St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-21

| midst. The missions in the slums of oul
great cities furnish glorious examples
Of how the drunken outcasts, the moral
lepers, stepped in sin and degradation
are gathered in and brought to Jesus
where His power delivers them from the
Devil that possessed them. The Pacific
Garden mission in Chicago and the Jerry
McAuley mission in New York city have
over and over again demonstrated how
the demon-possessed have been brought
| just as they were, in their maudlin, be-
sotted, dirty, foul, diseased condition
and been healed by Jesus. Lift the man
out of the gutter and bring him to Jesus.
No matter how desperate the case, If you
can only bring the one suffering from
the dominion Of Satan to the presence OF
Jesus, He will give de!iverance.
A ND the reward of the efforts OF
n those friends Was the Immediate
and complete deliyeraace of this man
from the demon which had possessed
him. Jesus Gid not send him away 20
sorry for few days for his condition.
God only knows how he had been
troubled about it for years. He healed
him at once. And that is the way
Jesus always wants to do. Never need
soul come to Him and go away again
without the blessing. No agonizing;
no days of darkness and doubt; no
days spent in desperate struggle to try
to win Jesus over to " willingness to
give the needed deliverance. Poor
souls do go through such experiences,
but it is not Jesus will that it should
be SO. 1t is because human doubt de-
lays the reception of the blessing
which Jesus is ready to give at once. If
those friends had gone to Jesus with
the request that the following week at
certain hour, after there had been
certain amount of agonizing and doubt
and darkness, He should heal this
man, l doubt whether he ever would
have been saved from his distressed
condition. But they came expecting
immediate relief, and they received the
blessing at once. To the thief on the
cross Jesus said: This day" To the
woman who touched the border of His
robe came immediate healing in an
swer to her faith. To all who came to
Him he offered an immediate blessing.
Friend, are you under bondage, to
Satan? You are, unless Jesus has set
you free. And if Satan is exercising
dominion over you, and you want de-
liverance, don't think for a minute
that it must be gradual deliverance;
that Jesus is not able to break at once
The power of the Devil and set you free.
He is able and He will do that very
thing for you if you will not doubt, but
only believe. Ask for and expect i'm
mediate blessing.
THERE was no doubt as to the i'm
i mediateness and completeness of
the deliverance which Jesus wrought,
for the man both saw and spake.
There is always the evidence of deliv-
erance which Jesus gives. This man
began to do exactly what he had not
been doing before. 1t was complete
change. Whereas before his eyes had
been blindfolded by the DEVILS power,
he was able to see, and the first object
which met his returning sight was Je-
sus, his Deliverer. Whereas before his
tongue had been paraiyzed by the
touch of Satan (and oh, how many
tongues the Devil succeeds in deaden-
ing to every good impression!), now it
began to move in praise of the One |
who was powerful enough to drive
Satan out. The evidence of deliver
ance is sure and certain feature of |
every deliverance. Where Satan ruled |
before, God now rules. Where sin |
filed the life before, the pure presence
If Jesus is felt. Scripture does not tell
is what were the thoughts of this man
Is he looked upon Jesus for the first
lime, nor does it give us the words
which he spake. That was a sacred
He saw Jesus, and he spake
o Jesus. 1t was an experience for his
own soul.
THAT was different home, you may
/ be sure. after that blessed day of
lealing. The home is always different
Lfter Jesus has come into the life of
ome one of it's members. The dark
hadow and the sorrow are taken away.
The skeleton which the Devil has put
here, and whose bones rattle hideous
cath march day after day, is thrust out
oreyer. What a homecoming that was
hat day when that man, who had gone
orth Devil-blind and Devil-dumb, came
ack seeing and speaking! He was led
tut by friends, but he came back lead
ng the joyful company. And the inf1u-
nee of life delivered from the power
# Satan extends beyond the home and
he circle of friends. In the case before
IS all the multitudes were amazed at
he transformation. And so it is always
he multitude beholding the work of
Iod upon the life of an individual is al
vays moved. In the village where that
nan lived what a testimony to the grace
nd power of God lie must have be-
ONE! So often Jesus had to send back
0 the place from whence he had come
he man who had received the blessing,
n order that he might be the witness for
be Lord 1t was so with the man Of
Iadara. out of whom Jesus cast legion
devils 1t was so with multitudes of
Tiers whom Jesus healed and blessed,
nd so it is generally with those to-day
no find deliverance through Christ
esus Their place of service is back +
here in the home, with the friends, and
or the multitudes with whom they
ONE in contact. The great Deliverer