Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-02-28
WHAT IS THE BUSINESS
MEMS EVANGELISTIC CLUB?

The Business Mems Evangclistic
Club is growing so much in POPULAR
~ turnout the country that nave
been led to write a short letter and
endeavor to bring to the readers OF
this paper some OF the principal things
the club stands for, the motto OF the
club, as has been stated before, is to
Bring Men to a Saving knowledge
of Jesus Christ" and we might add,
this applies to woman, boys and girls
Just the same.
During the World War when a bat
tie was raging. a wounded soldier tell
on a barbcd wire defense between the
two armies and hung there torn and
bleeding. Seeing his terrible suffering
comrade leaped from the trench
and went to his rescue utterly dhSre-
parding his own life. The world was
thrilled by acts of heroism like this
in rescuing men who otherwise would
have persisted. Souls are perlshing'
What are we doing to bring them to
Christ?
Think of the value of soul, life,
your life, which God values more than
'the whole world" then if God, the
Maker of the Universe, Of the Hea.
vens. the Earth, and the Sea and All
that in Them Are" puts such value on
a soul, or life. and as He tells us to
go into all the World and preach
His Gospel to every Creature" and
then the words of Christ says "as my
Father has sent me even so | send
YOU" Again he says we are my wit
ness" Our lives will give evidence by
the fruit of the Holy Spirit: Love,
Joy, Peace, Long Suffering, Gentle
ness. Goodness, Faith, Weakness, Tenn
perance," Gal. 5: p, %, and as wit
nesses we tell what we know about
Christ.
The pastors of all churches have
had hard road to travel, the average
church going member sits idly by and
expects the pastor to DO all the preach
ing, all the visiting, and all the witness
sing. They go to church at the preach
ing hour and drink in the sermon as
he can, measured in the poor vessel
he carrier to put it in, goes home with
satisfied feeling that he has done
his duty toward God and is satisfied
with his religion until another Lords
Day, they think nothing of the prayer
meetings, thinking that is intended for
the pastor, Deacons and Sunday
School teachers, therefore he does not
come in contact with Gods teaching
sufficiently to have his mind in re-
ceptive attitude for the sermons as
they come. 1t is the object and pur-
pose therefore, of the Business Mems
Evangelistic Clubs to assist the pas
tors to the limit of thier ability in lead
ing the unsaved to a Saving knowl-
edge OF the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ" We believe every Christian
| should feel personal responsibility
, to win souls to Christ. Many souls are
lost because they do not know the
way. Jesus said 81 am the way, the
truth and the life, no man cometh un-
to the Father but by me-"
The Fitzgerald Club has been Won
derfully blessed even in the short per-
| iod OF its organization and strong bus
mess men and men of wealth and IN
! fluence in a commercial way are lin
ing up as never before and are active
in witnessing for Jesus. Engagements
are being made ahead of time, and III
| some instances SGNCi dl WINS dilN"N
! Next Sunday members Of the club are
to conduct two meetings at Mystic III
the Methodist church and on the same
date they will conduct three union
meetings at Rochelle, the Methodist
/ and Baptist churches will worship to-
gether at morning and evening serv-
ice and then a great Mass Meeting will
| he hold NJ three o'clock in the after
noon. They have asked the Fitzgerald
club to conduct these meetings and tc
take complete control, ard with the in
teresting meetings held since the or
gan'2ntion a few months ago, no Won
der we can see he hand of God in the
movement, 5n1 we feel that God is
with us as He was with Moses, Elijah
Paul and Silas and many of the old
patriarchs.
G. A. JOLLEY, Chr'n,
Publicity Committee
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