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@ !ND THE BRETHREN ARE PROBABLY>) SEE SEVERAL TAPE
RECORDERS DOWN HERE AND THEYkLL PICK THIS UP OF COURSE !NYTIME
YOU WANT TO KNOW JUST WHAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT SAID TO YOU SEE THE
BRETHREN HERE THATkS GOT THESE TAPE RECORDERS THEY CAN RUN THAT RIGHT
BACK THROUGH YOU CAN GET YOUR CASE EXACTLY !ND WATCH AND SEE IF IT
DONkT HAPPEN JUST EXACTLY THE WAY )T SAID YOU SEE 7HEN YOU HEAR IT
BREATHE OUT l4(53 3!)4( 4(% ,/2$ j! CERTAIN THING OR THIS IS
THIS WAY km OR JUST CHECK IT OVER AND SEE IF THATkS RIGHT OR NOT 3EE )TkS
ALWAYS THAT WAY
.OW FOR JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND>!ND )kM JUST KIND OF
HAPPY TONIGHT THAT THEREkS JUST A FEW OF US HERE 7EkRE JUST HOME
FOLKS ARENkT WE 7EkRE NOT NONE OF US STRANGERS 7E DONkT>)
CAN JUST USE MY +ENTUCKY GRAMMAR AND FEEL RIGHT AT HOME NOW
kCAUSE WEkRE?WEkRE JUST>!ND ) AINkT THROWING OFF ON +ENTUCKY
NOW IF THEREkS ANYBODY HERE FROM +ENTUCKY )S THERE ANYBODY HERE
FROM +ENTUCKY 2AISE YOUR HAND 3AY ) SHOULD FEEL RIGHT AT HOME
SHOULDNkT ) 4HATkS MIGHTY FINE
-Y MOTHER USED TO RUN A BOARDING HOUSE !ND ) WENT DOWN
THERE ONE DAY TO FIND OUT>4HERE A GREAT GROUP OF MEN BOARDED
THERE AND THE BIG LONG TABLE SET !ND ) SAID l(OW MANY HERE
IS FROM +ENTUCKY STAND UPm %VERYBODY STOOD UP !ND ) WENT
UP TO CHURCH THAT NIGHT MY CHURCH AND ) SAID l(OW MANY HERE
FROM +ENTUCKY m %VERYBODY STOOD UP 3O )kD SAY l7ELL THATkS
VERY GOODm 4HE MISSIONARIES HAS DONE A GOOD JOB SO WE SO
THANKFUL FOR IT
.OW IN THE "OOK OF 2OMANS THE TH CHAPTER AND THE TH
VERSE ,ISTEN CLOSELY NOW TO THE READING OF THE 3CRIPTURE
!S CONCERNING THE GOSPEL THEY ARE ENEMIES FOR YOUR SAKES
BUT AS TOUCHING THE ELECTION THEY ARE BELOVED OF THE>FOR THE
FATHERSk SAKES
&OR THE GIFTS AND CALLINGS OF 'OD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE
3HALL WE PRAY ,ORD HELP US TONIGHT NOW AS WE APPROACH THIS
REVERENTLY WITH ALL OF OUR HEART IN SINCERITY ONLY FOR 9OUR GLORY
THESE THINGS ARE SAID !ND HELP ME ,ORD AND PUT JUST IN MY MIND
JUST THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE SAID AND HOW MUCH TO SAY 3TOP ME
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
WHEN ITkS 9OUR TIME ) ASK THAT EVERY HEART WILL RECEIVE THESE THINGS
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SICK AND NEEDY IN THIS AUDIENCE &OR ) ASK IT IN
*ESUS #HRISTkS .AME !MEN
.OW ) WANT TO APPROACH THIS SUBJECT JUST WHILE WEkRE SMALL
!ND?AND )kLL TRY NOT TO KEEP YOU TOO LONG )kLL LAY MY WATCH OUT HERE
AND TRY MY BEST NOW TO LET YOU OUT IN GOOD TIME SO YOU CAN BE BACK
TOMORROW NIGHT .OW BE IN PRAYER ) DONkT THINK THE BOY EVEN GIVE
OUT CARDS ) NEVER ASKED HIM WHETHER HE>!ND IF THEY DIDNkT OR
WHETHER THEY DID OR DID NOT IT DOESNkT MATTER 7E GOT CARDS IN HERE
ANYHOW IF WE HAVE TO CALL SOME 3O IF NOT WHY WEkLL JUST SEE WHAT
THE (OLY 3PIRIT SAYS
.OW IF YOUkLL LISTEN CLOSE>.OW THIS MAY>BEING THAT
)>)TkS JUST A FEW OF US HERE ITkS A GOOD TIME TO SAY THIS kCAUSE IT?IT
DEALS WITH MY OWN PERSONAL BEING !ND THATkS THE REASON ) READ THIS
3CRIPTURE TONIGHT THAT YOU MIGHT SEE THAT GIFTS AND CALLINGS ARE NOT
ANYTHING THAT ANYONE CAN MERIT
0AUL SPEAKING HERE SAID l4HE *EWS IN THE LINE OF THE
'OSPEL WAS BLINDED AND AWAY FROM 'OD THAT FOR OUR SAKEm
"UT THE VERSE JUST BEFORE THAT SAID l!LL )SRAEL WILL BE SAVEDm !LL
)SRAEL WILL BE SAVED !CCORDING TO THE ELECTION 'OD THE &ATHER
HAS LOVED THEM AND BLINDED THEM THAT WE 'ENTILES MIGHT HAVE
A PLACE NOW OF REPENTANCE THAT THROUGH !BRAHAM HIS 3EEDS
COULD BLESS ALL THE WORLD ACCORDING TO (IS 7ORD 3EE HOW THE
SOVEREIGNTY OF 'OD IS (IS 7ORDkS JUST GOT TO BE (E JUST CANkT
BE NOTHING ELSE !ND NOW WE BY>'OD HAS ELECTED US (EkS
ELECTED THE *EW AND (EkS>
!LL THESE THINGS IS 'ODkS FOREKNOWLEDGE 7HEN (E SPOKE OF THEM
WHAT WOULD BE (E FOREKNEW IT .OW 'OD IN ORDER TO BE 'OD
AT THE BEGINNING (E HAD TO KNOW THE END OR (E WASNkT THE INFINITE
'OD 'ODkS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH #ERTAINLY NOT (E
DOESNkT WANT ANYONE TO PERISH "UT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING
OF THE DAYS THE?THE WORLD 'OD KNEW JUST EXACTLY WHO WOULD BE
SAVED AND WHO WOULD NOT BE SAVED (E DIDNkT WANT THE PEOPLE TO
BE LOST l)TkS NOT (IS WILL THAT ANY SHOULD BE LOST BUT ITkS (IS WILL TO
SAVE EVERYBODY m BUT (E KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING WHO WOULD AND
WHO WOULD NOT 4HATkS THE REASON (E COULD FORESAY l4HIS THING WILL
HAPPEN 4HAT THING WILL HAPPEN m OR l4HIS WILL BE THAT 4HIS PERSON
WILL BE THAT WAYm 3EE
(E COULD FOREKNOW IT BECAUSE (EkS INFINITE )F YOU KNOW WHAT
IT MEANS THATkS JUST lTHEREkS NOTHING THAT (E DONkT KNOWm 3EE
(E KNOWS 7ELL THEREkS NOTHING FROM BEFORE TIME AND AFTER
THEREkS NO MORE TIME SEE (E STILL KNOWS EVERYTHING %VERYTHING
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IS IN (IS MIND !ND THEN AS 0AUL SAID IN 2OMANS THE TH AND TH
CHAPTER l4HEN WHY DOES (E STILL FIND FAULT m 3O WE SEE THAT BUT
'OD>
,IKE PREACHING THE 'OSPEL 3OMEONE SAID l"ROTHER "RANHAM DO
YOU BELIEVE 4HAT m
) SAID l,OOKm
3AID l9OU MUST BE #ALVINISTm
) SAID l) AM #ALVINIST AS LONG AS #ALVINIST IS IN THE "IBLEm
.OW THEREkS A LIMB ON THE 4REE THATkS #ALVINISM BUT THEREkS
MORE LIMBS ON THE 4REE TOO ! TREE HAS MORE THAN ONE LIMB (E
JUST WANTED TO RUN IT ON OUT THERE INTO %TERNAL 3ECURITY AND AFTER
A WHILE YOU GO ON OFF INTO 5NIVERSALISM AND YOU DROP OFF OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE THEREkS NO END TO IT "UT WHEN YOU GET THROUGH WITH
#ALVINISM COME BACK UP AND START ON !RMINIANISM 3EE THEREkS
ANOTHER LIMB ON THE 4REE AND ANOTHER LIMB ON THE 4REE JUST KEEP
ON 4HE WHOLE THING TOGETHER MAKES THE 4REE 3O ) BELIEVE IN?IN
THE>IN #ALVINISM AS LONG AS IT STAYS IN THE 3CRIPTURE
!ND ) BELIEVE THAT 'OD KNEW BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
CHOSE (IS #HURCH IN #HRIST AND SLAYED #HRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION
OF THE WORLD 3CRIPTURE SAID SO l(E WAS THE ,AMB OF 'OD SLAIN FROM
THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLDm 3EE !ND *ESUS SAID THAT (E KNEW US
BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD 0AUL SAID THAT l(E?(E KNEW
US AND PREDESTINATED US UNTO THE ADOPTION OF THE CHILDREN BY *ESUS
#HRIST BEFORE THE WORLD WAS EVER FORMED 4HATkS 'OD 4HATkS OUR
&ATHER 3EE
3O DONkT WORRY THE WHEELS ARE TURNING JUST RIGHT EVERYTHINGkS
COMING JUST IN TIME 4HE ONLY THING IS GET IN THE TURN !ND THATkS
THE?THATkS THE GOOD PART ABOUT IT THEN YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK WHEN
YOUkRE GETTING IN THE TURN
.OW NOTICE NOW l4HE GIFTS AND CALLINGS WITHOUT REPENTANCE m
THATkS THE ONLY WAY THAT ) COULD?COULD 3CRIPTURALLY PLACE MY CALLING
IN THE ,ORD !ND TRUSTING THAT )kM WITH FRIENDS TONIGHT WHO WILL SURELY
UNDERSTAND THIS AND NOT THINK ITkS PERSONAL BUT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW JUST WHATkS THE?WHAT THE ,ORD HAS SAID THAT
(E WOULD DO AND FIND SOMETHING MOVING AND THEN FOLLOW IN IT
.OW IN THE BEGINNING THE FIRST THING THAT ) CAN EVER REMEMBER IS
A VISION 4HE FIRST THING THAT ) CAN RECALL TO MY MIND IS A VISION THAT
THE ,ORD GAVE ME !ND THAT WAS MANY MANY YEARS AGO ) WAS A LITTLE
BITTY BOY !ND ) HAD A ROCK IN MY HAND
.OW ) BEG YOUR PARDON ) CAN REMEMBER WHEN ) WAS WEARING
A LONG DRESS ) DONkT KNOW WHETHER YOU ANY YOU ALL OLD ENOUGH TO
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
REMEMBER WHEN LITTLE BOYS USED TO WEAR LONG DRESSES (OW MANY IN
HERE REMEMBERS WHEN CHILDREN WORE YES LONG DRESSES 7ELL ) CAN
REMEMBER IN MY LITTLE OLD HUT THERE WHERE WE LIVED ) WAS CRAWLING
ON THE FLOOR !ND IT WAS SOMEONE ) DONkT KNOW WHO IT WAS COME IN
!ND -AMA HAD WORKED A LITTLE?LITTLE BLUE RIBBON IN MY DRESS !ND )
WAS JUST BARELY ABLE TO WALK "UT ) WAS CRAWLING THEN AND ) STUCK MY
FINGER IN THE SNOW ON THEIR FEET AND WAS EATING THE SNOW OFF HIS FOOT
STANDING BY THE SIDE OF THE FIREPLACE GETTING WARM ) REMEMBER MY
MOTHER JERKING ME UP FOR IT
!ND THEN THE NEXT THING ) REMEMBER MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT TWO
YEARS LATER ) HAD A LITTLE ROCK !ND THAT WOULD MAKE ME ABOUT THREE
YEARS OLD AND MY LITTLE BROTHER THEN WOULD JUST BEEN ABOUT NOT QUITE
TWO YEARS OLD !ND SO WE WERE OUT IN THE BACK OF THE YARD WHERE
THERE WAS JUST AN OLD CHIP YARD WHERE THEY USED TO BRING THE WOOD
UP AND CHOP THE WOOD (OW MANY REMEMBERS THEM DAYS WHEN YOU
USED TO PULL THE WOOD UP IN THE BACK YARD AND CHOP IT 7HY DID )
WEAR A TIE EVEN TONIGHT )?)kM RIGHT AT HOME
4HEN WHEN THEY>/UT THERE IN THE OLD CHIP YARD THERE WAS A
LITTLE BRANCH THAT RUN DOWN THERE COME FROM THE SPRING (AD AN
OLD GOURD DIPPER UP THERE AT THE SPRING WHERE WEkD DIP OUR WATER
AND PUT IT IN THE OLD BUCKET OLD CEDAR BUCKET AND BRING IT DOWN
) REMEMBER THE LAST TIME ) SEEN MY LITTLE OLD GRANDMOTHER BEFORE
SHE DIED SHE WAS ONE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS OLD !ND WHEN SHE DIED
) PICKED HER UP IN MY ARMS AND HELD HER LIKE THIS JUST BEFORE SHE DIED
3HE PUT HER ARMS AROUND ME AND SAID l'OD BLESS YOUR SOUL HONEY
NOW AND FOREVER m WHEN SHE DIED
!ND ) DONkT THINK THE WOMAN EVER OWNED A?A PAIR OF SHOES OF
HER OWN IN HER LIFE !ND ) REMEMBER WATCHING HER AND EVEN WHEN )
WAS A YOUNG MAN WOULD GO DOWN TO SEE THEM EVERY MORNING SHEkD
GET UP BAREFOOTED AND GO THROUGH THAT SNOW UP TO THE SPRING GET A
BUCKET OF WATER AND COME BACK HER FEET RIGHT IN THAT 3O IT DONkT HURT
YOU SHE LIVED TO BE A HUNDRED AND TEN 3O YES SIR SHE WAS VERY
VERY RUGGED TOO
3O THEN ) REMEMBER SHE WAS GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT MY FATHERkS
MARBLES THAT HE PLAYED WITH WHEN HE WAS A BOY l!ND THAT POOR OLD
THING m ) THOUGHT lHOWkS SHE GOING TO GET UP IN THAT ATTIC m ! LITTLE
OLD TWO
ROOM SHACK AND IT HAD AN ATTIC UP THERE !ND THEY HAD TWO
SAPLINGS CUT AND A LADDER MADE TO GO UP 7ELL ) SAID>
7ELL NOW SHE SAID l.OW AFTER DINNER )kM GOING TO TELL YOU
SHOW YOU YOUR?YOUR DADDYkS MARBLESm
!ND ) SAID l!LL RIGHTm
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3O SHE WAS GOING TO SHOW THEM TO ME IN A TRUNK UPSTAIRS WHERE
SHE HAD HER STUFF PUT AWAY LIKE THE OLD FOLKS DO !ND ) THOUGHT
l(OW IN THE WORLD IS THAT POOR OLD THING GOING TO GET UP THAT
LADDER m 3O ) GOT AROUND THERE AND ) SAID l'RANDMA m ) SAID lNOW
WAIT HONEY )kLL GET UP HERE AND HELP YOUm
3HE SAID l3TAND ASIDEm 5P THAT LADDER SHE WENT LIKE A SQUIRREL
3HE SAID l7ELL COME ONm
!ND ) SAID l!LL RIGHT 'RANDMAm
) THOUGHT l/H MY IF ) CAN JUST BE LIKE THAT THAT MUCH OF
STRENGTH IN ME YET AT A HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS OLDm
.OW THEN ) REMEMBER BEING AT THIS LITTLE OLD SPRING AND ) HAD A
ROCK AND WAS THROWING IT DOWN LIKE THAT IN THE MUD TRYING TO SHOW
MY LITTLE BROTHER HOW STRONG ) WAS !ND THERE WAS A BIRD SITTING UP
IN THE TREE AND HE WAS CHIRPING TEARING AROUND A LITTLE OLD ROBIN
OR SOMETHING !ND THE LITTLE ROBIN ) THOUGHT HE SPOKE TO ME !ND
) TURNED AND LISTENED AND THE BIRD FLEW AWAY AND A 6OICE SAID
l9OUkRE GOING TO SPEND A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE NEAR A CITY CALLED .EW
!LBANYm
4HATkS THREE MILES FROM WHERE ) WAS RAISED 7ENT ABOUT A YEAR
LATER TO THE PLACE HAVING NO IDEA OF EVER GOING>.EW !LBANY
!LONG THROUGH LIFE HOW THOSE THINGS>
.OW LOOK MY PEOPLE WAS NOT RELIGIOUS -Y FATHER AND MOTHER
DID NOT GO TO CHURCH "EFORE THAT THEY WERE #ATHOLIC
-Y LITTLE NEPHEW SITTING IN HERE SOMEWHERE TONIGHT ) GUESS
) DONkT KNOW (EkS A SOLDIER )kM PRAYING FOR HIM (EkS #ATHOLIC
HIMSELF STILL #ATHOLIC !ND LAST EVENING WHEN HE WAS HERE AND SAW
THOSE THINGS OF 'OD HE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE AT THE PLATFORM (E
SAID STANDING THERE AND HE SAID l5NCLE "ILL m (EkS BEEN OVERSEAS
FOR A LONG TIME SAID l7HEN ) SEEN THAT>m 3AID l4HAT?THAT DONkT
HAPPEN IN THE #ATHOLIC CHURCHm (E SAID l4HAT>)?) BELIEVE
5NCLE "ILL YOUkRE RIGHT m HE SAID
