlando, Fla. 32808, Mr. & Mrs. James Walker. 136 Richmond Drive, MadisonvlMe
Ky. 42431

Projects: Oxford Preparatory School; Christian Children's Clinic (Mrs. Patsy

Alberga. Nurse in charge); Nine Palms Christian Camp (St Ann Parish); Sun
Mountain Christian.Camp (St. Catherine Parish); Doll and Craft Shoppe;
Christian Printing Ministry.

Auditors: Price Waterhouse & Co.

Editor: V.S. Reid

Local address: 7 Oxford Road, Kingston 5.

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THE PLACE OF LOVE

Among the most quoted texts of the Bible
are the verses from Paul's letter to the Cor

inthians (I Cor. 13). Paul, in them, defines

love. Christian love.

The language is simple, yet noble.

The lessons are clear, yet profound.
The place of love over all, is unequivocally
declared.

In this text, Paul offers his support to the

Master's second Great Commandment. And

it is here, on this Commandment from Christ,

the preaching of His apostle Paul, that our
Boys' Home is founded.

The other day, we were quoting our Cor

inthian from memory, while looking through
some recent "action" pictures of our httle
guys, and the thought struck us: Why not,
in an Evangel issue, "suffer" our Httle ones to
bring home to us, and to our friends and
readers, this text?
And so we do now.

CWe have used the King James version in

which"love" is given as "charity", a translation
which scans like a great orchestra over the
structure and rhythms of this most noble

of passages.)

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IB8SIU

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Though / speak wiiJi the

tcngues of men and of angels,
and hare not charity, I am be
come as sounding brass, or a

tinkling cymbal.

\
Ttiat's David blowing on li:no( cAUL'tly a sounding brass
enough.

rinett c-losu

9.

Well, not really prophets; just dressed up

as them for a presentation of their recital
of Acts II at the church.

And though 1 have the gift

of prophecy, and understand

all
mysteries.
and
all
knowledge: and though / have
all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and have

not charity. I am nothing.

Larry and Clive, an old boy of the Home

have a joh to do and so they discuss the
best way to move mountains.

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This is I'amier Wayne feeding a baby

goat on Sun Mountain.

And flioiig/] I bestow all my

goods lo feed the poor, and
though / give my body to be
burned, and have not charity,
it profiteth nie nothing.

Was there ever a picture that spoke more

of love? Larry, one of the bigger guys,
with Danny.

Ihmkcth

no

cvii. .,

The

world

is

away. Al the foot of his slide, Derrick,

with an empty crate and other artifacts,

plans his day.

Charity siiffcrclh long, and

b kind: charity cnvictJi not:
chanty vaunlclh not itself, is
not puffed up.
Dolh not behave itself un
seemly. seeketh not her own.
is not easily provoked,
thinkelh no evil:

ALFRED E. FOSTER

The Jamaica Christian Boys'

Home extends its deepest
regrets and sympathy to Mrs.
Ned Foster, wife of the late

Alfred E. Foster who recently

passed away. The Fosters have
been supporters of the Home
since 1958 and the boys
dormitory known as Foster
Hall was given mainly through
their gifts. Other helpful
equipment and support of the
children in early years of the
Home greatly assisted our
growth.

We are deeply saddened with

his passing.

MM

"Hopeth all tilings .. . A too-big

chair, books he cannot yet get into, but
that ccrtain smile on Danny's face knows
that a day will come ...

Rejoiceth not in iniquity,

but

rejoiceth

in

the

truth:

Beareth ail things, believeth

all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things.

Charity never faileth: but

whether there be propheeics.
they shall fail; whether there
be tongues, they shall eease:
whether there be knowledge,
it shall vanish away. For u'f
know
in
part,
and
ut
prophesy in part.
But when that whieh is per
fect is come, then that which
is part shall he done away.

ii i
"For we know in part ..." Pliillip, a
hustling little guy, means to know all he
can. So does Larry, below, packing his
bags for school.
r

Lliiston, our iiowest noy, one of those lo

whom the kingdom of heaven is likened
unto.

When / was a child. ! spake

as a child, I uiiderslood as a

child. ! ihought as a child- hut

when I became a man, I pui
away all childish things.

For now ivc sec through a

glass darkly: hut then face to
face: now i know in part, hut
then shall i know evoi as also
I am known.

