The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-05-17


BY Rev. Geo. A. Harper,
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.
THE CHURCH AND COM
MUNITY EVANGELISM:
Mark $500; Luke 1911, 2;
Acts SAP; l Thessalonians To-
10. Print Mark 5: 1920; Luke
10: 1, 2; Acts 5:42; l Thessa-
lonians 1910.
MEMORY SELECTION =
The harvest truly is great, but
the labourers are few; pray We
therefore the Lord of the har-
vest, that he would send forth
labourerS into his harvest. =
duke 1929 Christ uttered a
great truth in the words of
this text. The harvest is the
lost souls of men. Those who
labor to rescue them are very
few, consequently many per-
ish. When we pray that the
Lord shall send forth laborers,
it will be very probable that
we will receive call to enter
this ministry. No one can pray
efficiently unless he holds him
self in readiness to go. Those
who are concerned will make
the best laborers. Christ is
the great Lord of the harvest
who entered the harvest field
Himself to rescue periShing
souls.
THE GADARENE DEMON
lac WITNESSES FOR JESUS:
"And when he was come into
the ship, he that had been pos
SeSsed with the devil prayed
him that he might be with
him. - When Jesus came out
of the ship after landing on
the other side of the Sea of
Galilee, man possessed with
a thousand devils met him.
But when he saw Jesus he
humbled himself and worship
ped Jesus. Jesus healed this
man of the devils and he be-
came tame like other people.
The man who had been healed
came to him and asked per-
mission to accompany Jesus on
the trip back. This was his
way of showing his apprecia-
ton for what Jesus had done
for him. 'HoWbeit Jesus suf-
fered him not, but saith unto
him, Go home to thy friends,
and tell them how great things
the Lord hath done for thee,
and hath had compassion on
thee" Jesus realized the
great need the Gadarene peo-
pie had for spiritual know
ledge in that land, but he him.
self had been asked to depart
from their midst. Now the
best chance and hope of get
ting the gospel message spread
among them would be to solicit
the service of one who had
been among them all the time
and of whose former condi-
ton everyone had knowledge.
"And he departed, and began
to publish in Decapolis how
great things Jesus had done
for him: and all men did mar
vel'' This man deserved
credit in that he was not dis
obedient unto the advice of
Jesus that he should go out
and tell others how great
things the Lord had done for
him. On the contrary, he went
on an extended tour and
spread the message abroad ov-
er a wide area.
JESUS APPOINTS SEVEN
TY OTHER DISCIPLES:
after these things the Lord
appointed other seventy also,
and sent them two and two be-
fore his face into every city
and place, whittier he himself
would come" There were
several things which took
place prior to the appointing
of the seventy disciples. The
browning event, evidently, was
the TRANSPORTATION of Jesus on
the mount. Following that was
the healing of the epileptic
boy whom the disciples of
Jesus had been unable to help.
In close connection with these
events John and his fellow dis
ciples forbade a man who was
preaching Christ without being
associated with the group, and
they wanted to call down fire
from heaven upon a Samaritan
village because the inhabitants
would not permit Jesus and