The Week of Prayer in Southern Jamaica
By C. D. PARCHMENT
THE week of prayer, which has just terminated, has in every respect rivaled those of past years. Never before in the history of this observance has the Spirit of God manifested itself among the brethren of southern Jamaica as during this recent week of prayer. The time allotted to conduct these daily services was, as usual, early morning; and all can imagine how cheering and encouraging it was to see a congregation of people ranging from the old man of seventy to the child of seven, all gathered in the little white-walled church, even before break of day, for the sole object of meeting Jesus; and he, faithful to his promise, was never absent, so all were able to exclaim, “Truly the Lord has been with us.” The burden of prayer rested upon all, and not one minute was wasted. Many confessed their disloyalty to God in the tithe and offerings, and made faithful promise to do better in the future, and also to make a special effort to propagate the third angel’s message during 1905. While it is true that mistakes have been made in the past, yet how cheering it is to note that the work is making steady progress. Our week-of-prayer offering has more than doubled that of former years, notwithstanding the present hard times, owing to the loss of crops. The outlook seems gloomy, but we believe our Heavenly Father will supply all our needs. Time and space would fail to give full details of the grand and glorious times which we enjoyed during the week of prayer. Truly, I am glad to scatter the tidings to the ends of the earth that the seed which has been sown in southern Jamaica has indeed fallen on good ground, and is bringing forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundredfold.