JAMAICA, WEST INDIES by W. Jay Tanner; Mrs. E. E. Tanner

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 3, 1901

JAMAICA, WEST INDIES.

By W. Jay Tanner; Mrs. E. E. Tanner

PROVIDENCE.—September 10 we left Grove Town and came to Providence. An interest seemed to have awakened here as a result of work at the former place. Stormy weather has hindered us greatly. Nevertheless, six honest souls have been baptized as a result of the effort.

Since we came here, the company at Grove Town has not been idle. When the time for baptism came, they had seven in readiness. Two of these were keeping the Sabbath before we left, but had not yielded wholly on other points; the others came in largely through the personal efforts of different members of the church. It is indeed refreshing to see how earnestly these people labor to extend a knowledge of the message after they have once accepted it. And their labor bears fruit, too. While we have but six or seven here, I am confident that these will work until others are added to their little company.

The place of baptism is nine miles down the mountains from Grove Town, and over twenty miles from Providence. Yet the people did not complain about the walk. Two sisters walked forty-four miles to be baptized. Surely the argument of “inconvenience” had no weight with them.

In our work the past two months we have had the faithful assistance of Brother A. G. Peart, one of our native laborers.

The work in this island is onward. We have more calls than can be answered. We expect to leave this place next week to hold meetings in another parish.

W. JAY TANNER, MRS. E. E. TANNER