<TITLE>02. Par 5-7</TITLE>L-5 When I was a little boy, I--I was Irish. Of course, my conversion didn't change that too much. And I...
Someone said, "Do you think there's any chance for an Irishman?"
I said, "Yes. There's one of them in heaven, Michael." And so I--I said, "It's..." So I know there's a chance then for me.
But they... All the... When I was a kiddie, I used to like to box, right smart. Now, we had a--just a Falls City championship there. I boxed a whole lot in that. And then I got to where I was getting up to where fight eight and ten round fights. I won fifty-two straight professional fights. And I lost my fifty-three to Billy Pritchard, West Virginia, Evansville, Indiana, at the...?... arena. Fought at... Thought I would give draw it nearly...?... because he beat me right and he did it. It the first time in my life I ever looked up to God to make a promise. I wasn't sure of myself when I went in the ring that night. I said, "Well, I... If he'd let me come through this...?... I--I wanted to have no part in it.
So I stood in the boxing ring since then. But I'm fighting another opponent, the devil. That's right.

L-6 And I'm so happy tonight that... It's so much...?... and knocks, and pulling me, so forth like that. But even if it is, we have a great Master. And we could just preach the Gospel full and free, and let it go, the chips fall wherever they wish. God takes care of the rest.
Now, I want to make this statement. I--I've been just a little leery about saying it, but tonight I feel just a little bit dressed up. I don't know whether you noticed it or not, that's a suit a sister gave me. I--I appreciate it very much. Thank you very much. That's... God bless that sister. Thank you all.
People send and give me nice ties, shirts, socks. I was a little afraid to say anything about it from the platform. Maybe somebody thought that I was... get the wrong impression, that I was just saying it just because maybe... Oh, no. Just don't think that. But it--it's so appreciated. I just couldn't let the people do things like that, and then let me not mention it in some way. You know, some of don't even put their address on it.
I couldn't say the woman's name that bought me that suit of clothes. I--I couldn't never let her--let the--the right hand... left hand know what the right hand was doing, I suppose. But I--I appreciate it from the depths of my heart.

L-7 And I'll say this, my dear sister, and to all you others. You never give anything to anyone in your life that appreciated it any more than I do. That's right. I do.
And the Bible says, "Insomuch as you have done unto the least (That's me.) of My little ones, you have done it unto Me." He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man receives a righteous man's reward. Whosoever receives a prophet in the name of the prophet, receives a prophet's reward.
Now, I trust that God will return it to you a hundredfold. And I'm sure, if God lets me keep my right mind, I'll never be in barrooms with it on, 'cause I don't go to those places. Never was in one. And I... And I--I only go to church, and to my home, and out to visit the sick. That's where I go.
And I trust that God, while preaching in this suit, will let me win thousands of people. And I pray that the Holy Spirit will so anoint, that those people who even come by, many of them, as they did in Arkansas, and touched, will be healed by His glorious power.
And in glory, when life is all finished and our earthly journey is over, I hope I'm standing near when I see Him put a great white robe on you. I'll bow my head to Father, thank the Lord for you, clothing you in His righteousness. God ever be with you is my prayer.


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