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Gage

Marshall (March 30, 1950 ac Peoria, Il at Bloomington, Illinois); Esther (June linois); Bill (December 8, 1927 at Vi- 19, 1926 at Christopher, Illinois); and enna, Illinois); John (August 16, 1951 Mark (November 4, 1948, DuQuoin,Ill).

The Bill Gage family is a new mis sionary family to Barbados. They re ceived cheir training at Johnson Bible College and later at Lincoln Bible In stitute, Lincoln, Illinois. They served at Sesser, Illinois (V/z years); Saybrook, Illinois (5^ years); and in a number of evangelistic campaigns. He has a total of 10 year's preaching experience. The Gages are sponsored in their mission work by Christian Church, Saybrook, Illinois. Vemon and Mrs. Anna-

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lee Osbome began this work in July


1953, and the Gages started their first term of service June 1956.
Field address:

Forwarding address: Mrs. Myrtle Coile Saybrook,


Illinois

Bill and Mrs. Esther Gage "Kew House" Spooners Hill Bridgetown, Barbados
British Test Indies

in three years would likely take another cheap. Neither of which, of course, is year to catch iqp. It is absolutely im true. possible to keep up with them all, but If you can buy a weekly magazine most interesting to try. Each group that provides you all the news you can must exercise its own choice in the read about world missionsplus daily
matter.

devotional materials on the Bible school

The problem is worse: suppose we lesson, plus stories and pictures of were able to print and distribute all of missionsand pay less than the cost of this information in a monthly (or a weekly) one daily paper a week for it, you have magazine. What group could devote a bargain. No where else can you get enough time to study or even read it the information or inspiration AT ANY all? It is not necessary to study each PRICE. If you subscribe for the magazine and every one of them in detail, but it and have it delivered every week to your is necessary to get familiar enough with home, it will cost you less than six
some to share the concern of the mis* sionaries for the unconverted in that
cents a week.

field, and to share their problems and become prayer partners with them in their labor, and help to finance their wodc. Horizons was designed as a news magazine. We went to weekly publication to bring the news to our readers more quickly. Through it, knowledge of how God is working today all over the world through the missionaries, is quickly presented. Those who want the wide picture should read Horizons.
About the Cost

Horizons, with many pictures, and late mission news from everywhere our

brethren work, is expensive to publish.


We think it is worth it. And a lot of

folks agree.; We would give it away if we thought anybody would read it, and if we could figure out some way to pay for it. Best w^y we've figured out so far is to set a goal of 13,639 NEW sub scriptions at $3 eacheverybody pays the same price wherever he lives
whether in Toledo or Tokyo, Cincinnati

Education costs. Always. We are interested in seeing that the whole church is taught a whole responsibility
to the whole world in the matter of world

or Coatepeque. We expect to reach this goal with the help of every church leader that is trying to teach his congregation
to be concerned for others "who have

not yet heard."

evangelism (missions). The chiirch pro


vides elaborate materials for Bible edu

Florida (letter from a reader) Here is a dollar for a cotq>le of the


PacketsNo. 257 and 557. I think this
is a wonderful idea.

cation in the Bible school, and it should.

These materials are attractively and -Mrs. W. /. Carry expertly preparedand they do a fair job in the Lord. of helping folks to grow And they are expensive. The fact that no charge is made to the pupil, and that he Error!.. .That KIAMICHI CLINIC
does not have to subscribe, in effect date

in July 14 Horizons should

receiving them free, creates the false read April 30, May 1 and 2, 1957. impression that they are freeor at least

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lapsible
shelter
itself.

building may serve as a


until the church at Silver

Sands can build a permanent house for

life

Brother Vernon Osbome, our coworker and a former draftsman, is

drawing up the plans for such a build ing. We estimate that its cost will be approximately $2,000. It shall be con structed for easy mobility. We already have need for such a building in other areas. Please send all special offer ings for this project to our forwarding
secretary:

Over 500 babies were brought to the General Hospital for treatment last year. This is only a fraction of the babies suffering from what is called "Marasmas," which is the local name for plain simple starvation. A child is often a parent in Barbados. Mothers sometimes regard their babies as unwanted. Seventy percent are born out of wedlock and the father seldom as sumes any responsibility. Up to the age of a year, many are fed nothing but barley water or sugar tea. Though God has provided a natural means for the mother to provide an adequate supply of fresh milk, yet the mother denies the
child this.

