HUBERT FLETCHER by Hubert Fletcher

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 3, 1906

HUBERT FLETCHER

By Hubert Fletcher

Jamaica

MOORES.—Moores is a remote country district on the bank of the Rio Minho, in the parish of Clarendon. It will be of interest to note the rise and progress of the work at this place. In the year 1902 a spark of present truth was kindled in the heart of a brother, by his brother, who was at that time a Sabbath-keeper. He then remembered that in his boyhood days he had questioned his father on the fourth commandment, why it was not observed as it read. But he was scolded, and the matter slipped from his mind. Now, said he, “This is what I have wanted all these years.” And with joy he began the observance of the Sabbath, and for nearly two years he kept it alone, mocked, jeered, and persecuted. He was called “the old fool.” Yet all these things did not discourage the faithful brother. He kept praying and loaning tracts to the people until the fall of 1904, when he had the joy of seeing his family and two others join with him. No minister ever visited them until the end of 1904, when the number was about seven.

In April of 1905 the number grew to twelve. The spark was then becoming a blaze, and its sparks flew over to an adjoining district named Budd’s Hill. And praise the Lord, there is quite a conflagration at this place at the present time. These two districts have united their forces, and are pressing the battle even to the gates of the enemy. The number has grown from twelve to fifty-four adults besides more than a score of children. On Sabbath, April 7, 1906, I baptized nine dear souls, and others are expecting to follow soon. They have also begun work on their church building, which is to be twenty feet by forty feet. The lime and some of the lumber are already on the ground, and the foundation work will be started in two weeks. The believers are all of good courage, zealous for the cause they love. Brethren, pray for the church at Moores.