And now ahideth faith,

hope, charity, these three: hut
the greatest of these is charity.

YOUTH
CORNER
GETTING READY

"It's mornin' time" says ole man sun when

lie peeps into the dormitory past the jalousies,

past
the
new
burglar
bars,
and
across

to the tousled sleepy heads in the

lower and upper bunks of a boy's own world

- the room he calls his own. It's a tough world

with that sun shining straight into your eyes

when you want a few more winks. But before
you know it a cold shower is driving away any
last tiny bit of sleepiness and you are well on
your way.

*dWG':

Helpers plant the cross

at the outdoor chapel
on the top of Sun
Mountain.

Line up is after a good breakfast. It's after

one gets buttoned and polished too, and after
one's school bag is assembled. Line-up means
inspection with a smile that says well-done
and a frown if you're caught with a lizard
in your pocket. It also means prayers and
Scripture learning right down to Danny who
CONTINUE OVERLEAF

is now three and right up to Phillip whose

personality is just as flashy as his smile and
eye. The school bell clanging from 'way across
the yard breaks up the "Line-Up" and feet
scamper and skip through the nearest door
while shrill chattering voices gradually
disappear leaving the house in silence . .. that
is, except for the long smiling sigh from
Nursie who by this time has "had it."
NOW IT'S SCHOOL

The high-schoolers were long gone by LineUp time. They have a tough pull on foot and
their Line-Up comes at school before eight
a.m. The middlers are Oxford Prep guys and
they have reason to smile. Yes, it's because of
the pleasant teachers, solid and interesting
curriculum, and good friends that Oxford
Prep provides. Danny our tiny guy, is at
Oxford's Nursery-Kindergarten where his
name on the Birthday Cake Chart says he will
be for another year.
AND AFTER SCHOOL

Before you know it, the bell rings again and

there is a mad dash to the new little tent that

good friends brought at Christmas. And some

times there are treats 'neath the tent. Our

biscuit company sees that the boys get freshly

baked broken cookies regularly. Look and see
if you think they like them. Life after all,
isn't so bad at Oxford Road. You find plenty
of things to say thank-you for at bedtime
prayers.

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VOL. 22 NO. 3

A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

*Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands"
Isaiah 42:12

JAMAICA EVANGEL
VOL. 22 NO. 3

ThQ Jamaica Evangel is a Quarterly publication of the Jamaica Christian

Boys'Home Ltd., P.O. Box 5, Half fVay Tree, Jamaica, W.I.
Directors

Mr. & Mrs. James Herget, Managing Directors, Mr. V.S. Reid.
Ms. Fanny Knight, Mr. EA. Woodstock, Chairman.

Management Advisory Committee

Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga, Mr. A, Lionel Levy, Mr. Hal Glave,
Mr. A.C. Folkes, Mr. Glaister Duncan, Mrs. Madge Warren.
Christian Evangelizing Association
James & Carol Herget, Mr. Ivan Walters, Mr. Trevor Myrie, Ms. Fanny Knight.
Ms. Gladys Russell, Mr. Joseph Williams
Forward and Promotional

Mr. & Mrs. Don Wheeler, 2713 Sheringham Rd. Orlando, Florida, 32808
Mr. & Mrs. James Walker, 136 Richmond Drive, Madisonville, Kentucky, 42431
Auditors: Price Waterhouse & Co.
Editor: V.S. Reid

Local address: 7 Ooiford Road, Kingston 5.

Telephone: 926-6243

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wouldn't?

Who

wouldn't "advantage" fine weather?

A LOOK AT US

JAMAICA

IS

AN

OUT

DOOR PLACE. All year. Our

rains are very considerate.
They pour down for an hour
or two, and then, the sky.
rinsed and sunned, breaks out
bluer than before.

(Okay,

we

have

been

wouldn't advantage such fine

weather?

OF COURSE, THE HOME

is not all play. There are some
disciplines that a guy, no
matter how young, must face.
Like

school

and

church.

known to have had rains for a

Learning and worship.

few

work. A

days

mittent

on

end,

showers"

"Inter

as

the

newspapers grandly call them

but only on special
occasions,
like
when
a

hurricane is blowing out in the

Caribbean).

small to commence brushing

up on his work ethic. And on
good manners. Can't leave that
out.

