Excerpt from Brother Mayer’s book: “ONE SMALL VOICE” Written By: ROBERT ALLEN MAYER (also known as: Brother Mayer).“I have saved one of the best for last, as I call him my son in the faith. WYCLIFF SMITH: Brother Smith was born on the nearby island of Saba. His mother, whom I remember well, was a wonderful Christian lady. I saw her a number of times when I visited Saba to preach the gospel, and there is where I first remember seeing her little boy Wycliff. After awhile she sent him to St. Maarten to continue his education. She sent me a letter asking me to look after her boy, which I promptly did. I looked him up and got him attending church services regularly. After he went as far as he could go in his schooling, being a very bright and talented young man, he was sent to Holland to continue his education to the highest level. He returned to St. Maarten, became the Acting Lt. Governor of Saba for a number of years, he came back to St. Maarten , became the head of the Educational Department, became Chairman of the Board of Deacons of the New Testament Baptist Church and ultimately became the Pastor of the New Testament Baptist Church. I had the joy of conducting his ordination service.
He is now doing a great job of leading this growing church which I founded, September 26, 1956 and I love him very much. My heart is in the West Indies, therefore, should Jesus tarry his coming, and I pass on to heaven, my heart will be removed from my body and sent to St. Maarten, and Brother Smith has agreed to see that my heart is buried there. Shortly after we arrived in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands in June 1952. I began a radio ministry on Radio Station WSTA. The AM station was small in power, probably 1000 watts. But since there were a few stations in the area there was little interference and the coverage was about two or three hundred miles and we received letters from many different islands. This small station opened my eyes to the possibilities of the ministry of radio in the West Indies.