!ND SO ) SAID l(ONEY IT ISNkT ME RIGHT ITkS (IM THATkS RIGHT 3EE
(IM THATkS RIGHTm !ND SO HE SAID HE>) SAID l.OW )kM NOT ASKING
YOU TO DO NOTHING -ELVIN BUT JUST SERVE THE ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST WITH
ALL YOUR HEART 9OU GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO "UT BE SURE THAT IN
YOUR HEART THAT *ESUS #HRIST HAS BEEN BORN ANEW SEE IN YOUR HEART
4HEN YOU GO TO ANY CHURCH YOU WANT TO AFTER THATm
.OW BUT THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME WERE #ATHOLIC -Y FATHERkS )RISH
AND MY MOTHER WAS )RISH 4HE ONLY BREAK THERE IS IN THE )RISH BLOOD
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A #HEROKEE )NDIAN -Y MOTHER IS JUST ABOUT A
HALF
BREED !ND SO THEN )>TO ME ITkS MY>OUR GENERATION AFTER
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
THREE ITkS DONE FADED OUT "UT THATkS THE ONLY BREAK IN BEING STRICTLY
)RISH (ARVEY AND "RANHAM WAS THE NAME !ND THEN BEHIND THAT
WAS ,YONS WHICH IS STILL )RISH !ND THEN THEY WAS ALL #ATHOLIC "UT
MYSELF WE HAD NO RELIGIOUS TRAINING OR TEACHING AT ALL AS CHILDREN
"UT THOSE GIFTS THAT VISIONS ) SAW VISIONS RIGHT THEN JUST THE
SAME AS ) DO NOW THATkS RIGHT BECAUSE GIFTS AND CALLINGS ARE WITHOUT
REPENTANCE )TkS THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF 'OD 'OD DOING SOMETHING
$OWN THROUGH LIFE ) WAS AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT
9OUkVE READ MY STORY IN THE LITTLE BOOK CALLED *ESUS #HRIST 4HE
3AME 9ESTERDAY 4ODAY !ND &OREVER ) THINK ITkS IN SOME OF THE BOOKS
THESE OTHERS )S THAT RIGHT 'ENE )S IT IN THIS THE REGULAR?THE REGULAR
BOOK IN THE?IN THE BOOK WE HAVE NOW )S IT ,IFE 3TORY ) THINK IT IS
4HEN WHEN WE HAD>!INkT THAT AWFUL -Y OWN BOOKS AND ) HAVE
NEVER READ THEM MYSELF "UT SOMEBODY ELSE WRITES THEM SO THEN ITkS
JUST SOMETHING THEYkVE TAKE IN THE MEETING )kVE BEEN THROUGH THAT
SO )kM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE ALWAYS TO HAPPEN 3O THEN THEYkRE
FINE )kVE READ PARTS OF THEM NOW HERE AND THERE JUST AS ) GET A CHANCE
!ND NOW ANYHOW AS A?AS A LITTLE BOY YOU KNOW THE VISION HOW
IT SPOKE TO ME ) WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD AND SAID l$ONkT DRINK
OR SMOKE OR DEFILE YOUR BODY IN ANY WAY THEREkLL BE A WORK FOR YOU
TO DO WHEN YOU GET OLDERm !ND YOUkVE HEARD THAT TOLD IN THE BOOK
7ELL THATkS RIGHT !LL ALONG IT KEPT HAPPENING
7HEN ) BECOME A MINISTER WELL THEN IT?THEN IT REALLY STARTED
HAPPENING ALL THE TIME
!ND ) ONE NIGHT SAW OUR ,ORD *ESUS )kM SAYING THIS WITH
PERMISSION ) BELIEVE FROM THE (OLY 3PIRIT 4HE !NGEL OF THE ,ORD
THAT COMES IS NOT THE ,ORD *ESUS )T DOESNkT LOOK LIKE (IM IN THE SAME
VISION &OR THE VISION ) SAW OF THE ,ORD *ESUS (E WAS A LITTLE -AN
(E WASNkT>) HAD BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD PRAYING FOR MY DAD !ND )
COME BACK IN AND ) WENT TO THE BED AND THAT NIGHT ) LOOKED AT HIM
AND )?) SAID l/ 'OD SAVE HIMm
-Y MOTHER HAS ALREADY BEEN SAVED AND )kD BAPTIZED HER 4HEN )
THOUGHT l/H MY DAD DRINKS SOm !ND ) THOUGHT l)F ) COULD JUST GET
HIM TO ACCEPT THE ,ORD *ESUSm ) WENT OUT LAID DOWN ON A LITTLE OLD
PALLET OUT IN THE FRONT ROOM NEAR THE DOOR
!ND 3OMETHING SAID TO ME l2ISE UPm !ND ) RAISED UP WENT
WALKING AND WENT BACK INTO THE FIELD BEHIND ME AN OLD BROOM
SAGE FIELD
!ND THERE STANDING NOT OVER TEN FEET FROM ME STOOD A -AN
WHITE GARMENT ON A LITTLE &ELLOW HAD (IS ARMS FOLDED LIKE THIS A
BEARD KIND OF SHORT HAIR DOWN TO (IS SHOULDERS AND (E WAS LOOKING
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SIDEWAYS FROM ME LIKE THAT PEACEFUL LOOKING FIGURE "UT ) COULDNkT
UNDERSTAND IT HOW (IS FEET ONE JUST BEHIND THE OTHER !ND THE WIND
BLOWING (IS ROBE MOVING SAGE BLOWING
) THOUGHT l.OW WAIT A MINUTEm ) BIT MYSELF ) SAID l.OW )kM
NOT ASLEEPm !ND ) PULLED DOWN PULLED A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT SAGE OFF
YOU KNOW GOT IT LIKE A TOOTHPICK IN IT ) PUT IT IN MY MOUTH ) LOOKED
BACK TOWARDS THE HOUSE ) SAID l.O ) WAS IN THERE PRAYING FOR DAD
AND 3OMETHING SAID COME OUT HERE AND HERE STANDS THIS -ANm
) THOUGHT l4HAT LOOKS LIKE THE ,ORD *ESUSm ) THOUGHT l) WONDER
IF IT IS m (E WAS LOOKING JUST EXACTLY DIRECTLY TOWARDS WHERE OUR
HOUSE SETS NOW 3O ) MOVED AROUND THIS WAY TO SEE IF ) COULD SEE
(IM !ND ) COULD SEE THE SIDE OF (IS FACE LIKE THAT "UT (E>) HAD
TO TURN WAY AROUND THIS WAY TO SEE (IM !ND ) SAID l5HMm .EVER
MOVED (IM !ND ) THOUGHT l) BELIEVE )kLL CALL (IMm !ND ) SAID
l*ESUSm !ND WHEN (E DID (E LOOKED AROUND LIKE THAT 4HAT WAS ALL
) REMEMBER (E JUST REACHED OUT (IS ARMS
4HEREkS NOT AN ARTIST IN THE WORLD COULD PAINT (IS PICTURE THE
CHARACTERS OF (IS FACE 4HE BEST )kVE EVER SEEN IS THAT (OFMANNkS
(EAD OF #HRIST AT 4HIRTY 4HREE )kVE GOT IT ON ALL LITERATURE AND
EVERYTHING ) USE 4HATkS BECAUSE THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT AND SO
THEN>OR PRETTY NEAR AS CLOSE AS IT COULD BE
(E LOOKED LIKE A -AN IF (EkD SPEAK THE WORLD WOULD COME TO
AN END AND YET WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND KINDNESS TILL YOU?YOU>)
JUST PITCHED OVER !ND AT DAYLIGHT ) FOUND MYSELF JUST IN THE BREAK
OF DAY PAJAMA SHIRT SOAKING WET WITH TEARS WHEN ) COME TO MYSELF
WALKING BACK THROUGH THE BROOM SAGE FIELD HOME
) TOLD IT TO A MINISTER FRIEND OF MINE (E SAID l"ILLY 4HATkLL RUN
YOU CRAZYm (E SAID l4HATkS THE $EVILm !ND SAID l$ONkT YOU FOOL
WITH NOTHING LIKE THATm ) WAS A "APTIST MINISTER AT THE TIME
7ELL ) WENT OVER TO ANOTHER OLD FRIEND OF MINE ) SET DOWN AND
TOLD HIM ABOUT )T ) SAID l"ROTHER WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 4HAT m
(E SAID l7ELL "ILLY )kLL TELL YOUm (E SAID l) BELIEVE IF YOUkD
TRY TO KEEP YOUR LIFE JUST PREACH WHATkS IN THE "IBLE HERE THE GRACE
OF 'OD AND SO FORTH ) WOULDNkT GO OFF AFTER SOME FANTASTIC THING
SOMETHING LIKE THATm
) SAID l3IR ) DONkT MEAN TO GO OFF AFTER SOME FANTASTIC THINGm )
SAID l/NLY THING )kM TRYING TO FIND OUT IS WHAT THIS ISm
(E SAID l"ILLY YEARS AGO THEY USED TO HAVE THOSE THINGS IN THE
CHURCHES "UT m SAID lWHEN THE APOSTLES CEASED THOSE THINGS CEASED
WITH ITm !ND SAID l.OW THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE THAT>ANY
KIND OF SEEING THOSE THINGS m SAID lITkS SPIRITUALISTS DEMONSm
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
) SAID l/ "ROTHER -C+INNEY YOU MEAN THAT m
(E SAID l9ES SIRm
) SAID l/ 'OD HAVE MERCY ON MEm
) SAID l)?)>/H "ROTHER -C+INNEY WILL YOU?WILL YOU JOIN
WITH ME IN PRAYER THAT 'OD WILL NEVER LET IT HAPPEN TO ME 9OU
KNOW ) LOVE (IM AND ) DONkT WANT TO BE WRONG IN THESE THINGSm )
SAID l9OU PRAY WITH MEm
(E SAID l) WILL "ROTHER "ILLYm !ND SO WE HAD PRAYER RIGHT THERE
IN THE?IN THE PARSONAGE
) ASKED SEVERAL MINISTERS 4HE SAME THING WOULD COME 4HEN )
GOT SCARED TO ASK THEM kCAUSE THEYkD BE THINKING ) WAS A DEVIL 3O
)?) DIDNkT WANT TO BE LIKE THAT ) KNOWED IN MY HEART SOMETHING
HAPPENED .OW THATkS ALL THERE?THERE WAS SOMETHING IN MY HEART
THAT HAPPENED !ND ) DIDNkT WANT TO BE LIKE THAT NEVER
3O LATER ON IN YEARS ) HEARD ONE DAY DOWN AT THE &IRST "APTIST
CHURCH WHERE ) WAS A MEMBER AT THE TIME ) HEARD SOMEONE SAY
l3AY YOU OUGHT TO HAVE WENT OVER AND HEARD THEM HOLY ROLLERS LAST
NIGHTm
!ND ) THOUGHT l(OLY ROLLERS m !ND A FRIEND OF MINE 7ALT
*OHNSON BASS SINGER AND ) SAID l7HAT WAS THAT "ROTHER 7ALT m
(E SAID l! BUNCH OF THESE 0ENTECOSTALSm
) SAID l7HAT m
(E SAID l0ENTECOSTALSm 3AID l"ILLY IF YOUkD EVER SEE THAT m SAID
lTHEY WAS ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LIKE THAT AND JUMPING UP AND DOWNm
!ND SAID l4HEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TO JABBER OFF IN SOME KIND OF
UNKNOWN TONGUES OR THEY?THEY WASNkT SAVEDm
!ND ) SAID l7HEREkS THAT AT m
l/H m SAID lA LITTLE OLD TENT MEETING OUT THERE THE OTHER SIDE OF
,OUISVILLEm 3AID l#OLORED PEOPLE OF COURSEm
!ND ) SAID l5H HUHm
!ND HE SAID l4HEREkS A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE THEREm
) SAID l$ID THEY DO THAT TOO m
3AID l9ES YES 4HEY DID IT TOOm
) SAID l4HATkS FUNNY THE PEOPLE GET MIXED UP IN STUFF LIKE THATm
) SAID l7ELL ) GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THINGSm /N A
3UNDAY MORNING )kLL NEVER FORGET IT (E WAS EATING A PIECE OF DRY
ORANGE PEELING FOR INDIGESTION HE HAD AND ) CAN JUST SEE IT AS WELL AS
IT WAS YESTERDAY !ND ) THOUGHT l*ABBERING JUMPING UP AND DOWN
WHAT KIND OF RELIGIONS WILL THEY GET NEXT m !ND SO )?) WENT ON
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,ATER FROM THAT ) MET AN OLD MAN THATkS HERE IN THE CHURCH
MAYBE NOW OR HE WAS HERE OVER TO THE CHURCH BY THE NAME OF *OHN
2YAN !ND ) MET HIM AT A PLACE>4HE OLD FELLOW WITH LONG BEARD
AND HAIR AND HE MAY BE HERE ) THOUGHT HE WAS FROM "ENTON (ARBOR
UP HERE AT THE (OUSE OF $AVID
!ND THEY HAD A PLACE IN ,OUISVILLE ) WAS TRYING TO FIND THEM
PEOPLE AND THEY CALLED IT THE 3CHOOL OF THE 0ROPHETS 3O ) THOUGHT
)kD GO OVER AND SEE WHAT THAT WAS 7ELL ) DIDNkT SEE NOBODY ROLLING
ON THE FLOOR BUT THEY HAD SOME STRANGE DOCTRINES !ND THEREkS WHERE
) MET THIS OLD MAN HE INVITED ME TO COME UP TO HIS PLACE
) WENT UP FOR A VACATION !ND ) WAS THERE ONE DAY AND ) WENT
BACK TO HIS HOUSE AND HE HAD DONE GONE AND HE HAD GONE SOMEWHERE
DOWN IN )NDIANAPOLIS 3AID l4HE ,ORD CALLED HIM m HIS WIFE
) SAID l9OU MEAN YOU LET THAT MAN RUN OFF LIKE THAT m
3HE SAID l/H HEkS 'ODkS SERVANTm 0OOR OLD THING DIED A FEW
WEEKS AGO ) HEAR !ND SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HIM -Y THATkS THE KIND
OF WIFE TO HAVE 4HATkS RIGHT 2IGHT OR WRONG HEkS RIGHT ANYHOW )
SAID>7ELL ) KNOWED THEY>
.OW HE>"ROTHER 2YAN ARE YOU HERE (E ISNkT HERE (E WAS
THE OTHER DAY WASNkT HE BOYS
7ELL THEY JUST LIVE WITH WHAT THEY CAN GET A HOLD OF AND HE
DIDNkT HAVE NOTHING TO EAT IN THE HOUSE 4HATkS RIGHT !ND ) HAD
CAUGHT SOME FISH OUT TO A POND OR A LAKE IN -ICHIGAN AND ) COME
BACK DOWN?AND ) COME BACK DOWN TO THE PLACE !ND THEY DIDNkT
EVEN HAVE LARD IN THE HOUSE OR GREASE TO COOK THE FISH WITH !ND )
SAID l(E LEFT YOU WITHOUT ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE m
3AID l/H BUT HEkS 'ODkS SERVANT "ROTHER "ILLm 3AID l(E>m
!ND ) THOUGHT l7ELL BLESS YOUR OLD HEART "ROTHER )kLL STAND
RIGHT BY YOUm 4HATkS RIGHT l9OU THINK THAT MUCH OF YOUR HUSBAND
)kM READY TO JOIN UP AND STAND BY YOU FOR THATm 4HATkS RIGHT 7E
NEED MORE WOMEN LIKE THAT TODAY AND MORE MEN THINKING OF THEIR
WIFE LIKE THAT 4HATkS RIGHT )TkD BE A BETTER !MERICA IF HUSBANDS AND
WIVES WOULD JOIN TOGETHER LIKE THAT 2IGHT OR WRONG STAY WITH THEM
7OULDNkT BE SO MANY DIVORCES
3O WE?WE WENT TO>4HEN ) WENT ON !ND ON MY ROAD HOME
IT WAS A STRANGE THING ) COME DOWN THROUGH -ISHAWAKA !ND ) SEEN
LITTLE?LITTLE OLD CARS NOW SITTING ON THE STREET CALLED>BIG SIGNS ON
THEM SAID l*ESUS /NLYm ) THOUGHT l7HAT DOES>j*ESUS /NLY k
THAT MUST BE RELIGIOUSm !ND ) WENT OVER HERE AND HEREkS BICYCLES HAD
IT ON IT l*ESUS /NLYm #ADILLACS -ODEL 4 &ORDS EVERYTHING l*ESUS
/NLYm ON IT ) THOUGHT l7ELL WONDER WHAT THAT IS m
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
3O ) FOLLOWED IT AROUND COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A RELIGIOUS
MEETING FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE !ND ) HEARD
ALL THAT THERE SCREAMING AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND GOING ON )
THOUGHT l3AY HEREkS WHERE )kLL SEE WHAT HOLY ROLLERS ISm
3O ) HAD MY OLD &ORD YOU KNOW THAT ) CLAIMED WOULD MAKE
THIRTY MILES AN HOUR FIFTEEN THIS WAY AND FIFTEEN UP AND DOWN THIS
A WAY 3O ) PULLED IT OVER TO ONE SIDE )>WHEN ) GOT A PLACE TO PARK
AND WALKED BACK DOWN THE STREET 7ALKED IN LOOKED AROUND AND
EVERYBODY STANDING THAT COULD STAND ) HAD TO LOOK OVER THEIR HEADS
!ND THEY WERE SCREAMING AND JUMPING AND FALLING AND CARRYING ON
) THOUGHT l7HEW UHM WHAT A PEOPLE THAT ISm
"UT THE LONGER ) STOOD THERE BETTER ) FELT ) THOUGHT l4HAT SEEMS
PRETTY GOODm ) THOUGHT l4HERE AINkT NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM
PEOPLE 4HEY AINkT CRAZYm ) GOT TO TALKING TO SOME OF THEM SO THEY?