The

world

is

in

short

supply.
Good manners marks the

Generally, though, its clear

and sunny, great weather for
boys. And the boys, as we say
here, advantage it.
Who

Like

fellow is never too

wouldn't?

Who

presence of integrity. Later it

helps to make acceptable men

in time of adversity.
Let us now have a look at

the disciplines.

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(WicHa

Of course, its not all play!

SCHOOL,

CASES,

Prep,

IN

MOST

is our own Oxford

the

school

for

our

younger chaps. Its in a two-

floor building on the property.

Besides our own boys, there
are about 100 boys and girls
on roll. The children age from
nursery through to the end of
primary, about 11 years old.

From here they go on to high

school in which they remain
to the "0" (for ordinary) and

"A"

(for

advanced)

level

examinations.
"A"
level
equates matriculation or about

two years in university. The

University of the West Indies
maintains its main campus in
Jamaica, at Mona, with other
faculties
in" Trinidad
and
Barbados. UWI also has Extra

Mural

departments

in

the

other islands and territories of

the West Indies archipelago

A fellow is never.too small to brush up on his work ethic.

-'vm

Girls too are enrolled at the school.

lite, a long way ahead te high school.

WORSHIP ISTHE DAILY

discipline. Memorial Chapel on

the
Home
grounds
has
morning worship each week
day. At weekends, we have
our own Home service on Sun

Mountain (on Saturday, which

is our Farming Day but
more of that later). On
Sunday, there are of course,

our services in
brook Church.

the Meadow-

And "service" it truly is.

Our boys learn early to read
the bible in public, to give a
testimony, to visit the sick at
home or in hospitals; to
evangelize, to care. "Service"
is the operative word in our
"services".

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SATURDAY
ON
MOUNTAIN. Our old

SUN
Land

Rover groans up the road early

each Saturday morning loaded
with boys and shovels and
everything our young farmers
require. Agriculture is the
most important industry in
our country and, mountainous
as the country is, farming is a
tough task. Erosion is our
enemy. We must safeguard
against it. Contouring and
terracing is our defence. Our
Home boys get their early
lessons on these Saturday

Nobody complains about a little

kitchen duty especially its com
pensations!

exercises.

Not

that

they

will

all

become farinciers but fish

must learn to swim even if

they are fiyiinb ^ish.

So. furpow and burrow,

pound ^Tind ^nnound, seed and

weed 'ley :^top ii!

Animal [husbandry too. We

raise a few pigs for market,
some goals and a few cows,

Neighboijrirfig farming friends

in our c. "jmfnunity have taught

the boys hoW to milk the cows

and care for; the small stock.
Learninq and working is loads
of fu

sailed to ot

These
young
adventurers are
looking back at history as they sail
the

waters

from

which

their

ancestors centuries ago may have

So, furrow and burrow . . . mound
and pound . ..

Spanish Mai
harbour of
"wickedest

world",

PLAY.

TEAM

SPORTS

assist in moulding the team

spirit, a necessary ingredient in
an increasing world-of-interaction. Soccer and cricket are

our chief team sports. A tennis

court

is

to

be

laid

boat

to

Port

announcement

Royal
that

is an
is

met

with acclaim. Port Royal is the

ancient
pirate city made
famous by the exploits of
Henry Morgan and his chums.

down.

OUR AIM IS TO BRING

Swimming is popular on
this island of beautiful beaches.

up good citizens: love of God,

love of country, love of

Outings rate high with our

guys too, and taking the ferry

for success.

fellowmen. We work and pray

Riding the Ferry to Port Roval.

ids (goats!) for fun or

her adventures on the

1. They are entering the

Port Royal, once the

and richest city in the

NEW THINGS
AT

OUR HOME
There's always something
new at our Home - or someone
new. Like now there are three

new boys. Byron is eight years

old, Dary} is four and Howard
is three. And it is lovely to

see how quickly they become

These

a part of the family. They are

loved by all their brothers and
they love in return. Howard
and Danny have become great

different rolling an old tyre in a

tyre-rolling derby.

two

prefer

something

friends since both are three

years old and attend Nursery

School together. But that's
not all that's new.

That big building you see

in the picture is new. We all
watched it being built because

it Is just across the street from

us. That was fun. One time

long ago our house was the

tallets building on Oxford
Road. And you can see that
we were pretty tall by looking
at Daddy Herget in the back
yard. But now that pretty
' , .
,
,
...
,
white hotel with its light blue
trim, makes us look very small.