Mrs. Myrtle Coile Saybrook, Illinois

and label it "Building Fund," which is the same as the rotating building
fund mentioned in the October issue
of Horizons.

THE COVER

No, these are not the people who never attend church. Ironically, you may see them in clean starched, white and colored frocks making a brave show at
church-time.

Southern point lighthouse over looking Oistin bay and Silver Sands area; Gage family in front of newlydecorated church building at Oistin; crosses mark points of activity men
tioned in articles.

The only possible solution to this crime is a godly life, a Christian life. It is an unending battle that we fight, but we thank God that many are beginning to
see the difference between the eerie incanmtion of Scriptures, sufficiently elab

PICTURES OF HOUSES

orate ritual, the wearing of long sleeves, long hair, long skirts, and no ornaments
at all as contrasted to the Christian life.

Then we think of the Christ-child and then look into this bed to behold such

primitive inhumanity, oh, how we realize that He means everything to us. That
He warrants and commands every sacrifice on our part to take His message into all the world. That those "added to the Lord," to His church, represent the
visible embodiment of the Christ-life to the world.

The mandate of the church of Christ at the beginning and in every age has been, "Go ye into all the world!" Bill Gage
I WE CAST OUT

Over 200 young people attended a meeting held November 5th at "Kew House," Spooners Hill. A number of young people also attended the Bible school which was opened here the fol lowing Lord's Day rooming at 10:00
a.m.

carried on by a self-supporting native


ministry. The Oistin church is making plans for a building program to begin by the first of January. We are helping to plan this program and are carrying on a continuous evangelism campaign
in Oistin in order to win souls and

Thesearethe houses that surround

our home at Spooners Hill. Away from the fields or the factories, the Bajan
wcrker lives as a rule in a small wooden house. These are often serious

The work at Spooners Hill is in its formative stage with unlimited possibilities. Our facilities are the roost meager when compared with the J30,000the Nazarene Church is spend ing to evangelize the same area. Nearly 5,000 Seventh Day Adventists live about Spooners Hill. Most of these "Seven Day" converts were made through literature evangelism (Voice of Prophecy). We are learning what it means to plead for the restoration of primitive Christianity. The church at Oistin has publicly changed its name from Evangelical
Church of God and is now called

ly overcrowded. My neighbor lives in


such a house with his wife and 14 children. Doors and windows are shut

keep their zeal alive. There is a large following of "hearers" at Oistin and 34 (baptised) believers who have re
mained constant in the faith.

tightly at night even in the hottest


weather (Psalms 121:6).

At Silver Sands large crowds gather to hear the Gospel. Seventyfive to 300 people have been counted at each meeting. There are only eight (baptised) believers in that area, but the following of hearers seems to in dicate the possibilities for a strong
church.

OUR NEEDS:

Portable Organ
Accordion (Small)
Gas Lantern
Tracts

Paper for Tracts, etc. Bible school supplies


We also need four churches to

"Church of Christ." The work is being

We hope to erect a collapsible building at Silver Sands near a new government bousing project. The col-

pledge $25 each a month as


a Service Link.