THEY WERE FINE PEOPLE 3O ) SAID>
7ELL NOW THATkS THE SAME MEETING THAT ) WENT OUT AND STAYED
ALL NIGHT THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY ) WENT IN !ND YOUkVE HEARD ME
TELL THAT IN MY LIFE STORY ) WAS ON THE PLATFORM WITH A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY OR TWO HUNDRED MINISTERS AND MAYBE MORE AND THEY WANTED
EVERYBODY TO JUST RAISE UP AND SAY WHERE THEY WAS FROM !ND ) SAID
l%VANGELIST 7ILLIAM "RANHAM *EFFERSONVILLE m SET DOWN l"APTIST m
SO SET DOWN %ACH ONE TELL WHERE THEY WERE FROM
3O THAT NEXT MORNING WHEN ) GOT IN THERE>) SLEPT IN THE FIELD
ALL NIGHT THAT NIGHT AND PRESSED MY TROUSERS BETWEEN THE TWO &ORD
SEATS YOU KNOW AND )?)>OLD SEERSUCKER TROUSERS LITTLE TEE SHIRT
YOU KNOW 3O THE NEXT MORNING ) WENT TO THE MEETING MY LITTLE TEE
SHIRT ON ) HAD WENT>
) DIDNkT HAVE BUT THREE DOLLARS AND ) HAD TO GET ENOUGH GASOLINE
TO GET HOME ON !ND THEN )?) GOT ME SOME ROLLS THAT KIND OF OLD
YOU KNOW BUT ) WAS ALL RIGHT !ND ) GOT TO A HYDRANT GOT ME A GLASS
OF WATER YOU KNOW AND THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD 3O ) HAD SOAKED
THEM UP A LITTLE AND HAD BREAKFAST
.OW ) COULD EAT WITH THEM NOW THEY EAT TWICE A DAY "UT )
COULDNkT PUT NOTHING IN THE OFFERING SO ) WOULDNkT?WOULDNkT SPONGE
ON THEM
3O THEN )?THEN ) GOT IN THERE THAT MORNING THEY SAID>)
JUST HAVE TO TELL THIS PART OF IT !ND SO GOT IN THERE THAT MORNING
AND THEY SAID l7EkRE LOOKING FOR 7ILLIAM "RANHAM A YOUNG
EVANGELIST WAS ON THE PLATFORM LAST NIGHT A "APTISTm 3AID l7E
WANT HIM TO BRING THE MESSAGE THIS MORNINGm ) SEEN IT WAS GOING
TO PULL ME HARD THAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE ME A "APTIST 3O ) JUST KIND
OF SCOOTED DOWN IN MY SEAT ) HAD ON SEERSUCKER TROUSERS AND A TEE
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
SHIRT YOU KNOW AND WE WORE CLERICAL SO>!ND ) SET BACK IN THE
SEAT LIKE THIS 3O HE ASKED TWO OR THREE TIMES !ND ) SET DOWN BY A
COLORED BROTHER
!ND THE REASON THEY HAD THEIR CONVENTION IN THE .ORTH BECAUSE
THE SEGREGATION WAS THEN ON IN THE 3OUTH 3O THEY COULDNkT HAVE IT IN
THE 3OUTH
3O ) WONDERED WHAT THIS l*ESUS /NLYm WAS ABOUT !ND ) THOUGHT
l!S LONG AS ITkS *ESUS ITkS ALL RIGHT 3O IT DONkT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
WHETHER ITkS>HOW IT IS JUST AS LONG AS ITkS (IMm
3O ) SET THERE A LITTLE BIT AND WATCHED THEM AND SO THEY CALLED
TWO OR THREE TIMES MORE !ND THIS COLORED BROTHER LOOKED OVER AT ME
HE SAID l$O YOU KNOW HIM m )?)?)>4HE SHOWDOWN WAS THERE )
COULDNkT LIE TO THE MAN ) DIDNkT WANT TO
) SAID l,OOK BROTHER 9ES ) KNOW HIMm
(E SAID l7ELL GO GET HIMm
) SAID l7ELL )?)kLL TELL YOU BROTHER m ) SAID l) AM HE "UT YOU
SEE m ) SAID lLOOK )>THESE SEERSUCKER TROUSERSm
l'ET ON UP THEREm
!ND ) SAID l.O ) CANkT GO UP THERE m ) SAID lWITH THESE TROUSERS
ON LIKE THIS THIS LITTLE TEE SHIRTm
3AID l4HEM PEOPLE DONkT CARE HOW YOU DRESSm
!ND ) SAID l7ELL LOOK DONkT YOU MENTION IT (EAR m ) SAID l3EE
)kVE GOT THESE SEERSUCKER TROUSERS ON ) DONkT WANT TO GET UP THEREm
3AID l!NYBODY KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF 7ILLIAM "RANHAM m
(E SAID l(ERE HE IS (ERE HE ISm
/H MY -Y FACE REAL RED YOU KNOW AND NO TIE ON YOU KNOW
AND THIS LITTLE OLD TEE SHIRT YOU KNOW AND LITTLE SLEEVES ON LIKE THIS
!ND ) WENT WALKING UP THROUGH THERE WITH MY EARS BURNING ) NEVER
BEEN AROUND A MICROPHONE
!ND SO ) GOT TO PREACHING UP THERE AND ) TOOK A TEXT ) NEVER WILL
FORGET IT l4HE RICH MAN LIFTED UP HIS EYES IN HELL AND THEN HE CRIEDm
) A LOT OF TIMES PREACH LITTLE THREE THINGS LIKE THAT l#OME SEE A
MAN m l"ELIEVEST THOU THIS m OR l4HEN HE CRIEDm !ND ) KEPT SAYING
l4HEREkS NO FLOWERS AND THEN HE CRIED 4HEREkS NO PRAYER MEETINGS
THEN HE CRIED 4HEREkS NO CHILDREN THEN HE CRIED .O SONGS AND THEN
HE CRIEDm 4HEN ) CRIED
3O AFTER IT WAS ALL OVER WHY MY THEY JUST>ALL OF THEM AROUND
ME WANTING ME COME HOLD A MEETING FOR THEM !ND ) THOUGHT l3AY
MAYBE )kM A HOLY ROLLERm 3EE 3O ) THOUGHT l-AYBE>m 3EE THEY
WAS SUCH FINE PEOPLE
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
!ND ) WALKED UP OUT THERE ! MAN WITH A PAIR OF COWBOY BOOTS
ON AND BIG COWBOY HAT ) SAID l7HO ARE YOU m
(E SAID l)kM %LDER 3O AND SO FROM 4EXASm
) THOUGHT l7ELL THAT LOOKED>m
!NOTHER FELLOW WALKED UP WITH THESE LITTLE BITTY KNICKER BOCKER
PANTS ON YOU KNOW THEY USED TO PLAY GOLF WITH AND ONE OF THEM
LITTLE BITTY JERSEY SWEATERS (E SAID l)kM 2EV 3O AND SO FROM &LORIDA
7OULD YOU COME HOLD>m
) THOUGHT l)kM RIGHT AT HOME BOY THESE HERE SEERSUCKER TROUSERS
AND TEE SHIRT 4HATkS JUST FINEm
3O YOUkVE HEARD MY LIFE STORY ON THOSE THINGS SO )kLL STOP HERE
AND TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT )kVE NEVER TOLD BEFORE &IRST THING ) WANT
TO ASK YOU>) WAS GOING TO BYPASS THAT )kVE NEVER SAID IT BEFORE IN
PUBLIC IN MY LIFE )F YOU PROMISE ME THAT YOU LOVE ME AND WILL TRY TO
LOVE ME AS MUCH AFTER ) SAY THIS AS ) DO BEFORE ) SAY IT RAISE UP YOUR
HAND !LL RIGHT 4HATkS YOUR PROMISE )kM GOING TO HOLD YOU TO IT
3ITTING IN THE MEETING THAT NIGHT WHEN THEY WOULD SING THEIR SONGS
THEYkD CLAP THEIR HANDS !ND THEYkD SING l)>m 4HAT LITTLE SONG l)
KNOW IT WAS THE "LOOD ) KNOW IT WAS THE "LOODm !ND THEY WOULD RUN
UP AND DOWN THE AISLES AND EVERYTHING AND JUST SHOUTING AND PRAISING
THE ,ORD ) THOUGHT l4HAT SOUNDS AWFUL GOOD TO MEm ) BEGIN>
!ND THEY WAS REFERRING ALL THE TIME TO !CTS !CTS !CTS
!CTS ALL THAT ) THOUGHT l3AY THATkS 3CRIPTURE ) JUST NEVER
SEEN )T LIKE THAT BEFOREm "UT OH MY HEART WAS BURNING THOUGHT
l4HIS IS WONDERFULm ) THOUGHT THEY WAS A BUNCH OF HOLY ROLLERS WHEN
) FIRST MET THEM AND ) THOUGHT l/H MY .OW THEYkRE A BUNCH OF
ANGELSm 3EE ) CHANGED MY MIND RIGHT QUICK
3O THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE ,ORD HAD GIVE ME THIS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD THESE MEETINGS ) THOUGHT l/H MY )kLL GET WITH
THIS BUNCH OF PEOPLE 4HAT MUST BE THE KIND OF WHAT THEY USED TO
CALL jTHE SHOUTING -ETHODISTk *UST WENT A LITTLE FARTHER m ) THOUGHT
l-AYBE THATkS WHAT IT ISm 3O ) THOUGHT l7ELL )kM>) SURE LIKE THAT
/H THEREkS SOMETHING ABOUT THEM ) LIKE THEYkRE HUMBLE AND SWEETm
3O ONE THING ) COULDNkT UNDERSTAND WAS THAT SPEAKING IN
TONGUES THAT GOT ME !ND )>4HERE WAS ONE MAN SAY SITTING
HERE AND ONE OVER HERE AND THEY WERE THE LEADERS OF THE GROUP
4HIS ONE WOULD RAISE UP AND SPEAK IN TONGUES THIS WOULD
INTERPRET IT AND WOULD TELL THINGS ABOUT THE MEETING AND SO FORTH
) THOUGHT l-Y WHEW ) GOT TO READ THATm 3O THEN THEYkD VICE
VERSA FALL ON THIS AND THEN BACK ON THAT ONE AND EACH ONE WOULD
SPEAK IN TONGUES INTERPRET 4HE REST OF THE CHURCH WOULD SPEAK
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
BUT IT DIDNkT SEEM LIKE THE INTERPRETATION COME LIKE THESE TWO
MEN .OW ) SEEN THEY SIT CLOSE TOGETHER ) THOUGHT l/H MY
THEM MUST BE !NGELSm 3O WHILE SITTING BACK THERE>
%VER WHAT THAT WAS YOU KNOW THAT ) COULDNkT MAKE OUT )T
WOULD COME ON ME !ND ) HAVE A WAY OF KNOWING THINGS IF THE ,ORD
WANTS ME TO KNOW IT YOU KNOW !ND ) DONkT>4HATkS THE REASON )
SAY ) DONkT BREATHE THIS OUT NEVER BEFORE IN PUBLIC )F ) REALLY WANT
TO FIND OUT ANYTHING THE ,ORD USUALLY TELLS ME ABOUT THESE THINGS
4HATkS WHAT THE GIFT IS FOR YOU SEE 3O YOU CANkT JUST THROW THAT OUT
BEFORE THE PEOPLE IT BECOMES LIKE CASTING YOUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
)TkS A SACRED HOLY THING AND YOU DONkT WANT TO DO THAT 3O 'OD
WOULD HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE ,IKE TALKING TO BRETHREN AND SO FORTH )
WOULDNkT TRY TO FIND OUT SOMETHING EVIL ABOUT A BROTHER
/NE TIME SITTING AT A TABLE WITH A MAN HIM WITH HIS ARM AROUND
ME SAID l/ "ROTHER "RANHAM ) LOVE YOUm !ND ) KEPT FEELING
SOMETHING MOVING ) LOOKED AT HIM (E COULDNkT HAVE TOLD ME THAT
) KNOWED HE DIDNkT DO IT SEE kCAUSE THERE IT WAS (E WAS ABSOLUTELY
A HYPOCRITE IF THERE EVER WAS ONE SEE AND RIGHT THERE WITH HIS ARM
AROUND ME
) SAID l7ELL OKAY m WALKED AWAY ) DONkT WANT TO KNOW THAT
)kD RATHER JUST KNOW HIM THE WAY ) KNOW HIM AS MY BROTHER AND
LET IT GO LIKE THAT ,ET 'OD DO THE REST OF IT 3EE !ND ) DONkT WANT
TO>DONkT KNOW WANT TO KNOW THOSE THINGS
!ND MANY TIMES ON THESE THINGS ITkS NOT HERE IN THE CHURCH )kLL
BE SITTING IN THE ROOM SIT IN A RESTAURANT AND THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL TELL
ME THINGS THATkS GOING TO HAPPEN 0EOPLEkS RIGHT HERE THAT KNOWS THAT
TO BE TRUE )kLL SET AT MY HOME AND )kLL SAY l.OW BE CAREFUL THEREkS A
CAR COMING AFTER A WHILE )TkLL BE A CERTAIN CERTAIN PERSON "RING THEM
ON IN FOR THE ,ORD HAS SAID THEYkD BE HEREm l7HEN WE GO DOWN
THE STREET THEREkLL BE CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN 7ATCH AT THAT CROSSING
THERE BECAUSE YOUkRE GOING TO ALMOST GET HITm !ND JUST SEE IF IT AINkT
THAT WAY SEE EVERY TIME JUST PERFECTLY 3O YOU DONkT WANT TO THROW
YOURSELF TOO MUCH INTO THAT BECAUSE YOUkD>)T?ITkS>9OU CAN
USE IT ITkS A GIFT OF 'OD BUT YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT YOU DO WITH IT
'OD WILL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE
,OOK AT -OSES -OSES WAS A 'OD
SENT MAN $O YOU BELIEVE THAT
0REDESTINATED FOREORDAINED AND MADE A PROPHET !ND 'OD SENT HIM
OUT THERE SAID l'O SPEAK TO THE ROCK m AFTER IT DONE BEEN SMITTEN
3AID l'O SPEAK TO THE ROCK AND ITkLL BRING FORTH ITS WATERSm
"UT -OSES ANGRY RUN OUT THERE AND STRUCK THE ROCK 4HE WATER
DIDNkT COME HE SMOTE IT AGAIN SAID l9OU REBELS -UST WE BRING YOU
WATER OUT OF THIS ROCK m
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
9OU SEE WHAT 'OD DID 4HE WATER COME BUT SAID l#OME UP
HERE -OSESm 4HAT WAS THE END OF IT SEE 9OU HAVE TO WATCH THOSE
THINGS SO YOU>WHAT YOU DO WITH $IVINE GIFTS
*UST LIKE A PREACHER A GOOD FORCEFUL PREACHER AND GET OUT AND
PREACH JUST TO TAKE UP OFFERINGS AND MONEY 'OD WILL HOLD HIM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT 4HATkS RIGHT 9OU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT YOU DO
WITH $IVINE GIFTS !ND OR TRY TO MAKE SOME BIG PRESTIGE OR BIG NAME
FOR SOME CHURCH OR A BIG NAME FOR HIMSELF )kD RATHER HAVE TWO OR
THREE NIGHTS MEETING AND BRAZE ON SOMEWHERE ELSE AND BE HUMBLE
AND STAY DOWN !ND YOU KNOW WHAT ) MEAN 9ES SIR ALWAYS KEEP
YOUR PLACE WHERE 'OD CAN PUT (IS HAND ON YOU
4HIS IS INSIDE ,IFE NOW REMEMBER
3O THEN THIS DAY ) THOUGHT l7ELL )kM GOING TO WALK UPm !ND )
JUST SO ALARM WITH THOSE PEOPLE ) THOUGHT l)kLL FIND OUT ABOUT THOSE
MENm !ND OUT IN THE YARD ) KEPT LOOKING FOR THEM AFTER THE SERVICE
WAS OVER ) LOOKED AROUND ) FOUND ONE OF THEM ) SAID l(OW DO YOU
DO SIR m
(E SAID l(OW DO YOU DOm 3AID l7AS YOU THE YOUNG PREACHER
THAT PREACHED THIS MORNING m
) SAID>) WAS TWENTY
THREE YEARS OLD THEN ) SAID l9ES SIRm
!ND HE SAID l7HAT WAS YOUR NAME m
) SAID l"RANHAMm !ND ) SAID l9OURS m
!ND HE TOLD ME HIS NAME !ND ) THOUGHT l7ELL NOW IF ) CAN
JUST GET HIS CONTACT OF HIS SPIRIT NOWm !ND YET NOT KNOWING WHAT
THAT WAS DOING IT !ND ) SAID l7ELL SAY SIR m ) SAID lYOU PEOPLE
HAVE 3OMETHING HERE THAT ) DONkT HAVEm
(E SAID l(AVE YOU GOT THE (OLY 'HOST SINCE YOU BELIEVED m
) SAID l7ELL )kM A "APTISTm
(E SAID l"UT HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE (OLY 'HOST SINCE YOU
BELIEVED m
!ND ) SAID l7ELL BROTHER WHAT DO YOU MEAN m ) SAID l)?)