Setting out for some fun.

Still other things are new,

little things that boys notice;

like the newworn-outtyrethat

Daddy took off the truck and

gave to the boys to roll up and

down the driveway. And like

the new lock that Daddy put

on the school gate to keep the

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boys out durmg holidays, and

the new hole they made in the
fence to get in anyhow. That's
boys for you. Just plain boys.
New

clothes

come

at

Christmas time especially and

everyone likes that. In fact,

Christmas generally brings a

lot of new things but mostly
happiness. Happiness is new
every

day,

earlier

in

the

morning
in the Nursery
because the baby guys wake
first. And happiness is what
our Home is about.

A fellow also has to work

> ^

THE

JAMAICA

JUNIOR

Solomon
our

Chairman

Reginald

Levy,

of the Home

Board and assisting pastor at

Meadowbrook, has died at 63,
He

has

headed

the

Home

Board for all its life and was a

wonderful friend and worker.

A man of extraordinary
faith, a superb preacher and
untiring bible scholar, his love
for
humanity
knew
no
boundaries. His good sense has
helped the Home to weather
many a storm. The national
newspapers
carried
his
obituary and one writer said
of him:

OUR CHAIRMAN PASSES

"We thank God for his life.

We shall miss him. But we take
comfort"

THIS WAS HOW HE LIVED

(AND LIVES!)

I trust.

So, dear friend,

And so, must

be ready,

this I send

holding steady

to you-

to the Friend

"Your faith, renew!

For I believe,
nay, perceive,
by His grace,
face to face,

whose mansions

we shall meet

are the sanctions

at His feet!"

for the call

to leave all.
To ascend

of my faith.
Who now saith,
"Enter, son,

A grateful friend
of Brother Solomon Levy.

your work is done.

Joy is here.
Gone, your care."
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selves in assisting these organizations in any way they can and our

companies contribute financially from time to time to many worthwhile

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going together for years. Served together lliey

make a delirious meal for yourself and your

family. They're unbealable, but not inMiparable.

Serve one or Idith.
Demand Grace Rice and Grace Corned Beef
The Unbeatable Pair.
We care.

Grace

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Jamaica Christian Boys' Home

ABOUT SUN MOUNTAIN

AND JULY, 1976

Dear Christian Friends,

There is no way that you can really imagine our joy and excitement this month.

After these past three years of Saturday labor, of hard work, testing of faith
blessings of gifts, and even some tears, we are ready to open our first '"sleepin" camps at Sun Mountain.
The boys have finally been able to see what they were doing.

For kids it is

hard to see ahead and realize the goals that big people set. For a time it
was only endless work. But now the joys of Sun Mountain are being realized.

Oh, it is beautifull The two new dormitories are completed and painted and beds
are all in. The dining hall is spick and span and the kitchen nicely stocked
with camp food. Before this final week is over the finishing touches should be
on and roofs all on and the lights glowing from the light plant.
But the Spiritual part is always the sweetest. One one side of a hill is a love
ly spot dedicated to the preaching of the Word. It was built by the boys and
Mommy, of rocks all laid and cemented for seats and a lovely rock pulpit. One
day when we were almost finished we sent the big boys for two trees for the
cross. And it was good to see them cut it, nail it together and raise it up
some 15 feet high behind the pulpit and stone platform. Some sixteen miles away
you can see the Kingston harbor and the open sea. It is lovely and we pray for

many wonderful lessons to young hearts in this spot.

The second week in July was dedicated to the underprivileged children of the
camp area and it was a week of rejoicing. Fifty one boys and girls ages 9 to 15
attended. It was a day camp beginning with breakfast and ending with vespers.

Now after two more weeks of work we are ready for the sleep-in camps.
Thank you for your loving gift. It is truly appreciated for you have come to
mean much to us in the joys and sorrows of our work. Just two days ago our be
loved Bro Levy went to be with the Lord. He has assisted Jim in the ministry

at Memorial Chapel for several years and then for six years at Meadowbrook and

was chairman of our Home board.

