p. 93 | JAMAICA by Hubert Fletcher

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 5, 1901

JAMAICA

By Hubert Fletcher

DEVON is in the Dry Harbor Mountains of the parish of Saint Ann. The mountain air is salubrious and invigorating.

The Third Angel's Message was taken to the small company at this place in the year 1894 by one of our native canvassers; and for the last six years this company have been struggling to maintain their integrity to God, and to establish the truth in their neighborhood. Just before the Week of Prayer, their little chapel was dedicated. The building is twenty by thirteen feet, with an additional part for the pulpit. It will seat about thirty persons. There is also a pool five by eight feet. Baptism was administered in connection with the dedication, and the blessing of the Lord was received.

Never were such zeal and earnestness manifested as during the Week of Prayer. The readings were read at the early morning meetings. Social meeting followed each reading, when testimonies were borne by all. Confessions were made, and consecrations renewed. In the evening all would gather for prayer-meeting. The Lord was sought earnestly and importunately for the Holy Spirit to enable them to walk in the revealed truths. I have never enjoyed a better occasion than this. I praise God for such precious warnings and admonitions, and for the privilege of spending this time in seeking God. The solemn convocation of fasting, prayer, and searching of hearts must continue until the work of atonement is completed. Watch; for ye know not the day nor the hour. — HUBERT FLETCHER.