DECEMBER 1956

QUE^nONS FROM LETTERS Question: "From what states are the

JUST FOR WOMEN By the time you receive this, we


will have been in Barbados more than

churches that are providing your


livinglink?
Sorry to have overlooked this in

our first newsletter. Our livinglink


churches are within the immediate

Barbados is 166 square miles in size and has a population of more than 219,000 people. Most of these people live along the southwest coast. We merely pick out the most vulner
able location and concentrate on it.

area of Saybrook, Illinois where we closed our ministry last May 20th.

six monthsit has been a very short period of time for us. We have been so very grateful for the many, many letters and gifts that have come our way. It seems that when the way grows unsure, a letter always
arrives which takes us to the mountain

Question: "Do you make a published


financial statement, including a list of contributors, to be mailed periodi cally to the contributors?"
A financial statement is mailed to

Question: "Where do you meet?" Each Lord's Day morning we have Bible school in our home at Spooners
Hill. Communion services are held at

all contributors every two months by our forwarding secretary.

Spooners Hill and Oistin. Bible school begins at 4:00 p.m. at Oistin. On the Lord's Day evening we meet in "open air" by the "cross roads'* at Silver

Question: "Would there be any possi


bility in the future to build a house
rather than rent?

Property ownership on this field


is a serious business. One denomina

Sands. On Monday evening we hold evangelistic services by the public market at %)00ners Hill. Tuesday evening we hold "open air" at the public market at Oistin. Thursday
evening is "open air" at Silver Sands

tion has built 44 church buildings, hires native preachers to preach in them, and retains complete ownership. The other day a missionary who super vises this project was lamenting the fact that whenever a window pane is
broken, the natives' run down to the

again. Friday night we hold special


meetings, mostly at Oistin.

top again and we walk on in faith, secure in the knowledge that He always cares for His own. You may not receive an answer as soon as we would like you to have one, but be assured the delay is only because we see such a need here. We hope more of you will writeyour letters are a great encouragement to us. Incidentally, be sure to put sufficient postage on your letters10^ air mail. Some have had only 6^ or 8^ and con sequently have come by boat mail, which may take six to eight weeks to reach us. The boys are adjusting very well to new friends and school. But some days

it seems as if everything is against them,


for over three weeks Mark has had

Question: "How do you get the people


together?" We are regular with our open air

"banged-up knees"he can't get used to falling down in shorts instead of long
overalls! At the same time, Marshall had two infected blisters on his heel,

mission station to get it repaired, never thinking to assume this respon sibility themselves. We are trying to prevent our mission's becoming a fi nancial operation. Therefore, we do
not believe it would be advisable to

meetings and large crowds of people generally await us. In our first open air we called in nearly 300 homes for
information, to teach, and distribute

tracts and invite them to the meetings. Following the preaching we invite
questions from the audience and as

purchase land or buildings at present.

Question: "Do you go from village to


village preaching and teaching?

Barbados is a hot-bed of religious opinions, the questions generally come


fast and fervent.

which meant he was privileged to go barefooted to school (he was the envy of all the other 20 students!). At times_ I fear the police will lock me up for practicing medicine without a license. The other night we attended a "Missionary Program ' at a nearby church. It was a rather lengthy program and several of the children sitting in the
row of seats in front of John and me went to sleep. Then I noticed one little

BARBADOS JOY-RIDE Hang on tight, we're pulling around the vegetable market and heading for Spooners Hill. We are going home from a day's work at Silver Sands. By the time we reach home, we hope that
Reuben Stoute (a student minister)

girl, not more than five years old, who was sitting up sound asleep. I was more astounded to see her holding another
child smaller than she was who was

This bus may carry 37 passengers.


The other day 82 of us were aboardgood place to make contacts. A police man on a horse stopped us and the
conductor was fined $20. Now he must

work one week and a half to pay this


fine.

has the flat tire changed and the car loaded with song books, tracts, stand and gas lantern for open air preaching tonight. We buy bananas, mangoes, coco nuts, carrots, and English (Irish) potatoes at this market. We can ride
this bus to the other side of the island

also sound asleep! These children learn early that they must watch out for younger brothers and sisters, and it is nothing for a seven-year-old child to be left with three or four younger brothers and sisters the entire evening, while the parents (or more likely, the mother,
since the father seldom lives with them)

are out for a 'good time." Last week was one of the greatest
thrills since our arrival in Barbados.