We rejoice for him

but we sorrow in our own loss of this faithful

beloved friend of more than 22 years. As he

woke in the morning he told the nurses he was
going home that day. At noon he roused and be

gan singing lustily, "I will meet you in the

morning..preached a sermon, and then grad
ually quieted until he slipped away.

Esso
Hoas

E rf,

Keep us in your prayers.

Christian A^ve,

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S. Grandma IValker is in the U.S.

for a few weeks.

.S. No 2..If you do not get a receipt for your gift, please let us know, or if your
check has not come back to you, let us know. The Orlando address is working nicely.

JAMAICA
EVANGEL
A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

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BYRON AND DERRICK

AMAICA EVANGEL
VOL. 22 NO. 3

The Jamaica Evangel is a Quarterly publication of the Jamaica Christian

Boys'Home Ltd., P.O. Box 5, Half Way Tree, Jamaica, W.I.

Directors

Mr. & Mrs. James Herget, Managing Directors, Mr. V.S. Reid.
Ms. Fanny Knight, Mr. E.A. Woodstock, Chairman.

Management Advisory Committee

Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga, Mr. A. Lionel Levy. Mr. Hal Glave,
Mr. A.C. Folkes, Mr. Glaister Duncan, Mrs. Madge Warren.
Christian Evangelizing Association

James & Carol Herget, Mr. Ivan Walters, Mr. Trevor Myrie, Ms. Fanny Knight,
Ms. Gladys Russell, Mr. Joseph Williams
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Auditors: Price Waterhouse & Co.
Editor: V.S. Reid

Local address: 7 Oxford Road, Kingston 5.

Telephone: 926-6243

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of

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Head Office - 116 Tower Street, Kingston, Jamaica,W.l.

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WILL THE ISLANDERS KINDLY STAND?

No Man Is An Island...
Considering that every

!and mass on the globe

is surrounded by water,

it is true to say that all

tlie race are island dwel-

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lers, the human race,

that is. The difference

of course, is that Folks

don't call the larger is
lands, islands; and only
the smaller ones are.

The continents of Africa,

the Americas, Antartica,
Australia, Europe/Asia
are islands; although so
enormous, they boggle
the mind to think of

"I '
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them as islands. We is-

land-dwellers, as in Ja
maica, are used to see

ing the sea around us

like a great strong mother
surrounding us with her
love. She feeds us by her
bounties for the body
and spirit. The trouble is
that frequently, in history,
her love is so broad and

deep, she insulates us

too thorouglily moreso
in the days three centuries

ago when John Donne

penned his now famous
lines. Cuts us off from
our fellows of the race.
Removes from us the

reality of being part of a

whole.

And that is what we are.

All mankind are island-

dwellers. but none of us

arc islanders.

And each man's woe,

each man's diminishment,

as poet John Donne said,

diminishes the next.

Donne was a priest of the

church, a man whose vo
cation led him into many
kinds of human situations

and human problems. His

daily work was contiguous
to God and prayer; and
the power of our Divine
fatherhood, the sweep and
penetration of the good
news of the one-ness of

the universe, would have

been his daily experience.

And so the role of man in
the structure of God's

universe, the universality

of man, was a concern he
would give thouglit to.
He was also a man of un

usually wide experience.

It is sobering to remember
that in his 59 or so years,
he had been poet, soldier,
preacher, lawyer before
he was made Dean of St.

Paul's in London. Many

of his poems were concer
ned with God. It was

during a very serious ill

ness that lie penned his
famous lines that began,
"No man is an island..."

Wonderful thought to
remember. And so are the
words with which he clin

ches the sublime idea of

brotherhood indeed of
more than brotherhood.
Of One-ness.
"Never send to know

for whom the bell

tolls: it tolls for thee. ^

Pages 1-2-6: Jamaica Tourist Board

4-9: Jamaica Information Service
10-11-cover: J. C. B. H.

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And there we have it.

FACT vs FICTION

Another preacher heard

from. Cain refuted; we

are our brother's keepers.
It had all, of course, been

said long before, by the

DENIAL

The Editor, Sir:

We should be glad if you would

find space in your paper to publish the

foUowing news item appearing in the

Great Preacher Himself.

In varied ways. All sum

july 1977 issue of "Jesus to the Com

med up in one small word,

but the most powerful in

Mission was dissolved because of the

Communist takeover there. Our Jamai

any language: Love.