HAVENkT GOT WHAT YOU ALL GOT ) KNOW THATm ) SAID l"ECAUSE YOUkVE
GOT 3OMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE POWERFUL AND SO>m
3AID l(AVE YOU EVER SPOKE WITH TONGUES m
!ND ) SAID l.O SIRm
3AID l)kLL TELL YOU RIGHT QUICK YOU HAVENkT GOT THE (OLY 'HOSTm
!ND ) SAID l7ELL IF )>)F THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE (OLY
'HOST ) HAVENkT GOT )Tm
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
!ND SO HE SAID l7ELL IF YOU HAVENkT SPOKE WITH TONGUES YOU
HAVENkT GOT )Tm
!ND KEEPING HIS CONVERSATION THAT WAY ) SAID l7ELL WHERE CAN
) GET )T m
3AID l'ET ON IN THE ROOM THERE AND START SEEKING THE (OLY
'HOSTm
!ND ) KEPT WATCHING HIM YOU KNOW (E DIDNkT KNOW WHAT )
WAS DOING BUT HE>) KNEW HE HAD A LITTLE STRANGE FEELING kCAUSE
HE>HIS EYES BEGIN TO GET A LITTLE GLASSY AS HE LOOKED AT ME !ND
HE>"UT HE WAS REALLY A #HRISTIAN (E WAS ABSOLUTELY RUNG OUT ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT A #HRISTIAN 4HATkS RIGHT 7ELL ) THOUGHT l0RAISE
'OD HERE )T IS )?)kVE?)kVE GOT TO GET TO THAT ALTAR SOMEWHEREm
) WENT OUT LOOKED ALL AROUND ) THOUGHT l)kLL FIND THE OTHER
MANm !ND WHEN ) FOUND HIM AND STARTED TALKING TO HIM ) SAID
l(OW DO YOU DO SIR m
(E SAID l3AY WHAT CHURCH YOU BELONG TO m (E SAID l4HEY TELL
ME YOUkRE A "APTISTm
) SAID l9EPm
!ND HE SAID l9OU AINkT GOT THE (OLY 'HOST YET HAVE YOU m
) SAID l7ELL ) DONkT KNOWm
3AID l9OU EVER SPOKE IN TONGUES m
) SAID l.O SIRm
3AID l9OU HAVENkT GOT )Tm
!ND ) SAID l7ELL ) KNOW ) HAVENkT GOT WHAT YOU ALL GOT ) KNOW
THATm !ND ) SAID l"UT MY BROTHER )kM REALLY WANTING )Tm
(E SAID l7ELL THEREkS?THEREkS THE POOL READYm
) SAID l)kVE BEEN BAPTIZED "UT m ) SAID l)?) HAVENkT RECEIVED
WHAT YOU ALL GOTm ) SAID l9OU GOT SOMETHING THAT )?) REALLY WANTm
!ND HE SAID l7ELL THATkS FINEm
) WAS TRYING TO CATCH HIM YOU SEE !ND IF )>7HEN ) FINALLY
GOT HIS SPIRIT NOW THAT WAS THE OTHER MAN IF ) EVER TALKED TO A LOW
DOWN HYPOCRITE THERE WAS ONE OF THEM (E WAS LIVING>(IS WIFE
WAS A BLACK
HEADED WOMAN HE WAS LIVING WITH A BLOND AND HAD TWO
CHILDREN BY HER $RINK CURSE RUN TO TAVERNS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
AND YET IN THERE AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND PROPHESYING
4HEN ) SAID l,ORD FORGIVE MEm ) WENT HOME 4HATkS RIGHT )
SAID l)kLL JUST GET>) CANkT UNDERSTAND IT 3EEMED LIKE THE BLESSED
(OLY 3PIRIT FALLING AND ON THAT HYPOCRITEm ) SAID l#ANkT BE
4HATkS ALLm
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
$URING THIS LONG PERIOD THEN ME STUDYING AND CRYING THOUGHT
IF ) COULD GET OUT WITH THEM MAYBE ) COULD FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS
ALL ABOUT (EREkS ONE A GENUINE #HRISTIAN AND THE OTHER ONE A
REAL HYPOCRITE 4HEN ) THOUGHT l7HAT OF IT /H m ) SAID l'OD
MAYBE?MAYBE THEREkS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MEm !ND ) SAID
BEING A FUNDAMENTALIST l4HATkLL>HAVE TO SEE THAT IN THE "IBLE
)T HAS TOm
4O ME EVERYTHING THAT OPERATES MUST COME OUT OF THIS "IBLE OR
ITkS NOT RIGHT (AS TO COME FROM (ERE )T CAN BE PROVED IN THE "IBLE
NOT JUST ONE PLACE BUT IT HAS TO COME ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE "IBLE
) HAVE TO BELIEVE IT )T HAS TO DOVETAIL AND TIE TOGETHER WITH EVERY
3CRIPTURE OR ) DONkT BELIEVE IT !ND THEN BECAUSE 0AUL SAID l)F AN
ANGEL FROM (EAVEN COME PREACHING ANY OTHER GOSPEL LET HIM BE
ACCURSEDm 3O ) BELIEVE THE "IBLE
!ND ) SAID l) COULD NEVER SEE NOTHING LIKE THAT IN THE "IBLEm
4WO YEARS LATER AFTER ) HAD LOST MY WIFE AND EVERYTHING ) WAS
UP THERE AT 'REENkS -ILL MY LITTLE OLD PLACE UP THERE PRAYING "EEN
BACK IN MY CAVE BACK THERE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS TWO DAYS IT WAS )
WALKED OUT TO GET A BIT OF BREATH A BREATH OF AIR !ND WHEN ) WALKED
OUT THERE MY "IBLE WAS LAYING OUT THERE ON THE END OF A LOG JUST
AS YOU COME IN !N OLD TREE BLOWED DOWN HAD A FORK IN IT .OW
YOU>(AD A FORK LAYING UP LIKE THIS AND THE TREE LAYING DOWN !ND
) JUST SET ASTRADDLE THAT LOG AND LAY OUT THERE AT NIGHTTIME LOOKING
UP TOWARDS THE SKIES LIKE THAT MY HAND LAYING UP LIKE THIS AND
SOMETIMES GO TO SLEEP LAYING RIGHT OUT ON THE LOG LIKE THAT PRAYING
"E UP THERE SEVERAL DAYS JUST DONkT EAT OR DRINK JUST THERE PRAYING
!ND ) WALKED OUT TO GET A LITTLE FRESH AIR OUT OF THAT CAVE IT WAS COOL
DAMP BACK IN THERE
3O THEN ) COME OUT AND THERE LAID MY "IBLE WHERE ) HAD HAD )T
THE DAY BEFORE AND IT WAS TURNED TO (EBREWS THE TH CHAPTER !ND
) BEGIN TO READ THERE l,ET US LAY ASIDE>ON>GO ON TO PERFECTION
NOT LAYING AGAIN THE FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE AND DEAD WORKS AND
FAITH TOWARDS 'OD m AND SO FORTH l&OR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE
WHICH WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED MADE PARTAKERS OF THE HEAVENLY GIFT
AND THE CALLINGS m AND SO FORTH "UT SAID l"UT THORNS AND THISTLES
WHICH IS NIGH UNTO REJECTION WHOSE END>WATER>THE RAIN COMETH
OFT UPON THE EARTH TO DRESS IT AND PREPARE IT FOR THAT WHICH IS?THAT
WHICH IS NIGH UNTO REJECTION WITH THORNS AND THISTLES WHOSE END IS
TO BE BURNEDm
!ND 3OMETHING WENT l7HOOOOSSSSHm
) THOUGHT l(ERE )T IS )kLL HEAR NOW WHATEVER (E>(E WOKE ME UP
HERE (EkS FIXING TO GIVE ME A VISION RIGHT NOWm ) WAITED THERE ON THE
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
END OF THAT LOG AND WAITED ) GOT UP AND WALKED BACK AND FORTH UP AND
DOWN 7ALKED BACK NOTHING HAPPENED 7ALKED BACK TO MY CAVE AGAIN
NOTHING HAPPENED ) STOOD THERE ) THOUGHT l7ELL WHAT IS THIS m
) WALKED OVER TO MY "IBLE AGAIN AND OH )T JUST COME ALL OVER ME
AGAIN ) PICKED )T UP AND ) THOUGHT l7HATkS IN THERE (E WANTS ME
TO READ m ) KEPT READING ON DOWN ABOUT lREPENTANCE TOWARDS 'OD
AND FAITH m AND SO FORTH AND ) READ ON DOWN WHERE )T SAID l4HE RAIN
COMETH OFT UPON THE EARTH TO DRESS IT AND PREPARE IT FOR WHAT ITkS MEANT
FOR FOR HERE BUT THE THORNS AND THISTLES WHICH IS NIGH UNTO REJECTION
WHOSE END IS TO BE BURNEDm !ND OH )T WOULD JUST SHAKE ME
!ND ) THOUGHT l,ORD ARE 9OU GOING TO GIVE ME A VISION OF
WHAT>m ) WAS UP THERE TO ASK (IM FOR SOMETHING ANOTHER
4HEN ALL AT ONCE BEFORE ME ) SEEN THE WORLD ROLLING AND IT WAS
ALL DISKED UP !ND HERE WENT A MAN WITH WHITE WITH HIS HEAD UP
SOWING 3EEDS LIKE THIS !ND WHEN HE WENT COMING JUST AS HE WENT
OVER THE HILL HERE COME A MAN BEHIND HIM DRESSED IN BLACK WITH HIS
HEAD DOWN SOWING SEEDS !ND WHEN THE GOOD 3EEDS COME UP IT WAS
WHEAT AND WHEN THE BAD SEEDS COME UP IT WAS WEEDS
!ND THEN IT COME A GREAT DROUGHT ON THE EARTH AND THE WHEAT
HAD ITS HEAD HANGING OVER JUST ABOUT PERISHED WANTING WATER !ND
) SEEN ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS UP PRAYING FOR 'OD TO SEND
WATER !ND THEN ) SEEN THE WEED IT HAD ITS HEAD DOWN BOWING FOR
WATER !ND JUST THEN THE GREAT CLOUDS COME ACROSS AND THE RAIN JUST
GUSHED DOWN !ND WHEN IT DID THE LITTLE WHEAT THAT WAS ALL BENT OVER
WENT l7HISH m STOOD RIGHT UP !ND THE LITTLE WEED RIGHT BY ITS SIDE
WENT l7HISH m STOOD RIGHT UP
) THOUGHT l7ELL WHATkS THAT m
4HEN )T COME TO ME 4HERE IT IS 4HE SAME RAIN THAT MAKES THE
WHEAT TO GROW MAKES THE WEED TO GROW !ND THE SAME (OLY 3PIRIT
CAN FALL IN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND CAN BLESS A HYPOCRITE JUST THE SAME
AS )T BLESSES THE OTHER *ESUS SAID l"Y THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW
THEMm .OT WHETHER HE SHOUTS WHETHER HE REJOICES BUT lITkS BY HIS
FRUIT YOU SHALL KNOW HIMm
) SAID l4HERE YOU AREm l) GOT IT ,ORDm ) SAID l4HEN THAT REALLY IS
THE 4RUTHm 4HIS MAN>9OU COULD HAVE GIFTS WITHOUT KNOWING 'OD
3O THEN )?THEN ) WAS GETTING TOO CRITICAL ON SPEAKING WITH
TONGUES YOU SEE "UT ONE DAY THEN HOW 'OD VINDICATED THAT TO ME
) WAS BAPTIZING DOWN ON THE RIVER MY FIRST CONVERTS AT THE /HIO
2IVER AND THE SEVENTEENTH PERSON ) WAS BAPTIZING AS ) STARTED TO
BAPTIZE HIM ) SAID l&ATHER AS ) BAPTIZE HIM WITH WATER 9OU BAPTIZE
HIM WITH THE (OLY 3PIRITm ) STARTED TO?TO PUT HIM UNDER THE WATER
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
!ND JUST THEN A WHIRL COME FROM THE HEAVENS ABOVE AND HERE COME
THAT ,IGHT SHINING DOWN (UNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE
BANK RIGHT AT TWO OkCLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON IN *UNE !ND )T HUNG RIGHT
OVER WHERE ) WAS AT ! 6OICE SPOKE FROM THERE AND SAID l!S *OHN THE
"APTIST WAS SENT FOR THE FORERUNNER OF THE FIRST COMING OF #HRIST YOUkVE
GOT A>HAVE A -ESSAGE THAT WILL BRING FORTH THE FORERUNNING OF THE
3ECOND #OMING OF #HRISTm !ND IT LIKED TO SCARED ME TO DEATH
!ND ) WENT BACK AND ALL THE PEOPLE THERE THE?THE FOUNDRY
MEN AND ALL THEM THE DRUGGIST AND ALL OF THEM ON THE BANK ) HAD
BAPTIZED ABOUT TWO OR THREE HUNDRED THAT AFTERNOON !ND WHEN THEY
TAKEN ME OUT PULLED ME OUT OF THE WATER THE DEACONS AND SO FORTH
WENT UP THEY ASKED ME SAID l7HAT DID THAT ,IGHT MEAN m
! BIG GROUP OF COLORED PEOPLE FROM THE?THE 'ILT %DGE "APTIST
CHURCH AND THE ,ONE 3TAR CHURCH DOWN THERE AND MANY OF THOSE
WAS DOWN THERE THEY BEGIN SCREAMING WHEN THEY SAW THAT HAPPEN
PEOPLE FAINTED
! GIRL ) TRIED TO GET OUT OF A BOAT THERE SITTING THERE WITH A
SWIMMING SUIT ON A 3UNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER IN A CHURCH AND ) SAID
l7ONkT YOU GET OUT -ARGIE m
3HE SAID l"ILLY ) DONkT HAVE TO GET OUTm
) SAID l4HATkS RIGHT YOU DONkT HAVE TO BUT )kD HAVE ENOUGH
RESPECTS FOR THE 'OSPEL TO GET OUT WHERE )kM BAPTIZINGm
3HE SAID l) DONkT HAVE TOm
!ND WHEN SHE WAS SETTING THERE SNICKERING AND LAUGHING AT ME
BAPTIZING kCAUSE SHE DIDNkT BELIEVE IN BAPTIZING SO THEN WHEN THE
!NGEL OF THE ,ORD COME DOWN SHE PITCHED FORWARD IN THE BOAT
4ODAY THE GIRLkS IN THE INSANE INSTITUTION 3O YOU JUST CANkT PLAY WITH
'OD 3EE .OW LATER ON>! BEAUTIFUL GIRL WENT TO DRINKING LATER
ON WAS HIT WITH A BOTTLE OF?OF BEER BOTTLE CUT ALL OF HER FACE DOWN
/H A HORRIBLE LOOKING PERSON !ND THERE THAT HAPPENED
!ND THEN ALL ALONG DOWN THROUGH LIFE )kD SEE THAT SEE THAT
MOVING SEE THAT VISIONS HOW THOSE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN 4HEN A
LITTLE LATER ON )T KEPT BOTHERING ME SO MUCH AND EVERYBODY TELLING
ME )T WAS WRONG !ND ) TOOK OFF TO MY OLD STOMPING GROUNDS UP
THERE WHERE ) ALWAYS PRAYED THROUGH !ND )kD>.O MATTER HOW
MUCH )kD KEEP PRAYING FOR 4HAT NOT TO COME TO ME )T COME ANYHOW
!ND SO ) WAS JUST>) WAS?) WAS GAME WARDEN IN THE 3TATE OF
)NDIANA !ND ) COME IN THERE WAS A MAN SITTING THERE A BROTHER TO
MY PIANIST AT THE TABERNACLE !ND HE SAID l"ILLY WILL YOU RIDE UP TO
-ADISON WITH ME THIS AFTERNOON m
) SAID l) CANkT DO IT ) GOT TO GO UP TO THE FORESTRYm
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
!ND )kD>JUST COMING AROUND THE HOUSE AND TAKING OFF MY BELT
GUN BELT AND THINGS AND ROLLING UP MY SLEEVES 7E LIVED IN A LITTLE
TWO ROOM HOUSE AND ) WAS GOING TO WASH AND MAKE READY FOR MY
MEAL !ND ) HAD WASHED AND JUST WALKING AROUND THE SIDE OF THE
HOUSE UNDER A?A BIG MAPLE TREE AND ALL AT ONCE 3OMETHING WENT
l7HOOOOSSSSHm !ND JUST ALMOST PASSED OUT !ND ) LOOKED AND )
KNOWED IT WAS 4HAT AGAIN
) SET ON THOSE STEPS AND HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS CAR AND RUN TO ME
SAID l"ILLY ARE YOU FAINTING m
) SAID l.O SIRm
(E SAID l7HATkS THE MATTER "ILLY m
!ND ) SAID l) DONkT KNOWm ) SAID l*UST GO AHEAD BROTHER THATkS
ALL RIGHT 4HANK YOUm
-Y WIFE COME OUT AND BROUGHT A PITCHER OF WATER SHE SAID
l(ONEY WHATkS THE MATTER m
) SAID l.OTHING SWEETHEARTm
3O SHE SAID l#OME ON NOW DINNERkS READY m AND SHE PUT HER ARM
AROUND ME TRIED TO BRING ME IN
) SAID l(ONEY )?) WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHINGm ) SAID l9OU CALL
THEM UP AND TELL THEM ) WONkT BE OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOONm ) SAID
l-EDA SWEETHEART m ) SAID l) KNOW IN MY HEART ) LOVE *ESUS #HRIST )
KNOW THAT )kVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO ,IFE "UT ) DONkT WANT THE $EVIL
TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MEm !ND ) SAID l) CANkT GO ON LIKE THIS
)kM A PRISONERm ) SAID l!LL THE TIME WHEN THIS THING KEEPS HAPPENING
THINGS LIKE THAT AND THESE VISIONS COMING AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT /R
WHATEVER IT IS m ) SAID lIT HAPPENS TO MEm ) DIDNkT KNOW IT WAS A VISION
) DIDNkT CALL IT A VISION ) SAID l4HEM TRANCES LIKE m ) SAID l) DONkT KNOW
WHAT THAT IS !ND HONEY )?)?)?) DONkT WANT TO FOOL WITH IT THEY?