Monday night (November 5th) between two and three hundred young people and
a few adults came to a "fireworks social

and back for 40^. When it rains, we pull down the canvas which you see
tied to the roof of the bus. This man

standing on the running board takes our money. He is careful to jump in side every time we pass a "lorry" (truck) or donkey cart with a protruding
load. He "sees to it" that the bus car

and open air" here at "Kew House" in celebration of Guy Fawkes' Day. It was like the Fourth of July at home with

firecrackers,

starlights

(sparklers),

rockets, etc.truly a beautiful sight to see. We built a large bonfire in the in the center of the driveway, then sang

ries no more passengers than allowed.

CARIB LIGHT
.loruses and viewed slides of the life

that we might have benches available

/f Christ before Bill brought the mes for our first service at "Kew House," sage. Our hearts were made glad as, but the Lord knows best, so we will be following the message, Ce'dric Smith, sitting on the floor for awhile at least. 11-year-old son of a local college May the Spirit of our Lord Jesus
teacher, made his confession. Just a word now as to the refresh

Christ guide you throughout this holiday seasonA Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Gages Five
to all of you.

Esther Gage

ments we "tried" to serve that night (we were expecting only about half the number who came!); lemonade, peanut
butter cookies and "conkies," which are a must in Barbados on GuyFawkes'

Day. They remind us of hot tamales, but in a "sweet way" and are made of com meal, pumpkin, sugar, coconut and
raisins, then rolled in a banana leaf
and steamed for several hours. Ladies

LWt
Our first work was at Oistin. This

from the Oistin church made the conkies,


while we here at "Kew House' and

Annalee Osborne made over 350 cookies. Since the children who attended are very

poor, most of them never see a cookie is picture of congregation when they first and consequently all but "mobbed" us began regular observance of Lord's in their attempts to get some. It made Supper. (Subscribe to Horizons and ask
our hearts ache to see them.

Kew House
This is "Kew House." Two rooms

for October 20th issue for more details.

Thursday nights (as well as Sunday evenings) are "open air" at Silver Sands. We had an unusually small crowd last Thursday evening, but all were very at tentive. When the invitation was given, a big tall man boldly stepped out for Christ. How the angels in heaven must have rejoiced to see such a man take
his stand for the Lord. His-name is Eustusece Rousea rock-blaster.

After first of year the story of the mis


sion in color will be available from

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Following the service. Bill read Scriptures with him and asked when he wanted to be baptised. "Right now!" he
stated, and away we went to the sea, a mile distant. We had to walk part of the way through sandflies so thick they felt like someone throwing sand at our legs and feet, and we had to step carefully to keep from walking on sea eggs. Bill pulled off his shoes and promptly stepped on a sea-egg, getting dozens of the tiny thorns in his heel. Aided by the light from a borrowed gas lantern (the mission has not been able to afford one as yet), we got most of the thorns out and walked on. Quite a crowd had gathered then to observe the baptism. As Bill and Brother
Rouse walked into the sea, how I wished

privacy's soke. Though other churches have helped, we have only listed those
who have indicated systematic giving so we can plan our work accordingly. Mrs.
month.

Individuals have helped us tremendously. We have not listed individuals for

We thonk God for those who sustain us in our mission. Other churches and

Myrtle Colle, forwarding secretary, publishes a financial statement every other

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

39 CFR 34.65

Saybrook, Illinois
for

Bill and Esther Gage 'Kew House" Spooners Hill St. Michaels, Barbados
British West Indies

all of you could be here to witness this baptism. To s'ee a big strong man not
afraid to confess his Savior before men

and demand baptism immediately (as "immediate' baptism is most unusual here), certainly it should melt the heart
of the most hardened sinner. We are

glad that men are coming, for most Bar badian men scoff at religion and leave
it to the women and cluldren.

Please pray for the work here: at Silver Sands, Oistin and Spooners Hill,
where we started our first Bible school

yesterday. This area is very densely populated and we will never lack for a "full house." We had hoped and prayed

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