And it does not matter

what pains we take to do

what is in our mortal,

selfish eyes, "good", with

out love, all is nought.

Paul said it ringingly: "And

now abideth faith, hope,

munist World inc."

"Unfortunately, the Jamaican

can director, Sister Thwaites, and her

family lost all their personal property

They are now refugees in Costa Rica."
We completely dissociate our
selves from the paper "Jesus to the
Communist World Inc." and especial
ly the item quoted above.
We cannot understand where this

this paper got its information, but we

categorically deny the accuracy of any

part of this news item.

love, but the greatest of

LESLIE and MARGUERITE

these is love."

THWAITES:

Old Harbour,

And love is not an abstract

word. Love is an act positive.

A declaration of courage,
and faith in God's word.

To live by a value-system
in which the spiritual loveact is de;cided by the size

St. Catherine.

Unfortunately much of this kind of

propaganda has been spread by
some other missionaries, prompted
by the idea that rousing the sym
pathy of peoples in the States will
result in larger financial gains.
There is absolute freedom of
worship in Jamaica.

of a bank account, the

slant of an eye, the curve
of .1 nose, the colour of a
skin, is a mockery of the

Bible study is compulsory in

the schools ofJamaica.

word. For no man is an

island. What diminishes

Prayers are said at each

session of the Jamaica Parlia

my brother, diminishes me.

ment.

The Jamaican Military and

Police forces attend regular
church services on their Sta

tions, and are served by Chap

lains.

THE JAMAICA NATIONAL ANTHEM

Eternal Father bless our land

Guard us with thy Mighty Hand

Keep us free from evil powers,
Be our light through countless hours.
To our Leaders Great Defenders,
Grant true wisdom from above.

Justice, Truth be ours forever,

Jamaica, land we love,

Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love.

Teach us true respect for all
Stir response to duty's call

Strengthen us the weak to cherish

Give us vision lest we perish

Knowledge send us Heavenly Father,

Grant true wisdom from above,

Justice, Truth be ours forever,

Jamaica, land we love,
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love.

THE NA TIONAL PLEDGE

Before God and all mankind, 1pledge the love and loyalty of my heart,

the wisdom andcourage of my mind, the strength andvigour of my

body in the service of my fellow citizens. 1promise to stand up for
Justice, Brotherhood and Peace, to work diligently and creatively, to

think generously and honestly, so that Jamaica may, under God,

increase in beauty, fellowship and prosperity, and play her part in
advancing the welfare of the whole human race.

THE

JAMAICAN
JUNIOR

GRANDMA'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Every boy loves a (}randma. Our boys have

been very fortunate to have a Grandma living
in their home...a real Grandma wlio througli
the years has made sure that every guy gets
a birthday cake and that homework gets tak
en care of. She is there to hear their troubles

when Mommy is out on errands. She sUps

them little treats and enjoys them sprawled
out on her rug watching TV.

Grandma reached her 80th. birthday this

year and here she is cutting her lovely cake.
We enjoyed a family party. The boys all
dressed up in their Sunday best and made a
crown for Grandma's head. There were hot

dogs and Kool Aid as well as cake and it will

be a long time before the boys forget Grand

ma's lovely party.
AWAY TO THE U. S. A.

In the month of May the boys and girls at

Brownstown, Indiana, were counting the days
until their V.B.S. Jamaica was the country
for their mission study and they were to have
a special treat... the visit of their missionary
to Jamaica and one of the boys of the Jam
aica Christian Boys' Home. The day came and
Mommy Herget and Wayne arrived. It was a
great week and on the closing night of the
Bible School, the boys and girls very beauti
fully sang, "There is an Island in the Caribbean
Sea". Right in the middle of the song comes
the word banana...yes, those "tall Banana Tree
Trees." So instead of singing it like Americans
would, they all cheered out Bahnahnah trees.
They had been noticing Wayne's accent all
week long and decided to say it like hw did.
Yes, we had a lovely visit and we are tliankful
for the help tliey gave to all of our family in
Jamaica.

BILLY OUR PET GOAT

Danny had a little goat

His skin was white and brown

And everywhere that Danny went

The goat went right along.

He let him go to lunch one day
Against his Mommy's rule.
And just when Daddy looked around
The goat ate up his meal.

Now Mommy wasn't one bit pleased

"No goats in here" she said.
Then turned around in time to see

That goat eat up her food.