THEY TELL ME ITkS THE $EVIL !ND ) LOVE THE ,ORD *ESUSm
l/H m SHE SAID l"ILLY YOU OUGHTNkT TO LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE TELL
YOUm
) SAID l"UT HONEY LOOK AT OTHER PREACHERSm ) SAID l)?) DONkT
WANT ITm ) SAID l)kM GOING TO MY PLACE IN THE WOODS ) GOT ABOUT
FIFTEEN DOLLARS YOU TAKE CARE OF "ILLYm "ILLY WAS A LITTLE BITTY BOY
THEN A LITTLE BITTY FELLOW ) SAID l9OU?YOU TAKE>4HATkS ENOUGH
FOR YOU AND "ILLY TO LIVE ON A WHILE #ALL THEM UP AND TELL THEM
)kLL?)kLL MAY BE BACK TOMORROW AND ) MAY NOT NEVER BE BACK )F )
AINkT BACK IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS PUT A MAN ON IN MY PLACEm !ND )
SAID l-EDA )kLL NEVER COME OUT OF THAT WOODS UNTIL 'OD PROMISES
ME (EkLL TAKE THAT THING AWAY FROM ME AND NEVER LET IT HAPPEN
AGAINm 4HINK OF THE IGNORANCE THAT A MAN CAN BE
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
!ND ) WENT UP THERE THAT NIGHT 7ENT BACK IN THE LITTLE OLD CABIN
kFORE IT WAS NEXT DAY IT WAS KIND OF LATE ) WAS GOING TO GO UP TO MY
CAMP THE NEXT DAY UP ON THE>FARTHER AROUND THE MOUNTAIN OR THE
HILL RATHER AND GET UP IN THE WOODS THERE ) DONkT BELIEVE THE &")
COULD FIND ME UP THERE 3O THIS LITTLE OLD CABIN>) HAD BEEN PRAYING
ALL THAT AFTERNOON AND kFORE IT GOT TOO DARK )kD PRAY WAS READING OVER
THERE IN THE "IBLE WHERE )T SAID l4HE 3PIRIT OF THE PROPHETS IS SUBJECT
TO THE PROPHETm ) COULDNkT MAKE THAT OUT 3O IT GOT TOO DARK IN THE
LITTLE OLD CABIN
7HERE ) USED TO TRAP WHEN ) WAS A BOY HAD A TRAP LINE THROUGH
THERE AND GO UP THERE AND FISH AND STAY ALL NIGHT *UST A LITTLE OLD
DILAPIDATED CABIN SITTING OVER THERE BEEN IN THERE FOR YEARS 3OME
TENANT MIGHT HAVE HAD IT BEFORE IT ALL COME TO THAT
!ND SO )?) WAS JUST WAITING THERE !ND ) THOUGHT l7ELLm 'OT
ALONG TOWARDS ONE OkCLOCK TWO OkCLOCK THREE OkCLOCK IN THE MORNING
) WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN THE FLOOR WALKING BACK AND FORTH ) SIT
DOWN ON A LITTLE OLD STOOL THERE A LITTLE>NOT STOOL A LITTLE OLD BOX
OF A THING !ND ) SET DOWN THERE AND ) THOUGHT l/ 'OD WHY DO
9OU DO THIS TO ME m ) SAID l&ATHER 9OU KNOW ) LOVE 9OU 9OU
KNOW THAT ) LOVE 9OU !ND )?)?) DONkT WANT TO BE POSSESSED WITH A
DEVIL ) DONkT WANT THEM THINGS TO HAPPEN TO ME 0LEASE 'OD DONkT
NEVER LET IT HAPPEN NO MOREm
) SAID l)?) LOVE 9OU ) DONkT WANT TO GO TO HELL 7HATkS THE
USE OF ME PREACHING AND TRYING AND PUTTING MY EFFORTS FORTH IF
)kM WRONG !ND )kM NOT ONLY TAKING MYSELF TO HELL )kM MISLEADING
THOUSANDS OF OTHERSm /R HUNDREDS OF OTHERS IN THEM DAYS !ND )
SAID>) HAD A BIG MINISTRY !ND ) SAID l7ELL )?) DONkT NEVER WANT
IT TO HAPPEN TO ME AGAINm
!ND ) SET DOWN ON THIS LITTLE STOOL !ND ) JUST SITTING OH KIND
OF IN THIS POSITION JUST LIKE THAT !ND ALL AT ONCE ) SEEN A ,IGHT
FLICKER IN THE ROOM !ND ) THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS COMING UP WITH A
FLASHLIGHT !ND ) LOOKED AROUND AND ) THOUGHT l7ELL>m !ND HERE
)T WAS RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF ME !ND OLD WOODEN BOARDS ON THE FLOOR
!ND THERE )T WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME )TkS A LITTLE OLD DRUM STOVE
SITTING IN THE CORNER THE TOP WAS TORE OUT OF IT !ND?AND RIGHT IN
HERE THERE WAS A?A ,IGHT ON THE FLOOR AND ) THOUGHT l7ELL WHEREkS
THAT 7ELL THAT COULDNkT BE COMING>m
) LOOKED AROUND !ND HERE )T WAS ABOVE ME THIS VERY SAME
,IGHT RIGHT THERE ABOVE ME HANGING RIGHT LIKE THAT #IRCLING AROUND
LIKE A FIRE ITkS KIND OF AN EMERALD COLOR GOING l7HOOSSH WHOOSSH
WHOOSSHm LIKE THAT JUST ABOVE )T LIKE THAT !ND ) LOOKED AT 4HAT )
THOUGHT l7HAT IS 4HAT m .OW )T SCARED ME
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
) HEARD SOMEBODY COMING ;"ROTHER "RANHAM IMITATES SOMEONE
WALKING?%D= JUST WALKING ONLY IT WAS BAREFOOTED !ND ) SEEN THE
FOOT OF A -AN COME IN )T WAS DARK IN THE ROOM ALL BUT RIGHT HERE
WHERE )T WAS SHINING RIGHT DOWN !ND ) SEEN THE FOOT OF A -AN
COMING IN !ND WHEN (E COME INTO THE ROOM WALKED ON UP (E WAS
A -AN ABOUT>LOOKED TO WEIGH ABOUT TWO HUNDRED POUNDS (E HAD
(IS HANDS FOLDED LIKE THIS .OW ) HAD SEEN )T IN A 7HIRLWIND ) HAD
HEARD )T TALK TO ME AND SEEN )T IN THE FORM OF A ,IGHT BUT THE FIRST
TIME ) EVER SEEN THE IMAGE OF )T )T WALKED UP TO ME REAL CLOSE
7ELL HONEST FRIENDS )?) THOUGHT MY HEART WOULD FAIL ME
)>*UST IMAGINE 0UT YOURSELF THERE )TkD MAKE YOU FEEL THE SAME
WAY 9OUkRE MAYBE FARTHER ALONG THE ROAD THAN ) AM MAY HAVE
BEEN A #HRISTIAN LONGER BUT )T WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY #AUSE
AFTER HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TIMES OF VISITATIONS IT PARALYZES ME
WHEN (E COMES NEAR )T SOMETIMES IT EVEN MAKES ME>) ALMOST
COMPLETELY PASS OUT JUST SO WEAK WHEN ) LEAVE THE PLATFORM MANY
TIMES )F ) STAY TOO LONG )kLL GO COMPLETELY OUT )kVE HAD THEM RIDE ME
AROUND FOR HOURS NOT EVEN KNOW WHERE ) WAS AT !ND ) CANkT EXPLAIN
IT 2EAD DOWN HERE IN THE "IBLE AND )TkLL EXPLAIN )T WHAT IT IS 4HE
3CRIPTURE SAYS SO
3O ) WAS SITTING THERE AND LOOKING AT (IM )?) KIND OF HAD MY
HAND UP LIKE THAT (E WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT ME JUST AS PLEASANT "UT
(E HAD A REAL DEEP 6OICE AND (E SAID l$O NOT FEAR ) AM SENT FROM
THE 0RESENCE OF !LMIGHTY 'ODm !ND WHEN (E SPOKE THAT 6OICE
THAT WAS THE SAME 6OICE THAT SPOKE TO ME WHEN ) WAS TWO YEARS OLD
ALL THE WAY UP ) KNOWED THAT WAS (IM !ND ) THOUGHT l.OW>m
!ND HEAR IT .OW LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION )kLL QUOTE IT THE BEST
THAT ) CAN KNOWINGLY WORD BY WORD kCAUSE )kD HARDLY REMEMBER
(E>) SAID>,OOKED AT (IM LIKE THAT (E SAID l$O NOT
FEAR m JUST AS QUIET SAID l) AM SENT FROM THE 0RESENCE OF !LMIGHTY
'OD TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR PECULIAR BIRTH>m !S YOU KNOW WHAT
MY BIRTH WAS UP THERE 4HAT SAME ,IGHT HUNG OVER ME WHEN ) WAS
FIRST BORN !ND SO (E SAID l9OUR PECULIAR BIRTH AND MISUNDERSTOOD
LIFE HAS BEEN TO INDICATE THAT YOUkRE TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD AND
PRAY FOR THE SICK PEOPLEm !ND SAID l!ND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY
HAVE>m !ND (E DESIGNATED 'OD 7HOkS MY *UDGE KNOWS 4HAT
(E DESIGNATED lCANCERm 3AID l.OTHING>)F YOU GET THE PEOPLE
TO BELIEVE YOU AND BE SINCERE WHEN YOU PRAY NOTHING SHALL STAND
BEFORE YOUR PRAYERS NOT EVEN CANCERm 3EE l)F YOU GET THE PEOPLE
TO BELIEVE YOUm
!ND ) SEEN (E WASNkT MY ENEMY (E WAS MY &RIEND !ND )
DIDNkT KNOW WHETHER?WHETHER ) WAS DYING OR WHAT WAS HAPPENING
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
WHEN (E WAS COMING UP TO ME LIKE THAT !ND ) SAID l7ELL 3IR m )
SAID l) AM>m 7HAT DID ) KNOW ABOUT HEALINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT
THOSE GIFTS ) SAID l7ELL 3IR ) AM A>)?)kM A POOR MANm !ND )
SAID l)kM AMONG MY PEOPLE )?) LIVE WITH MY PEOPLE WHO IS POOR
)kM UNEDUCATEDm !ND ) SAID l!ND )?)?) WOULD NOT BE ABLE THEYkD
NOT?THEYkD NOT UNDERSTAND MEm ) SAID l4HEY?THEY WOULDNkT?THEY
WOULDNkT HEAR MEm
!ND (E SAID l!S THE PROPHET -OSES WAS GIVEN TWO GIFTS SIGNS m
RATHER lTO VINDICATE HIS MINISTRY SO WILL YOU GIVEN TWO?SO ARE YOU
GIVEN TWO GIFTS TO VINDICATE YOUR MINISTRYm (E SAID l/NE OF THEM WILL
BE THAT YOUkLL TAKE THE PERSON THAT YOUkRE PRAYING FOR BY THE HAND WITH
YOUR LEFT HAND AND THEIR RIGHT m AND SAID lTHEN JUST STAND QUIET AND
ITkLL HAVE>THEREkLL BE A PHYSICAL EFFECT THATkLL HAPPEN ON YOUR BODYm
!ND SAID l4HEN YOU PRAY !ND IF IT LEAVES THE DISEASE IS GONE FROM THE
PEOPLE )F IT DOESNkT LEAVE JUST ASK A BLESSING AND WALK AWAYm
l7ELL m ) SAID l3IR )kM AFRAID THEY WONkT RECEIVE MEm
(E SAID l!ND THE NEXT THING WILL BE IF THEY WONkT HEAR THAT
THEN THEY WILL HEAR THISm 3AID l4HEN ITkLL COME TO PASS THAT YOUkLL
KNOW THE VERY SECRET OF THEIR HEARTm 3AID l4HIS THEY WILL HEARm
l7ELL m ) SAID l3IR THATkS WHY )kM HERE TONIGHT ) HAVE BEEN TOLD
BY MY CLERGYMEN THAT THOSE THINGS THATkS BEEN COMING TO ME WAS
WRONGm
(E SAID l9OU WERE BORN IN THIS WORLD FOR THAT PURPOSEm 3EE
lGIFTS AND CALLING WITHOUT REPENTANCEm (E SAID l9OU WERE BORN IN
THIS WORLD FOR THAT PURPOSEm
!ND ) SAID l7ELL 3IR m ) SAID lTHAT MY CLERGYMEN TOLD ME IT
THAT IT WAS THE?THE EVIL SPIRITm !ND ) SAID l4HEY>4HATkS WHY )kM
HERE PRAYINGm
!ND HEREkS WHAT (E QUOTED TO ME (E RELATED TO ME THE COMING
OF THE ,ORD *ESUS IN (IS FIRST TIME !ND ) SAID>
4HE STRANGE THING WAS FRIENDS>7ELL )kLL STOP RIGHT HERE JUST
FOR A MINUTE GO BACK 7HAT MADE ME MORE SCARED THAN EVER EVERY
TIME ) MET A FORTUNE TELLER THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE SOMETHING HAD
HAPPENED !ND THAT WOULD JUST>IT NEARLY KILLED ME
&OR INSTANCE ONE DAY MY COUSINS AND ) WAS GOING DOWN THROUGH
A?A CARNIVAL GROUNDS AND WE WAS JUST BOYS WALKING ALONG 3O THERE
WAS A LITTLE OLD FORTUNE TELLER SITTING OUT THERE IN ONE OF THOSE TENTS A
YOUNG LADY NICE LOOKING YOUNG LADY SHE WAS SITTING THERE !ND WE
WAS ALL GOING WALKING BY 3HE SAID l3AY YOU COME HERE A MINUTEm
!ND THE THREE OF US BOYS TURNED AROUND !ND SHE SAID l9OU WITH THE
STRIPED SWEATERm 4HAT WAS ME
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
!ND ) SAID l9ES MAkAM m ) THOUGHT SHE MAYBE WANTED ME TO
GO GET HER A COKE OR SOMETHING ANOTHER LIKE THAT !ND SHE WAS A?A
YOUNG WOMAN MAYBE IN HER EARLY TWENTIES OR SOMETHING SITTING
THERE !ND ) WALKED UP ) SAID l9ES MAkAM WHAT COULD ) DO FOR
YOU m
!ND SHE SAID l3AY DID YOU KNOW THEREkS A?A ,IGHT THAT FOLLOWS
YOU 9OU WERE BORN UNDER A CERTAIN SIGNm
) SAID l7HAT DO YOU MEAN m
3HE SAID l7ELL YOU WERE BORN UNDER A CERTAIN SIGN 4HEREkS A
,IGHT THAT FOLLOWS YOU 9OU WERE BORN FOR A $IVINE CALLm
) SAID l'ET AWAY FROM HERE WOMANm
) STARTED MOVING ON kCAUSE MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THEM
THINGS WAS OF THE $EVIL 3HE WAS RIGHT 3O )>4HAT SCARED ME
!ND ONE DAY WHILE ) WAS A GAME WARDEN ) WAS GOING UP ON
THE BUS !ND ) GOT ON THE BUS 7AS ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE SUBJECT TO
SPIRITS ) WAS STANDING THERE AND THIS SAILOR WAS STANDING BEHIND ME
!ND ) WAS GOING UP TO PATROL AND ) WAS GOING UP TO THE (ENRYVILLE
&ORESTRY WAS ON THE BUS ) KEPT FEELING SOME STRANGE SOMETHING )
LOOKED AROUND THERE AND THERE WAS A?A GREAT BIG HEAVYSET WOMAN
SITTING THERE NICELY DRESSED 3HE SAID l(OW DO YOU DO m
3AID l(OW DO YOU DOm
) THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A WOMAN YOU KNOW TALKING SO ) JUST
KEPT>3HE SAID l)kD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A MINUTEm
) SAID l9ES MAkAM m ) TURNED AROUND
3HE SAID l$ID YOU KNOW YOU WERE BORN UNDER A SIGN m
) THOUGHT l!NOTHER ONE OF THEM FUNNY WOMENm 3O ) JUST LOOKED
ON OUT !ND SO ) NEVER SAID A WORD JUST KEPT>
3HE SAID l#OULD ) SPEAK TO YOU A MINUTE m ) JUST KEPT>3HE
SAID l$ONkT ACT LIKE THATm
) JUST KEPT LOOKING FORWARD ) THOUGHT l4HAT ISNkT
GENTLEMANLIKEm
3HE SAID l)kD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU JUST A MOMENTm
) JUST KEPT LOOKING FORWARD AND ) WOULDNkT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO
HER $IRECTLY ) THOUGHT l) BELIEVE )kLL SEE IF SHE SAYS LIKE THE REST OF
THEMm ) TURNED AROUND ) THOUGHT l/H MY 4HAT WOULD QUIVER ME
) KNOWm #AUSE ) HATED TO THINK THAT 4URNED AROUND
3HE SAID l-AYBE ) BETTER EXPLAIN MYSELFm 3HE SAID l)kM AN
ASTROLOGISTm
) SAID l) THOUGHT YOU WAS SOMETHING LIKE THATm
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
3HE SAID l)kM ON MY WAY TO #HICAGO TO SEE MY BOY WHOkS A
"APTIST MINISTERm
) SAID l9ES MAkAMm
3HE SAID l!NYBODY EVER TELL YOU YOU WERE BORN UNDER A SIGNm
) SAID l.O MAkAMm ) LIED TO HER THERE SEE AND ) SAID>JUST
WANTED TO SEE WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY !ND SHE SAID>) SAID
l.O MAkAMm
!ND SHE SAID l$OESNkT>(ASNkT MINISTERS EVER TOLD YOU m
) SAID l) DONkT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MINISTERSm
!ND SHE SAID l5H
HUHm
!ND ) SAID>SHE?SHE SAID TO ME>) SAID l7ELL>m
3HE SAID l)F ) TELL YOU JUST EXACTLY WHEN YOU WAS BORN WILL YOU
BELIEVE ME m
) SAID l.O MAkAMm
!ND SHE SAID l7ELL ) CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU WERE BORNm
) SAID l) DONkT BELIEVE ITm
!ND SHE SAID l9OU WERE BORN ON !PRIL THE TH AT FIVE
OkCLOCK IN THE MORNINGm
) SAID l4HATkS RIGHTm ) SAID l(OW DO YOU KNOW THAT m ) SAID
l4ELL THIS SAILOR HERE WHEN HE WAS BORNm
3AID l) CANkTm
!ND ) SAID l7HY (OW YOU KNOW m
3AID l,OOK SIRm 3HE SAID WHEN SHE BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THIS
ASTRONOMY NOW AND SHE SAID l%VERY SO MANY YEARS>m 3AID l9OU
REMEMBER WHEN THE MORNING STAR COME THAT LED THE WISE MEN TO
*ESUS #HRIST m
!ND ) KIND OF STALLED YOU KNOW ) SAID l7ELL ) DONkT KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT RELIGIONm
