Photograph of Jericho Church, Jamaica. The church, which is built on a hill, is a large stone and wood built structure. There are two entrances to the front of the building. Members of the congregation can be seen gathered outside the church. There is a horse and trap being driven away from the church to the bottom left of the picture. This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Jamaica. In 1800 the Scottish Missionary Society sent three missionaries to Jamaica. Two died of yellow fever within weeks of arrival but the third became a pioneer missionary. In 1824 a second venture travelled to Jamaica by invitation of local planters to instruct their slaves. Scottish missionaries worked at Montego Bay in the 19th century and in 1836 the first presbytery of the Jamaican Church was constituted here.
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