So Mommy took the broom to him

And put him on the run.

Oh how those boys did laugh and crow,
It was great family fun.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

There were many other stops and lo\ing times

with boys and girls in Urbana, Illinois, and
nearby Heyworth, in churches in Indiana like
Brownsburg and Waynelown, New Market,
and Salem. Yes, Salem,where the boys and
girlsbrought big boxes of food gifts to take
back to our boys. In Nebo, Kentucky, and

College Park, and Decatur,Georgia. In Jack

sonville, Fla. we spent sevral busy days with
the boys and girls in their V.B.S. at Englewood
Church. In the picture you see their minister,
Fred Smith, and Mrs. Sloderbcck standing by
shelves laden with beautiful shoes for each

boy of our Home. The boys and girls brought

enough money for all the boys to have new
Sunday pants and shirts too. It wasgreat fun
shopping for all of them. But we weren't
through yet.

In Largo, Florida once again we visited their

V.B.S. and again were presented great boxes
of food for the Home family. We met boys
and girls from over 30 churches while in the
U.S.A. So we thank our dear friends at Brown-

stown, Indiana, for inviting us to come and

giving us our travel money as well as giving
us gifts to take back home to the rest of our
big family. Aunt Betty and EWin Gray
(minister and wife at Brownstown) love

Jamaica so much that they planned a trip for

members of the ciiurch to visit Jamaica this

summer. We hope to tell you about that next.

"Jamaica Junior."

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what 3 couple!
Grace Ricc and Grace Corned Beef have been

goinglogelhcr for years, Served Ic^elher Ihey

make a deiiciouii meal for yourself and your
family. Tliey're niibealabie, but not'irtseparable.
Serve one or both.

Demand (>rare Rice and Grace (y>rnrd Eieef

The llnbeatable Pair.
We care.

Grace

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^ptember 1976 news

Dear Friends

i?

bought you might enjoy a copy of our

Meadowbrook church bulletin this month,

li?c rejoice in six more baptisms, .six more

very happy people.

one is what it ought to be...happy.

Tony

left for University of Tennessee for his

tliird year and a fainily picnic marked the

farewell, f'e try to make his departure a
time for fun - joy and sadness all mixed
together,

nd that reminds us, would anyone like to

have Tony visit with you for Christmas? I'e

will be available to talk with your youth,

play his guitar, and would also be grateful

for Christmas happiness,

'/rite us.

eeds are always with us, Daryl needs love

and support. He is new...a sad life story
for his four years, ^'e can give the love will you help us with his support? V,e came

today and at bedtime asked if he could sleep

on the floor since he was used to that.

There

was no mistreatment - only problems.

eep us in your prayers.

Someone harl prayed

and we feel that is why the Lord provided a

wide place on that dangerous mountain road
when the steering on the Landrover gave v/ay.
Prayers of thanks and tears of gratitude
flowed together.
o many reasons to be thankful.

Your gift

again, happiness of little boys, letters of

encouragement, progress in the work.
God bless you all!

Kay

JVith love in Christ Jesus,

>4W\and Carol Kerget

nip

"By this shdlZ aVl men J<now that ye are nty

diaaiptes if ye have love one to-anotheri
Dear Christian Friends,

How beautiful Is the expression of God's love all about us and through
us at the Christmas season of the year!

Love In our Home has been the

backbone of all our Christmas.

Who could resist love *

For a three year old asking to go shopping.

For a boys' choir robed in white with red collars, marching

down a candle^llt aisle to sing and recite their own version
of Christmas.

For those big eyes over the steaming turkey and the little voice
asking, "may I have a taste?"

For a big dorm full of sleeping boys after a long day of romping
in God's wonderland, Sun Mountain. It was family fun time.
But love Is more than that in our Home.

It's sharing. For instead of gifts for each other, Jim and I bought
Bibles - lots of Bibles. Fifty went to the Sun Mt country children and
lots went to Meadowbrook.

What greater gift!

It]s love for the church too. AHd in December our Christian Evangel
izing Ass'n gave money for a floor In the Portland church building pro

ject SOTie fifty miles frOTi Kingston. Jim married a couple there recent
ly and spent a good day encouraging this new congregation.

And the month was climaxed with a telephone call from our son Tony at
University of Tenn.