!ND SHE SAID l7ELL YOUkVE HEARD ABOUT THE WISE MEN COMING TO
SEE *ESUSm
) SAID l9ESm
!ND SHE SAID l7ELL WHAT WAS WISE MAN m
l/H m ) SAID lTHEY WERE JUST WISE MEN ALL ) KNOWm
3HE SAID l7ELL WHAT IS A WISE MAN m 3HE SAID l4HE SAME THING
THAT ) AM AN ASTROLOGIST jSTAR GAZERk THEY CALL THEMm !ND SHE SAID
l9OU KNOW BEFORE 'OD DOES ANYTHING IN?IN THE EARTH (E ALWAYS
DECLARES IT IN THE HEAVEN AND THEN ON THE EARTHm
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
!ND ) SAID l) DONkT KNOWm
!ND SHE SAID l7ELL>m 3HE CALLED TWO OR THREE TWO>THREE
STARS LIKE -ARS *UPITER AND 6ENUS )T WASNkT THEM BUT SHE SAID
l4HEY CROSSED THEIR PATHS AND COME TOGETHER AND MADE>m 3AID
l4HERE WAS THREE WISE MEN THAT COME TO MEET THE ,ORD *ESUS AND
ONE WAS FROM THE LINEAGE OF (AM AND ONE 3HEM AND THE OTHER
ONE *APHETHm !ND SAID l7HEN THEY MET TOGETHER AT "ETHLEHEM
THE THREE STARS THAT THEY WERE FROM>%VERY PERSON ON EARTH m SAID
lTHEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE STARSm 3AID l!SK THAT SAILOR
THERE WHEN THE MOON GOES OUT AND THE HEAVENLY PLANET GOES OUT THE
TIDE DOESNkT GO WITH IT AND COME INm
) SAID l) DONkT HAVE TO ASK HIM THAT ) KNOW THATm
!ND SHE SAID l7ELL YOUR BIRTH HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
STARS UP THEREm
!ND ) SAID l7ELL THAT ) DONkT KNOWm
!ND SHE SAID l.OW THESE THREE WISE MEN CAMEm !ND SAID
l7HEN THEY THREE STARS WHEN THEY>4HEY COME FROM DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS AND THEY MET AT "ETHLEHEM !ND THEY SAID THEY FOUND
OUT AND CONSULTED AND ONE WAS FROM THE LINEAGE OF (AM 3HEM
AND *APHETH THE THREE SONS OF .OAHm !ND SHE SAID l4HEN THEY
COME AND WORSHIPPED THE ,ORD *ESUS #HRISTm !ND SAID l7HEN THEY
DEPARTED m SAID lTHEY BROUGHT GIFTS AND PUT TO (IMm
!ND SAID l*ESUS #HRIST SAID IN (IS MINISTRY THAT WHEN THIS
'OSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED TO ALL THE WORLD (AM 3HEM AND
*APHETHkS PEOPLE THEN (E WOULD COME AGAINm !ND SHE SAID l.OW
THOSE PLANETS HEAVENLY PLANETS AS THEY MOVE AROUND>m 3AID
l4HEY SEPARATED 4HEYkVE NEVER BEEN ON THE EARTH SINCE KNOWN
"UTm SAID lEVERY SO MANY HUNDRED YEARS THEY CROSS THEIR CYCLES LIKE
THISm )F THERE HAPPEN TO BE AN ASTRONOMER HERE YOU MIGHT KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ) DONkT 3O WHEN SHE WAS TALK
>3AID
l4HEY CROSS LIKE THATm !ND SAID l)N COMMEMORATION OF THE GREATEST
'IFT THAT WAS EVER GIVEN TO MANKIND WHEN 'OD GAVE (IS 3ON 7HEN
THESE PLANETS CROSS THEMSELVES AGAIN WHY m SAID l(E SENDS ANOTHER
GIFT TO THE EARTHm !ND SAID l9OU WERE BORN ON THE CROSSING OF THAT
TIMEm !ND SAID l4HATkS THE REASON ) KNEW ITm
7ELL THEN ) SAID l,ADY THE FIRST PLACE ) DONkT BELIEVE ANYTHING
ABOUT IT )kM NOT RELIGIOUS AND ) DONkT WANT TO HEAR NO MORE ABOUT
ITm 7ALKED AWAY !ND SO ) CUT HER OFF PRETTY SHORT 3O ) WENT ON
OUT
!ND EVERY TIME ANY>)kD GET AROUND ONE OF THEM THATkS THE
WAY IT WOULD BE !ND ) THOUGHT l7HY DOES THEM DEVILS DO THAT m
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
4HEN THE PREACHERS SAYING l4HATkS THE $EVIL 4HATkS THE $EVILm
4HEY HAD ME BELIEVING IT
!ND THEN THAT NIGHT UP THERE WHEN )>WHEN (E REFERRED TO
THAT ) ASKED (IM ) SAID l7ELL WHY IS IT ALL THEM MEDIUMS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEM DEVIL
POSSESSED PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS TELL ME
ABOUT )T AND THE CLERGY THAT MY BRETHREN TELL ME THAT ITkS OF THE EVIL
SPIRIT m
.OW LISTEN TO WHAT (E SAID THIS /NE 7HO IS HANGING OVER THERE
IN THE PICTURE (E SAID l!S IT WAS THEN SO IS IT NOWm !ND (E
BEGIN TO REFER TO ME THAT l7HEN THE MINISTRY OF OUR ,ORD *ESUS
#HRIST BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE THE MINISTERS SAID j(E WAS "EELZEBUB
THE $EVILk BUT THE DEVILS SAID j(E WAS THE 3ON OF 'OD THE (OLY
/NE OF )SRAELk $EVILS>!ND LOOK AT 0AUL AND "ARNABAS WHEN THEY
WAS UP THERE PREACHING 4HE MINISTERS SAID j4HESE MEN TURN THE
WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 4HEYkRE EVIL THEYkRE?THEYkRE THE $EVILk !ND A
LITTLE OLD FORTUNE
TELLER OUT ON THE STREET RECOGNIZED THAT 0AUL AND
"ARNABAS WAS MEN OF 'OD SAID j4HEY ARE MEN OF 'OD WHO TELL
US THE WAY OF ,IFEkm )S THAT RIGHT l3PIRITUALISTS AND SOOTHSAYERS
DEMON
POSSESSED PEOPLEm
"UT WE GET SO SOURED DOWN ON THEOLOGY TILL WE DONkT KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT THE 3PIRIT ) HOPE YOU LOVE ME AFTER THIS "UT THATkS
WHAT IT IS ) MEAN 0ENTECOST TOO 4HATkS RIGHT *UST SHOUTING AND
DANCING AROUND DOESNkT MEAN YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE 3PIRIT
)TkS PERSONAL CONTACT FACE TO FACE THATkS WHAT YOU NEED 4HATkS
THE KIND OF #HURCH 'ODkS FIXING TO RAISE UP THATkS RIGHT WHEN THEY
COME TOGETHER IN UNITY AND POWER IN 3PIRIT
!ND (E REFERRED TO THAT !ND (E TOLD ME HOW THAT THE
MINISTRY MISUNDERSTOOD )T AND ASSURED ME THAT THE MINISTRY HAD
MISUNDERSTOOD )T !ND WHEN (E TOLD ME ALL ABOUT THIS AND HOW THAT
*ESUS>
) SAID l7ELL WHAT ABOUT THIS THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ME m
!ND YOU SEE (E SAID l4HATkLL MULTIPLY AND GET GREATER AND
GREATERm !ND (E REFERRED TO ME TELLING ME HOW *ESUS DID IT HOW
THAT (E COME AND (E WAS POSSESSED WITH A 0OWER THAT COULD
FOREKNOW THINGS AND TELL THE WOMEN AT THE WELL CLAIMED NOT TO BE A
HEALER CLAIMED TO DO THOSE THINGS JUST AS THE &ATHER SHOWED (IM
) SAID l7ELL WHAT KIND OF A SPIRIT WOULD THAT BE m
(E SAID l)T WAS THE (OLY 3PIRITm
4HEN SOMETHING THERE HAPPENED INSIDE OF ME THAT ) REALIZED THAT
THE VERY THING THAT ) TURNED MY BACK ON WAS WHAT 'OD BROUGHT ME
HERE FOR !ND ) REALIZED THAT IT WAS JUST LIKE THOSE 0HARISEES IN THE
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
DAYS GONE BY THEY HAD MISINTERPRET THE 3CRIPTURE TO ME 3O FROM
THEN ON ) TOOK MY OWN INTERPRETATION OF )T WHAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT
SAID
) TOLD (IM l)kD GOm
(E SAID l)kLL BE WITH YOUm
!ND THE !NGEL STEPPED INTO THE ,IGHT AGAIN THAT BEGIN TO COME
AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND (IS FEET
LIKE THAT WENT UP INTO THE ,IGHT AND WENT OUT OF THE BUILDING
) WENT HOME A NEW PERSON
7ALKED OVER TO THE CHURCH AND TOLD THE PEOPLE ABOUT IT
4HE>WAS ON 3UNDAY NIGHT
!ND ON THE 7EDNESDAY NIGHT THEY BROUGHT A WOMAN THERE
ONE OF -AYOkS NURSES DYING WITH CANCER NOTHING BUT A SHADOW
7HEN ) WALKED DOWN TO TAKE A HOLD OF HER THERE COME A VISION
BEFORE SHOWED HER BACK NURSING AGAIN !ND SHEkS ON THE LIST IN
,OUISVILLE lBEEN DEAD FOR YEARSm 4HERE SHE IS AT *EFFERSONVILLE
NOW NURSING BEEN NURSING FOR YEARS &OR ) LOOKED UP THERE AND
) SEEN THAT VISION ) TURNED AROUND HARDLY KNOWING WHAT ) WAS
DOING STANDING THERE ) QUIVERED WHEN THEY FIRST BROUGHT THAT CASE
AND LAID IT DOWN THERE !ND THE NURSES AND THINGS STANDING AROUND
HER AND HER LAYING THERE AND HER FACE ALL SUNK IN AND HER EYES
WAY BACK
-ARGIE -ORGAN )F YOU WANT TO WRITE TO HER THATkS +NOBLOCH
!VENUE *EFFERSONVILLE )NDIANA /R WRITE TO #LARK #OUNTY (OSPITAL
*EFFERSONVILLE )NDIANA ,ET HER GIVE YOU THE?THE TESTIMONY
) LOOKED DOWN THERE !ND THAT FIRST CASE THERE TO SEE HERE COME
OUT THERE COME A VISION ) SEEN THAT WOMAN NURSING AGAIN WALKING
AROUND GOOD AND STRONG AND HEALTHY ) SAID l4(53 3!)4( 4(%
,/2$ j9OUkLL LIVE AND NOT DIEkm
(ER HUSBAND A VERY HIGH MAN IN THIS WORLDkS THINGS LOOKED AT
ME LIKE THAT ) SAID l3IR DONkT YOU FEAR 9OUR WIFE WILL LIVEm
(E CALLED ME OUTSIDE SAID>CALLED TWO OR THREE DOCTORS SAID
l9OU KNOW THEM m
) SAID l9ESm
l7HY m SAID l)kVE PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM (E SAID j4HE CANCER
HAD WRAPPED AROUND HER INTESTINES YOU CANkT EVEN WASH HER OUT WITH
AN ENEMAkm
) SAID l) DONkT CARE WHAT SHEkS GOT 3OMETHING DOWN IN HERE )
SEEN A VISION !ND THAT -AN THAT TOLD ME SAID WHATEVER ) SEEN TO
SAY IT AND IT WOULD BE SO !ND (E TOLD ME AND ) BELIEVE ITm
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
0RAISE 'OD ! FEW DAYS FROM THEN SHE WAS DOING HER WASHING
GOING AROUND 3HE WEIGHS ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY
FIVE POUNDS
NOW IN PERFECT HEALTH
4HEN WHEN ) ACCEPTED AWAY IT WENT 4HEN 2OBERT $AUGHERTY CALLED
ME !ND HERE IT WENT OUT DOWN THROUGH 4EXAS ACROSS THE WORLD
!ND ONE NIGHT ON ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OUT>) COULDNkT
UNDERSTAND SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND SO FORTH ) BELIEVED IN THE
BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT BELIEVED THE PEOPLE COULD SPEAK IN
TONGUES !ND ONE NIGHT WHEN ) WAS WALKING OUT ONTO THE>IN A
CATHEDRAL 3AN !NTONIO 4EXAS WALKING OUT THERE A LITTLE FELLOW
SITTING UP HERE BEGIN TO SPEAK IN TONGUES LIKE A SHOTGUN FIRING OR A
MACHINE GUN RAPIDLY 7AY BACK WAY BACK THERE A FELLOW RAISED
UP AND SAID l4(53 3!)4( 4(% ,/2$ 4HE MAN THATkS WALKING
TO THE PLATFORM IS GOING FORWARD WITH A MINISTRY THAT WAS ORDAINED
OF !LMIGHTY 'OD !ND AS *OHN THE "APTIST WAS SENT AS THE FIRST
FORERUNNER OF THE COMING OF *ESUS #HRIST SO HE PACKS A -ESSAGE THAT
WILL CAUSE THE 3ECOND #OMING OF THE ,ORD *ESUS #HRISTm
) LIKE TO SUNK IN MY SHOES ) LOOKED UP ) SAID l$O YOU KNOW THAT
MAN m
(E SAID l.O SIRm
) SAID l$O YOU KNOW HIM m
(E SAID l.O SIRm
) SAID l$O YOU KNOW ME m
(E SAID l.O SIRm
) SAID l7HAT ARE YOU DOING HERE m
(E SAID l) READ IT IN THE PAPERm !ND USUALLY>4HAT WAS THE
FIRST NIGHT OF THE MEETING
) LOOKED OVER THERE AND ) SAID l(OW DID YOU COME HERE m
3AID l3OME OF MY PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT YOU WAS GOING TO BE HERE
jA $IVINE HEALER k AND ) COMEm
) SAID l$ONkT YOU ALL KNOW ONE ANOTHER m
(E SAID l.Om
/H MY 4HERE ) SEEN THAT THE VERY POWER OF THE (OLY
3PIRIT>7HERE ONE TIME BACK THERE ) HAD THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG
AND ) KNOWED THAT )>4HIS SAME !NGEL OF 'OD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
THEM PEOPLE THAT HAD THOSE THINGS !LTHOUGH THEY HAD PHONY AND A
LOT OF MIX
UP AND A LOT OF BABBLING IN IT BUT IN THERE WAS A GENUINE
ARTICLE ;"LANK SPOT ON TAPE?%D=>#HRIST !ND ) SEEN THAT IT?IT
WAS TRUE
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
/H YEARS PASSED BY AND IN THE MEETINGS THE PEOPLE WOULD SEE
THE VISIONS AND SO FORTH
/NE TIME A PHOTOGRAPHER CAUGHT )T IN A PICTURE WHEN ) WAS
STANDING DOWN SOMEWHERE IN !RKANSAS ) BELIEVE IT WAS IN
A MEETING ABOUT LIKE THIS THE AUDITORIUM ABOUT LIKE THIS !ND )
WAS STANDING TRYING TO EXPLAIN )T 0EOPLE KNEW THEY WOULD SIT
AND LISTEN -ETHODISTS "APTISTS 0RESBYTERIANS AND SO FORTH !ND
THEN ) HAPPENED TO LOOK COMING IN THE DOOR HERE )T COME GOING
l7HOOSSH WHOOSSHm
) SAID l) WILL NOT HAVE TO SPEAK ANYMORE FOR HERE )T COMES
NOWm !ND )T MOVED UP AND PEOPLE BEGIN SCREAMING #OME UP TO
WHERE ) WAS AND SETTLED DOWN AROUND
*UST AS )T WAS SETTLING DOWN A MINISTER RUN UP AND SAID l3AY )
SEE 4HATm !ND )T STRUCK HIM AS BLIND AS?AS HE COULD BE STAGGERED
BACK 9OU CAN LOOK AT HIS PICTURE RIGHT THERE IN THE BOOK AND SEE IT
AS HE STAGGERED BACK WITH HIS HEAD DOWN LIKE THAT 9OU CAN SEE HIS
PICTURE
!ND THERE )T SETTLED DOWN *UST THE NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER
CAUGHT )T THAT TIME "UT THE ,ORD WASNkT READY
!ND ONE NIGHT AT (OUSTON 4EXAS WHEN OH THOUSANDS TIMES
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE>7E WAS HAVING EIGHT HUNDRED>EIGHT
THOUSAND OVER AT THE WHAT
YOU
CALL
IT OVER AT THE MUSIC HALL COME
BACK OVER TO THE GREAT 3AM (OUSTON #OLISEUM
!ND THERE IN THAT DEBATE THAT NIGHT WHEN A "APTIST PREACHER
SAID ) lWASNkT NOTHING BUT A LOW
DOWN HYPOCRITE AND AN IMPOSTOR A
RELIGIOUS IMPOSTOR AND OUGHT TO BE RUN OUT OF THE CITYm AND HE OUGHT
TO BE THE ONE TO DO IT
"ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID l"ROTHER "RANHAM WOULD YOU LET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN #ALL HIS HANDm
) SAID l.O SIR ) DO NOT BELIEVE IN FUSSING 4HE 'OSPELkS NOT MADE
TO FUSS )TkS MADE TO LIVEm !ND ) SAID l.O MATTER HOW YOU CONVINCE
HIM HEkD GO JUST THE SAME WAYm ) SAID l(E>WOULDNkT MAKE HIM
ANY DIFFERENCE )F 'OD CANkT SPEAK TO HIS HEART HOW CAN ) m
.EXT DAY IT COME OUT SAID l)T SHOWS WHAT THEYkRE MADE OUT
OF m THE (OUSTON #HRONICLE 3AYS l3HOWS WHAT THEYkRE MADE OUT OF
THEYkRE AFRAID TO TAKE UP FOR WHAT THEYkRE PREACHINGm
/LD "ROTHER "OSWORTH COME UP TO ME BEING WAY IN HIS SEVENTIES
THEN LOVELY OLD BROTHER PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME SAID l"ROTHER
"RANHAM m HE SAID lYOU MEAN YOUkRE NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT UP m
) SAID l.O "ROTHER "OSWORTH .O SIR )kM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