He had had a wonderful trip with a friend who re

cently graduated from Johnson Bible College.

They hitchhiked to Cali

fornia to spend the holidays with his friend's parents. Tony continues
to do well In school and assures us that his Spiritual life is growing

deeper.

We are thankful for him and proud In the Lord.

And love also Includes you. For without you and your love for us and
support of this work, we would not be receiving all these blessings*
Thank you...from the depths of our hearts for all you have done for us

In 1976* Oh, how we do thank God for you! And we appreciate your

prayers and concern more than ever before.

May He bless you with a wonderful 1977.

YoiH'^rvants foj>-Christ in the Caribbean,

and Carol Herget

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Jamaica Christian Doys* Home

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at Christmas Time

1?76

Dear Friends of Little Children,

V/hat is Christmas made of? CandieSi carols evergreen and

bells; friends and gladness - these are the things we like to
think of when Christmas comes to mind.

these blessings surround us.

In our Home all of

But outside In the dark night

there are many who cannot share these jbys...1Ittlc children

still In need, wandering, f^lways looking for a helping hand
and a kind word.

Thank you for helping us to find some of them: to love them

and care for than.

V'lthout you wc could not help them.

V/e

cannot walk alone.

This Christmas there will be tv.o nev/ little boys ir our Home.
Dyron Is eight years old and Oaryl is four. Doth l^^crc in des
perate need - both needed someone to care rjnd to help. Oh,
how thankful we nre to be able to share with them our Christ

5
5

mas joy I

Our thinks includc you. For v/e remember your gifts of love
throughout the year - funds, food, building supplies, shoes,
clothing, school supplies, camp needs and many special treats.
V'e remember our Doctors nnd Dentist, our American Evangelists

and Camp teachers, our Directors of our Home. And could we

ever forget the constant assistance from our J';mdic^ Defence

Force,

You have all been pillars of this Home - helpers of

1Ittle children.

You ca*e Qordiatty invited to okp Mnual (hrietrruw

GxndXeiight Progimime at Meadowbrook Cmroh of Christy

Smday nighty Deomher 18th at 7 p,m. It is the hoys'
of cppreoiation for all of their friends. Please

join us in this lovely Jiovtr,

And may your Christmas be filled with the true Spirit of the
Living God and His belover! Son Jesus,
Let us lift up our
heorts In song and seek Ills guidance and blessing for the
coming year. We all join In saying ''God bless you.''

Sa-iMOO.

UU^^.cJk

Christmas love

fm find Carol Herget"

ianH the boys

reace on
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Dear Friends,

How beautiful are the Psalms!

Listen to this..."Trust in the

Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily
thou shalt be fed." (37*3) And they express the praise to God
from our own hearts daily. Yes, we praise and thank Him for the
wonderful way He has met our needs. V/hen we received our finan
cial report from our auditors we were amazed to see how our in
come had increased to meet the needs. So we continue to trust
and to praise God...and to thank you.

Sun Mountain is now ready for the bulldozing of our play fields
and building sites.

Surveyors worked for more than two weeks

taking levels and planning the work. We can certainly tell you
that it is exciting progress.

The boys of our Home have already begun memorizing the Christmas

Scripture story and are humming carols. It comes early to them

because of school programs being held In early December.
The outstanding event for October was a Rally at Sun Mountain when
over 90 peopje from Meadowbrook and August Town churches met for a

day of study and praise and fellowship. It was our first adult
rally there and the folks were so thrilled with the success of it
that they are already planning a bigger one for the after-Christ

mas holiday. The messages were rich and the singing really great.
And we were glad that the food was plentiful or our dear little
goat might have found herself in the cooking pot.
Our vehicles have been in the shop too often in recent months and

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we realize that we must do something about a new one.

As from

December 1st we will be prayerfully laying aside funds toward this

and we are asking you to pray with us for this need. V/ould you

1 K:^:. 'Mf

like to help? Also, Christmas shirts, pants and socks are always

welcome and helpful as well as Christmas toys.

si: If

We continue to preach Christ and we continue to seek your prayers

in our behalf. Thank you once again for being so helpful and in
terested in our work.

le banana

I toLkesfS montm

to grow

stian

lov

f; and yeitds on^.

.eiem of
bananas*

Carol Herget

We ask God's rich blessing for you.