UPm ) SAID l)T DONkT DO NO GOODm ) SAID l*UST CAUSES FUSSING WHEN WE
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
LEAVE THE PLATFORMm ) SAID l)kM HOLDING A MEETING NOW AND ) DONkT
WANT TO GET THINGS ALL TORE UP LIKE THATm ) SAID l*UST LET HIM GO AHEADm
) SAID l4HATkS ALL HEkS JUST RATTLINGm ) SAID l7EkVE HAD THEM BEFORE
AND IT DOESNkT DO ANY GOOD TO TALK TO THEMm ) SAID l4HEYkLL GO RIGHT
AWAY HOLDING THEIRSELFm ) SAID l)F THEY ONCE RECEIVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE 4RUTH AND THEN THEY WONkT RECEIVE )T THE "IBLE SAID THEYkVE CROSSED
THE SEPARATING LINE AND THEYkLL NEVER BE FORGIVEN IN THIS WORLD OR THE
WORLD TO COME 4HEY CALL )T jTHE $EVILk AND THEY CANkT HELP IT 4HEYkRE
POSSESSED WITH A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT WHICH IS THE $EVILm
(OW MANY KNOWS THATkS TRUE THAT A DEVIL SPIRIT IS RELIGIOUS 9ES
SIR JUST AS FUNDAMENTAL AS THEY CAN BE !ND SO THEN THAT DIDNkT
GO VERY GOOD WHEN ) SAID lFUNDAMENTAL m BUT THATkS TRUE l(AVING
A FORM OF GODLINESS AND DENYING THE 0OWER THEREOFm 4HATkS RIGHT
3IGNS AND WONDERS IS WHAT VINDICATES 'OD ALWAYS !ND (E SAID IT
WOULD BE IN THE LAST DAYS THE SAME THING !ND NOTICE
/LD "ROTHER "OSWORTH )>HE WAS GOING TO COME WITH ME AND
HE WAS KIND OF TIRED *UST COME BACK FROM *APAN (E WAS GOING TO BE
HERE (EkS GOING ON TO BE AT ,UBBOCK WITH ME !ND SO HE WAS>HE
HAD A LITTLE BAD COLD SO HE COULDNkT COME ON THIS ONE HE AND HIS
WIFE !ND SO HE>
!LL THOUGHT HE LOOKED LIKE #ALEB (E STOOD THERE HE SAID l7ELL
"ROTHER "RANHAM m THAT VERY DIGNIFIED LOOK YOU KNOW HE SAID lLET
ME GO DO IT m AND SAID lIF YOU DONkT WANT TOm
) SAID l/ "ROTHER "OSWORTH )?) DONkT WANT YOU TO DO IT 9OUkD
GO FUSSINGm
(E SAID l4HERE WONkT BE ONE WORD OF FUSSINGm
.OW JUST BEFORE ) CLOSE LISTEN TO THIS (E WENT DOWN THERE )
SAID l)F YOU WONkT FUSS ALL RIGHTm
3AID l) PROMISE NOT TO FUSSm
!ROUND THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THAT AUDITORIUM THAT
NIGHT "ROTHER 7OOD SITTING OVER HERE WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME AND
WAS SETTING IN THAT AUDITORIUM !ND )>
-Y BOY SAID OR>-Y WIFE SAID l9OUkRE NOT GOING DOWN TO
THAT MEETING m
) SAID l.O ) WOULDNkT GO DOWN THERE AND HEAR THEM FUSSING
.O SIR ) WOULDNkT GO DOWN THERE AND LISTEN AT ITm
7HEN NIGHTTIME COME 3OMETHING SAID l'O ON DOWN THEREm
) GOT A TAXICAB MY BROTHER AND WIFE AND MY CHILDREN WE WENT
DOWN !ND ) HAD WENT WAY UP IN BALCONY THIRTY WAY HIGH LIKE THAT
AND SET DOWN
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
/LD "ROTHER "OSWORTH WALKED OUT THERE JUST LIKE AN OLD DIPLOMAT
YOU KNOW (E HAD COPIED OFF SOME>(E HAD SIX HUNDRED DIFFERENT
PROMISES OF THE "IBLE COPIED OFF THERE (E SAID l.OW $OCTOR
"EST IF YOUkLL COME UP HERE AND WILL TAKE ONE OF THESE PROMISES AND
DISPROVE IT BY THE "IBLE %VERY ONE OF THESE PROMISES IS IN THE "IBLE
PERTAINING TO *ESUS #HRIST HEALING THE SICK IN THIS DAY )F YOU CAN TAKE
ONE OF THESE PROMISES AND BY THE "IBLE CONTRADICT IT WITH THE "IBLE
)kLL SET DOWN SHAKE YOUR HAND SAY jYOUkRE RIGHTkm
(E SAID l)kLL TAKE CARE OF THAT WHEN ) GET UP THEREm (E WANTED
THE LAST SO HE COULD RUB OFF ON "ROTHER "OSWORTH SEE
3O "ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID l7ELL "ROTHER "EST )kLL ASK YOU ONE
AND IF YOUkLL ANSWER ME jYESk OR jNO km SAID lWEkLL JUST SETTLE THE
DEBATE RIGHT NOWm
!ND HE SAID?HE SAID l)kLL TAKE CARE OF THATm
(E ASKED THE MODERATOR IF HE COULD ASK HIM 3AID l9ESm
(E SAID l"ROTHER "EST WAS THE REDEMPTIVE NAMES OF *EHOVAH
APPLIED TO *ESUS j9ESk OR jNOk m
4HAT SETTLED IT 4HAT WAS ALL ) TELL YOU ) JUST FELT SOMETHING JUST
GOING ALL THROUGH ME ) NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF SEE !ND )
THOUGHT l/H MY HE CANkT ANSWER 4HAT TIES ITm
(E SAID l7ELL $OCTOR "EST )kM?)kM ALARMEDm
(E SAID l)kLL TAKE CARE OF THATm
3AID l)kM ALARMED THAT YOU CANkT ANSWER MY WEAKEST QUESTIONm
(E WAS JUST AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER AND HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS
STANDING 3O THEN HE JUST SET DOWN THERE WITH THAT 3CRIPTURE
3AID l4AKE YOUR THIRTY MINUTES )kLL ANSWER AFTER THATm
!ND OLD "ROTHER "OSWORTH SET THERE AND TOOK THAT 3CRIPTURE AND
TIED THAT MAN IN SUCH A PLACE TILL HIS FACE WAS SO RED YOU COULD HAVE
STRUCK A MATCH ON IT NEARLY
(E RAISED UP FROM THERE ANGRY AND THREW THE PAPERS ACROSS THE
FLOOR GOT UP THERE AND PREACHED A GOOD #AMPBELLITE SERMON ) WAS A
"APTIST ) KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE (E NEVER>(E WAS PREACHING ON
THE RESURRECTION ljWHEN THIS MORTAL PUTS ON IMMORTALITY k THEN WEkLL
HAVE $IVINE HEALINGm /H MY 7HAT DO WE NEED $IVINE HEALING
AFTER WEkRE IMMORTAL lWHEN THIS MORTAL PUTS ON IMMORTALITY m
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD (E EVEN DOUBTED THE MIRACLE THAT *ESUS
DID ON ,AZARUS SAID l(E DIED AGAIN AND THAT WAS JUST A TEMPORARY
THINGm 3EE
!ND WHEN HE GOT THROUGH LIKE THAT HE SAID l"RING FORTH THAT
$IVINE HEALER AND LET ME SEE HIM PERFORMm
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
4HEY HAD A LITTLE PUDDLE THEN "ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID l)kM
SURPRISED AT YOU "ROTHER "EST NOT ANSWERING ONE QUESTION THAT )
ASKED YOUm
!ND SO HE GOT REAL FRANTIC THEN HE SAID l"RING THAT $IVINE HEALER
FORTH AND LET ME SEE HIM PERFORMm
3AID l"ROTHER "EST DO YOU BELIEVE IN PEOPLE BEING SAVED m
(E SAID l3UREm
3AID l7OULD YOU WANT TO BE CALLED A $IVINE SAVIOUR m
3AID l#ERTAINLY NOTm
l.EITHER>4HAT WOULDNkT MAKE YOU A $IVINE SAVIOUR BECAUSE
YOU PREACHED SALVATION OF SOULm
(E SAID l7ELL CERTAINLY NOTm
3AID l.EITHER DOES IT MAKE "ROTHER "RANHAM A $IVINE HEALER BY
PREACHING $IVINE HEALING FOR THE BODY (EkS NOT NO $IVINE HEALER HE
POINTS PEOPLE TO *ESUS #HRISTm
!ND HE SAID l"RING HIM FORTH LET ME SEE HIM PERFORM ,ET ME
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE A YEAR FROM TODAY AND )kLL TELL YOU WHETHER )kLL
BELIEVE )T OR NOTm
"ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID l"ROTHER "EST THAT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER
CASE AT #ALVARY j#OME DOWN OFF THE #ROSS AND WEkLL BELIEVE 9OUkm
3EE
!ND SO OH THEN HE REALLY BLEW UP (E SAID l,ET ME SEE HIM
PERFORM ,ET ME SEE HIM PERFORMm 4HE MODERATORS MADE HIM SET
DOWN (E WALKED OVER THERE AND THERE WAS A 0ENTECOSTAL PREACHER
STANDING THERE HE JUST SMACKED HIM ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE
PLATFORM !ND SO THEY STOPPED HIM THEN 3O "ROTHER "OSWORTH
SAID l(ERE HERE .O NOm 3O THE MODERATORS MADE HIM SET
DOWN
2AYMOND 2ICHEY RAISED UP SAID l)S THIS THE ATTITUDE OF THE
3OUTHERN "APTIST #ONVENTION m 3AID l9OU "APTIST MINISTERS DID
THE 3OUTHERN "APTIST #ONVENTION SEND THIS MAN OVER HERE OR DID HE
COME OF HIS OWN m 4HEY WOULDNkT ANSWER (E SAID l) ASKED YOUm
(E KNEW THEM EVERY ONE
4HEY SAID l(E COME ON HIS OWNm #AUSE ) KNOW "APTISTS BELIEVE
IN $IVINE HEALING TOO 3O THEN HE SAID l(E COME ON HIS OWNm
3O THEN HEREkS WHAT HAPPENED THEN 4HEN "ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID
l) KNOW "ROTHER "RANHAMkS IN THE MEETING IF HE WANTS TO COME AND
DISMISS THE AUDIENCE VERY WELLm
3O (OWARD SAID l9OU SIT STILLm
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
) SAID l)kM SITTING STILLm
!ND JUST THEN 3OMETHING COME AROUND BEGIN TO WHIRL AROUND
AND ) KNEW )T WAS THE !NGEL OF THE ,ORD SAID l2ISE UPm
!BOUT FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE PUT THEIR HANDS TOGETHER LIKE THIS
MADE AN AISLE COME DOWN TO THE PLATFORM
) SAID l&RIENDS )kM NOT NO $IVINE HEALER )kM YOUR BROTHERm )
SAID l"ROTHER "EST WITH NO>m /R l"ROTHER "EST m ) SAID lWITH
NO DISREGARDS TO YOU MY BROTHER NOT AT ALL 9OU HAVE A RIGHT TO
YOUR CONVICTIONS SO DO )m ) SAID l#OURSE YOU SEE YOU COULDNkT
PROVE THAT YOUR POINT BY "ROTHER "OSWORTH .EITHER COULD YOU BY
ANYBODY THATkS WELL READ IN THE "IBLE THAT KNOWS THOSE THINGSm )
SAID l!ND AS FAR AS HEALING PEOPLE ) CANNOT HEAL THEM "ROTHER
"EST "UT )kM HERE EVERY NIGHT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE ,ORD PERFORM
MIRACLES COME ON OVER (E DOES IT EVERY NIGHTm
!ND HE SAID l)kD LIKE TO SEE YOU HEAL SOMEBODY AND LET ME LOOK
AT THEM 9OU MIGHT HYPNOTIZE THEM WITH YOUR HYPNOTISM BUTm SAID
l)kD LIKE TO SEE IT IN A YEAR FROM THEREm
) SAID l7ELL YOUkD HAVE A RIGHT TO CHECK THEM "ROTHER "ESTm
(E SAID l.OTHING BUT YOU BUNCH OF NUMBSKULL
HOLY
ROLLERS BELIEVE IN SUCH STUFF AS THAT "APTISTS DONkT BELIEVE IN NO
SUCH NONSENSEm
"ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID l*UST A MOMENTm 3AID l(OW MANY
PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THESE TWO WEEKS MEETING HERE THATkS STANDING IN
GOOD STANDING WITH THESE FINE "APTIST CHURCHES HERE IN (OUSTON THAT
CAN PROVE THAT YOUkVE BEEN HEALED BY !LMIGHTY 'OD WHILE "ROTHER
"RANHAMkS BEEN HERE m !ND OVER THREE HUNDRED STOOD UP 3AID
l7HAT ABOUT THAT m
(E SAID l4HEYkRE NOT "APTISTSm 3AID l!NYBODY CAN TESTIFY
ANYTHING THAT STILL DOESNkT MAKE IT RIGHTm
3AID l'ODkS 7ORD SAYS ITkS RIGHT AND YOU CANkT WITHSTAND THAT
!ND THE PEOPLE SAYS ITkS RIGHT AND YOU CANkT BACK THAT DOWN 3O
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT )T m 3EE LIKE THAT
) SAID l"ROTHER "EST ) ONLY TELL WHATkS 4RUTH !ND IF )kM
TRUTHFUL 'ODkS OBLIGATED TO BACK UP THE 4RUTHm ) SAID l)F (E
ISNkT>)F (E WONkT BACK UP THE 4RUTH THEN (E ISNkT 'ODm !ND
) SAID l) DO NOT HEAL PEOPLE ) WAS BORN WITH A?WITH A GIFT TO SEE
THINGS SEE IT HAPPENm ) SAID l) KNOW )kM MISUNDERSTOOD BUT ) CAN
DO NO MORE THAN FULFILL THE CONVICTION OF MY HEARTm ) SAID l) BELIEVE
THAT *ESUS #HRIST RAISED FROM THE DEAD !ND IF THE 3PIRIT THAT COMES
AND SHOWS VISIONS AND SO FORTH IF THATkS QUESTIONED DROP AROUND
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
AND FIND OUTm ) SAID l4HATkS ALLm "UT ) SAID l"UT FOR MYSELF ) CAN
DO NOTHING OF MY OWN SELFm !ND ) SAID l)F ) TELL THE 4RUTH 'ODkS
OBLIGATED TO ME TO WITNESS THAT )T IS THE 4RUTHm
!ND ABOUT THAT TIME 3OMETHING WENT l7HOOOOSSSSHm (ERE
(E COME COMING RIGHT DOWN !ND THE !MERICAN 0HOTOGRAPHER
!SSOCIATION THE $OUGLAS 3TUDIOS IN (OUSTON 4EXAS HAVING THE BIG
CAMERA SET THERE THEYkRE FORBIDDEN TO TAKE PICTURES SHOT THE PICTURE
7HEN THEY WAS THERE TO TAKE PICTURES OF -R "EST AND HE?HE
SAID BEFORE ) WENT DOWN THERE HE SAID l7AIT A MINUTE ) GOT SIX
GLOSSIES COMING HEREm (E SAID l(ERE SHOOT MY PICTURE NOWm !ND
HE PUT HIS FINGER IN THAT OLD SAINTLY MANkS NOSE LIKE THAT SAID l.OW
TAKE MY PICTUREm !ND THEY DID 4HEN HE DRAWED HIS FIST AND PUT IT
UP SAID l.OW TAKE MY PICTUREm !ND THEY TOOK IT LIKE THAT 4HEN HE
DONE LIKE THAT TO POSE FOR HIS PICTURE (E SAID l9OUkLL SEE THIS IN MY
MAGAZINEm LIKE THAT
"ROTHER "OSWORTH STOOD THERE AND NEVER SAID A THING 4HEN THEY
JUST TOOK THE PICTURE OF 4HIS
/N THE ROAD HOME THAT NIGHT #ATHOLIC BOY TOOK IT HE SAID TO
THIS OTHER BOY HE SAID l7HAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 4HAT m
(E SAID l) KNOW ) CRITICIZED HIM 4HAT GOITER THAT LEFT THAT
WOMANkS THROAT ) SAID HE HYPNOTIZED HERm 3AID l) COULD HAVE BEEN
WRONG ON THATm
3AID l7HAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT PICTURE m
l) DONkT KNOWm
4HEY PUT IT IN THE ACID (EREkS HIS PICTURE YOU CAN ASK HIM IF YOU
WANT TO 4HEY WENT HOME HE SET THERE AND SMOKED A CIGARETTE 7ENT
IN AND PULLED OUT ONE OF "ROTHER "OSWORTH IT WAS NEGATIVE 0ULLED
OUT TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS BLANK 'OD
WOULD NOT PERMIT THE PICTURE OF (IS SAINTED OLD MAN STANDING THERE
WITH THAT HYPOCRITE WITH HIS NOSE OR HAND FIST SHAKING UNDER HIS
NOSE LIKE THAT (E WOULDNkT PERMIT IT
4HEY PULLED OUT THE NEXT ONE AND HERE )T WAS 4HE MAN HAD A
HEART ATTACK THEY SAID THAT NIGHT
!ND THEY SENT THIS NEGATIVE TO 7ASHINGTON $# )T WAS
COPYRIGHTED SENT BACK
!ND 'EORGE * ,ACY THE HEAD OF THE &") IN FINGERPRINTING AND
DOCUMENT AND SO FORTH ONE OF THE GREATEST THERE IS IN THE WHOLE
WORLD WAS BROUGHT THERE AND KEPT TWO DAYS ON IT TO TEST CAMERA
LIGHTS EVERYTHING ELSE !ND WHEN WE COME THAT AFTERNOON HE SAID
l2EVEREND "RANHAM )kVE BEEN A CRITIC OF YOURS TOOm (E SAID l!ND
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
) SAID IT WAS PSYCHOLOGY SOMEBODY SAID THEY HAD SEEN THEM ,IGHTS
AND THINGS LIKE THATm !ND SAID l9OU KNOW THE OLD HYPOCRITE USED
TO SAY THATm HE MEANT THE UNBELIEVER ljTHEM PICTURES AROUND THAT
HALO AROUND #HRIST AROUND THE SAINTS k HE SAID jTHAT WAS JUST SIMPLY
PSYCHOLOGYkm "UT SAID l2EVEREND "RANHAM THE MECHANICAL EYE OF
THIS CAMERA WONkT TAKE PSYCHOLOGY 4HE ,IGHT STRUCK THE LENS OR
STRUCK THE NEGATIVE AND THERE )T WASm !ND HE SAID>
) SUBMITTED IT OVER TO THEM (E SAID l/H MISTER DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THATkS WORTH m
!ND ) SAID l.OT TO ME BROTHER NOT TO MEm !ND SO HE SAID>
l#OURSE ITkLL NEVER COME IN EFFECT WHILE YOUkRE LIVING BUT
SOMEDAY IF CIVILIZATION MOVES ON AND #HRISTIANITY REMAINS THEREkLL
BE SOMETHING HAPPEN ABOUT THISm
3O FRIENDS TONIGHT IF THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING ON THIS EARTH YOU
AND ) HAVE SET IN THE 0RESENCE OF !LMIGHTY 'OD -Y TESTIMONY IS
TRUE -ANY MANY THINGS IT WOULD TAKE VOLUMES OF BOOKS TO WRITE IT
BUT ) WANT YOU TO KNOW
(OW MANY IN HERE THATkS ACTUALLY WITHOUT THE PICTURE SEEN THE
,IGHT )TSELF STANDING AROUND WHERE )kVE BEEN PREACHING 2AISE YOUR
HANDS ALL OVER THE BUILDING ANYBODY THATkS EVER SEEN )T 3EE ABOUT
EIGHT OR TEN HANDS THATkS SITTING HERE
9OU SAY l#OULD?COULD THEY SEE )T AND ME NOT SEE )T m 9ES SIR
4HAT?THAT 3TAR THAT THE WISE MEN WAS FOLLOWING PASSED OVER
EVERY OBSERVATORY .O ONE SEEN )T BUT THEM 4HEY WERE THE ONLY ONE
WHO SAW )T
%LIJAH WAS STANDING THERE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE CHARIOTS ON FIRE
AND EVERYTHING ELSE !ND 'EHAZI LOOKED AROUND HE COULDNkT SEE
THEM ANYWHERE 'OD SAID l/PEN HIS EYES THAT HE CAN SEEm !ND THEN
HE SEEN THEM SEE "UT HE WAS A GOOD BOY STANDING THERE LOOKING
AROUND BUT HE COULDNkT SEE IT 3URE )TkS GIVEN FOR SOME TO SEE AND
SOME NOT TO !ND THATkS TRUE
"UT NOW YOU THAT HAS NEVER SEEN )T HAS NEVER SEEN )T AND YOU
THAT DID SEE )T WITH YOUR NATURAL EYE AND HAS NEVER SEEN THE PICTURE
YET THE ONES THAT SEES THE PICTURE HAS A GREATER PROOF THAN YOU THAT
SEEN )T WITH YOUR NATURAL EYE #AUSE YOU WITH YOUR NATURAL EYE COULD
BEEN MISTAKEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPTICAL ILLUSION )S THAT RIGHT
"UT 4HATkS NOT AN OPTICAL ILLUSION 4HATkS THE 4RUTH WHERE SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH PROVES THAT )TkS THE 4RUTH 3O THE ,ORD *ESUS HAS DID THIS
l7HAT DO YOU THINK )T IS THEN m YOU SAY l"ROTHER "RANHAM m
) BELIEVE THAT )T IS THE SAME 0ILLAR OF &IRE THAT LED THE CHILDREN OF
)SRAEL FROM %GYPT TO 0ALESTINE ) BELIEVE )TkS THE SAME !NGEL OF ,IGHT
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
THAT COME IN THE?IN THE JAIL AND COME IN TO 3AINT 0ETER AND TOUCHED
HIM AND WENT FORWARD AND OPENED THE DOOR AND PUT HIM OUT INTO
THE LIGHT !ND ) BELIEVE THAT )TkS *ESUS #HRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY
TODAY AND FOREVER !MEN (EkS THE SAME *ESUS TODAY THAT (E WAS
YESTERDAY (E WILL BE FOREVER THE SAME *ESUS
!ND WHILE )kM TALKING ABOUT )T THAT SAME ,IGHT THATkS ON THAT
PICTURE IS ON>STANDING NOT TWO FEET FROM WHERE )kM STANDING RIGHT
NOW 4HATkS RIGHT ) CANkT SEE )T WITH MY?MY EYES BUT ) KNOW )TkS
STANDING HERE ) KNOW )TkS SETTLING WITHINSIDE OF ME RIGHT NOW /H
)F YOU COULD ONLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE POWER OF !LMIGHTY
'OD CATCHES AND HOW THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT
4HATkS A CHALLENGE ANYBODY ) WASNkT GOING TO PRAY FOR NO SICK
PEOPLE ) WAS GOING TO MAKE A COMMITTAL "UT THE VISIONkS HANGING
OVER THE PEOPLE 5H
HUH 'OD KNOWS IT ) AINkT GOING TO CALL NO
PRAYER LINE )kM JUST GOING TO LEAVE YOU SIT THERE (OW MANY OF YOU
PEOPLE DONkT HAVE A PRAYER CARD ,ETkS SEE YOUR HAND SOMEBODY THAT
DONkT HAVE A PRAYER CARD DO NOT HAVE A PRAYER CARD
#OLORED LADY SITTING HERE ) SEE YOU HAD YOUR HANDS UP )S THAT
RIGHT *UST STAND UP SO ) CAN SINGLE YOU OUT JUST A MINUTE ) DONkT KNOW
WHAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL SAY BUT YOUkRE LOOKING AT ME AWFULLY HONEST
9OU HAVE NO PRAYER CARD )F !LMIGHTY 'OD WOULD REVEAL TO ME WHATkS
YOUR TROUBLE>)kM JUST DOING THIS FOR A START JUST TO GET STARTED $O
YOU BELIEVE ME TO BE>9OU KNOW THEREkS NOTHING>THEREkS NOT ONE
GOOD THING ABOUT ME )F YOUkRE A MARRIED WOMAN )kM NO MORE THAN
YOUR HUSBAND )kM JUST A MAN "UT *ESUS #HRIST IS THE 3ON OF 'OD AND
(E SENT (IS 3PIRIT TO VINDICATE THESE THINGS
)F 'OD WILL TELL ME WHATkS WRONG WITH YOU AND YOU KNOW THEREkS
NO WAY FOR ME TO HAVE CONTACT WITH YOU AT ALL WILL YOU BELIEVE WITH
ALL YOUR HEART ;4HE SISTER COMMENTS?%D= 'OD BLESS YOU 4HEN YOUR
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HAS LEFT YOU 4HATkS WHAT YOU HAD 7ASNkT THAT
RIGHT 4HEN SIT DOWN
9OU JUST BELIEVE THAT ONE TIME ) CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO BELIEVE )T
,OOK HERE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING -ARTHA COMING TO THE
,ORD *ESUS 4HAT GIFT WOULD HAVE NEVER OPERATED>!FTER THE &ATHER
HAD ALREADY SHOWED (IM WHAT (E WAS GOING TO DO )T WOULD HAVE
NEVER OPERATED "UT SHE SAID l,ORD )>)F 4HOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
HERE MY BROTHER WOULD NOT HAVE DIEDm 3AID l"UT ) KNOW THAT EVEN
NOW WHATEVER 9OU ASK 'OD 'OD WILL GIVE IT TO 9OUm
(E SAID l) AM THE 2ESURRECTION AND ,IFE HE THAT BELIEVETH IN
-E THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE !ND WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND
BELIEVETH IN -E SHALL NEVER DIE "ELIEVEST THOU THIS m
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
,ISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID 3HE SAID l9EA ,ORD ) BELIEVE THAT
EVERYTHING 9OUkVE SAID IS THE 4RUTH ) BELIEVE 9OUkRE THE 3ON OF 'OD
THAT WAS TO COME INTO THE WORLDm 4HATkS HER APPROACH HUMBLY
9OU FEEL DIFFERENT DONkT YOU LADY 9EAH 4HATkS RIGHT
,ITTLE LADY SITTING RIGHT THERE THERE NEXT TO YOU TOO SUFFER WITH
ARTHRITIS AND A FEMALE TROUBLE )SNkT THAT RIGHT LADY 3TAND UP JUST A
MINUTE THE LITTLE LADY WITH THE RED DRESS ON 9OU WAS SO CLOSE THE
VISION HAS COME TO YOU !RTHRITIS FEMALE TROUBLE )S THAT RIGHT !ND
HERE IS SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE YOU GOT A?GOT A GOOD STRAIGHT LOOK TO
YOU YOU GOT A LOT OF WORRY ON YOUR LIFE A LOT OF TROUBLE !ND THAT
TROUBLE IS ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONE ITkS YOUR HUSBAND (EkS A DRUNKARD
(E WONkT GO TO CHURCH )F THATkS RIGHT RAISE YOUR HAND 'OD BLESS
YOU LADY 'O HOME NOW AND RECEIVE YOUR BLESSING 9OUkRE HEALED
TURNS LIGHT AROUND YOU
-AN SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM THERE 9OU SIR YOU BELIEVE ;4HE
BROTHER SAYS l9ES ) DOm?%D= 7ITH ALL YOUR HEART ;l9ES SIRm=
9OUkVE LOST ONE OF YOUR SENSES 4HATkS THE SENSE OF SMELLING )SNkT
THAT RIGHT )F IT IS WAVE YOUR HAND ;l4HATkS RIGHTm= 0UT YOUR HAND
UP TO YOUR MOUTH LIKE THIS SAY l,ORD *ESUS ) BELIEVE 9OU WITH
ALL MY HEARTm ;l,ORD *ESUS ) BELIEVE 9OU WITH ALL MY HEARTm= 'OD
BLESS YOU 'O NOW 9OUkLL RECEIVE YOUR HEALING
(AVE FAITH IN 'OD 7HAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT )T BACK IN THERE
$O YOU BELIEVE "E REVERENT
4HEREkS A LADY SITTING RIGHT BACK OVER THERE IN THE CORNER ) SEE
THAT ,IGHT HANGING OVER HER 4HATkS THE ONLY WAY ) CAN TELL WHAT
ABOUT IT THAT ,IGHTkS HANGING 4HIS ,IGHT RIGHT HERE IS HANGING
OVER THE LADY -AY BE JUST IN A MINUTE IF ) CAN SEE WHAT IT IS )TkLL
BREAK>4HE LADY IS SUFFERING WITH A?WITH A HEART TROUBLE 3HEkS
LOOKING RIGHT TO ME
!ND HER HUSBAND IS SITTING NEXT TO HER !ND HER HUSBAND HAS GOT
SOME SICKNESS HEkS JUST BEEN SICK UPSET SICK )SNkT THAT RIGHT SIR
2AISE YOUR HANDS UP IF THATkS TRUE 4HATkS RIGHT ITkS YOU LADY WITH
THE LITTLE SCARF THERE 4HE MISTER ISNkT THAT RIGHT (AVENkT YOU BEEN
JUST KIND OF UPSET TODAY 9OU HAVE UPSET IN YOUR STOMACH THE MAN
4HATkS RIGHT
9OU ALL BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART BOTH OF YOU 9OU ACCEPT )T
3IR ) TELL YOU YOU TOO ) SEE YOU WITH YOUR HAND UP THE HABIT OF
SMOKING 1UIT DOING THAT 9OU SMOKE CIGARS YOU SHOULDNkT DO THAT
MAKES YOU SICK )SNkT THAT RIGHT )F IT IS WAVE YOUR HAND LIKE THIS
4HATkS WHATkS UPSETTING YOU )TkS BAD ON YOUR NERVES 4HROW NASTY
THING AWAY AND DONkT DO IT NO MORE AND YOUkLL GET OVER THAT AND BE
ALL RIGHT AND YOUR WIFEkS HEART TROUBLE WILL LEAVE HER 9OU BELIEVE
" 2/4(%2 " 2!.(!-
THAT )SNkT THAT RIGHT ) CANkT SEE YOU FROM HERE AND YOU KNOW THAT
BUT YOUkRE CARRYING CIGARS ON THE>IN?IN YOUR POCKET IN THE FRONT
4HATkS RIGHT ,AY THE THINGS OUT AND PUT YOUR HAND OVER ON YOUR
WIFE TELL 'OD THAT YOU ARE THROUGH WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF YOUkLL GO
HOME WELL YOU AND WIFE WILL GET WELL "LESSED BE THE .AME OF THE
,ORD *ESUS
9OU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART
4HIS LITTLE LADY SITTING HERE LOOKING AT ME HERE 9OU ON
THE>THERE ON THE FRONT SEAT HERE SITTING RIGHT HERE ! LITTLE LADY
WITH A>LOOKING AT ME SITTING RIGHT THERE 9OU DONkT>9OU HAVE
A PRAYER CARD LADY RIGHT HERE 9OU DONkT HAVE ANY PRAYER CARD $O
YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART 9OU BELIEVE THAT *ESUS #HRIST CAN
MAKE YOU WELL
7HAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT )T YOU SITTING NEXT TO HER $O YOU
HAVE A PRAYER CARD LADY 9OU DONkT 9OU WANT TO GET WELL TOO
7OULDNkT YOU LIKE TO GO EAT AGAIN LIKE YOU USED TO HAVE THE
STOMACH TROUBLE OVER $O YOU BELIEVE *ESUS HEALS YOU NOW 3TAND
UP IF YOU BELIEVE *ESUS #HRIST HEALED YOU 9OU HAD AN ULCERATED
STOMACH DIDNkT YOU )TkS CAUSED FROM A NERVOUS CONDITION 9OUkVE
BEEN NERVOUS FOR A LONG TIME %SPECIALLY ACIDS AND THINGS OR ) MEAN
CREATES ACID AND MAKES SENSITIVE TEETH WHEN YOU BELCH YOUR FOOD
BACK UP IN YOUR MOUTH 4HATkS TRUTH 9ES SIR )TkS A PEPTIC ULCER IT
WAS LAYING IN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR STOMACH )T BURNS SOMETIME AFTER
EATING ESPECIALLY TOAST WITH BUTTER ON IT 4HAT RIGHT )kM NOT READING
YOUR MIND BUT THE (OLY 'HOST IS INFALLIBLE 9OUkRE HEALED NOW 'O
HOME BE WELL
7HAT DO YOU BACK OVER IN THIS DIRECTION 3OME OF YOU OVER THERE
WITHOUT A PRAYER CARD RAISE UP YOUR HAND 3OMEBODY WITHOUT PRAYER
CARDS !LL RIGHT BE REVERENT BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART 7HAT ABOUT
UP IN THE BALCONY (AVE FAITH IN 'OD
) CANkT DO THIS WITHIN MYSELF ITkS ONLY (IS SOVEREIGN GRACE $O
YOU BELIEVE ) CAN ONLY SAY AS (E SHOWS ME !S YOUR FAITH>) SAY
THAT TO SHAKE YOUR FAITH THEN SEE WHICH WAY (EkLL LEAD ME $ID
YOU REALIZE THIS?THIS IS NOT YOUR BROTHER 9OUkRE STANDING IN (IS
0RESENCE )TkS NOT ME THATkS DOING THIS ITkS YOUR FAITH OPERATING )T )
CANkT OPERATE )T )TkS YOUR FAITH DOING IT ) HAVE NO WAY OF OPERATING
)T *UST A MINUTE
)N THIS CORNER ) SEE A COLORED MAN SITTING THERE KIND OF ELDERLY
WITH GLASSES ON 9OU HAVE A PRAYER CARD SIR 3TAND UP ON YOUR FEET
A MINUTE 9OU BELIEVE ME TO BE 'ODkS SERVANT WITH ALL YOUR HEART
9OUkRE THINKING ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE ARENkT YOU )F THATkS RIGHT
WAVE YOUR HAND .OT BECAUSE ITkS ME YOUR BROTHER .OW YOU DONkT
(/7 4(% ! .'%, #! -% 4/ -% ! . $ () 3 # /--)33)/.
HAVE A PRAYER CARD 4HERE WOULDNkT BE NO WAY OF YOU EVER GETTING
IN LINE kCAUSE YOU AINkT GOT A PRAYER CARD .OW IF ANY OF YOUkS GOT
PRAYER CARDS DONkT?DONkT?DONkT RAISE UP SEE kCAUSE YOUkLL HAVE A
CHANCE TO COME IN THE LINE
"UT ) SEE THAT ,IGHT JUST HANGING ABOVE HIM )TkS NEVER BROKE
TO A VISION YET ) CANNOT HEAL YOU BROTHER ) CANNOT /NLY 'OD CAN
DO THAT "UT YOURS?YOUR?YOUkVE GOT FAITH 9OUkRE BELIEVING !ND
THEREkS SOME?SOMETHING ITkS?ITkS CAUSED IT SOME WAY
)F !LMIGHTY 'OD WILL TELL THIS MAN WHATkS HIS TROUBLE WILL THE
REST OF YOU RECEIVE YOUR HEALING 4HEREkS A MAN PERFECTLY STANDING
TEN FIFTEEN YARDS AWAY FROM ME ) NEVER SEEN HIM IN MY LIFE (EkS
JUST A MAN STANDING THERE )F !LMIGHTY 'OD WILL REVEAL WHATkS WRONG
WITH THAT MAN EVERY ONE OF YOU OUGHT TO WALK RIGHT OUT HERE A WELL
PERSON 7HAT MORE CAN 'OD DO )S THAT RIGHT
3IR ITkS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU 9OUkRE WEAK HAVE A LITTLE
GETTING UP AT NIGHT PROSTATES AND SO FORTH BUT THATkS NOT WHATkS YOUR
TROUBLE 9OUR TROUBLE IS CONCERNING YOUR BOY !ND YOUR BOY IS IN
SOME KIND OF A STATE INSTITUTION AND HE HAS A DUAL PERSONALITY )S THAT
RIGHT 7AVE YOUR HAND IF THATkS RIGHT 4HATkS EXACTLY RIGHT
(OW MANY BELIEVES NOW THAT *ESUS #HRIST THE 3ON OF 'OD IS
STANDING HERE ,ETkS STAND AND OFFER PRAISE AND RECEIVE OUR HEALING
!LMIGHTY 'OD !UTHOR OF ,IFE 'IVER OF EVERY GOOD GIFT 9OUkRE
HERE THE SAME ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND
FOREVER
!ND 3ATAN YOUkVE BLUFFED THESE PEOPLE LONG ENOUGH COME OUT
OF THEM ) ADJURE THEE BY THE LIVING 'OD 7HOSE 0RESENCE IS HERE NOW
IN THE FORM OF A 0ILLAR OF &IRE LEAVE THESE PEOPLE !ND COME OUT OF
THEM IN THE .AME OF *ESUS #HRIST
%VERY ONE OF YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS AND PRAISE 'OD AND RECEIVE
YOUR HEALING EVERY ONE ;#ONGREGATION PRAISES 'OD?%D= @
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