<TITLE>10. Par 38-40</TITLE>L-38 Well, afterwards he went out on the street, and he sold papers, and he was, "Praise the Lord for healing me." He'd holler, "Extra, praise the Lord for healing me." 
And the people laughed at him, made fun of him. They thought, "The old man's gone crazy (You see?), went crazy over religion." See? So they had thought he was ready for the institution.
So he went on like that for several days, guess up to two or three weeks. And one day a little newsboy was sold papers near him, led him over to a barbershop to get a shave. And the barber, a little smart aleck, was always trying--had more sense than he had gumption to know how to take care of. So he was whetting his razor, and he had Mr. Rhyn shaved about halfway down on his face. He said, "Say, dad, I heard when--that you went up to see that Divine healer not long ago."
He said, "Yep, I went up to see him."
Said, "I heard you got healed."
He said, "Yep, praise the Lord. He healed me." And his eyes come open in the chair. He looked around; he said, "I am healed now." And he jumped out of that chair with the towel around his neck, and out the door he went, the barber behind him with a razor, down the street. Now, he couldn't see perfect. He could see objects and everything, screaming to the top of his voice. And that man, John Rhyn's in Dowagiac, Michigan, as far as I know tonight, preaching Divine healing by faith. That's right. What was it? He expected God to heal him.

L-39 Jonah, backslid... (Now, you know I'm not a Baptist. All right.), went in the belly of the whale, missed his calling, went... God had him tied hand and foot, throwed him out in a sea, probably three or four miles deep out there from Nineveh. Look at him now, on a stormy sea, hands tied behind him, backslid, throwed out into the sea; a whale swallowed him. Yes. You believe that? I believe the whale swallowed Jonah like the Bible said.

L-40 A little girl once... I think this is Brother Rediger said this, Paul Rader's friend, and I believe it was at the Fort Wayne Tabernacle. A little girl got saved, and she was coming up the street. She had the Bible over her heart and just singing, you know, and her hair plaited back, and her little face a shining. And she was singing that good old hymn.
So there was an old infidel standing on the side of the street. He looked over at her and said, "What you so happy about, sis?"
Said, "The Lord saved me." Oh, said, "I'm happy." Said, "Are you saved?"
He said, "Oh, no. There is no such a thing as that."
Said, "That's all you know about it."
Said, "Well..." Said, "Do you believe that Book you got in your hand?"
Said, "Yes, sir. I believe every bit of it," a little old girl all fired up with the Holy Spirit, you know.
Said, "I guess you believe that story about the whale and Jonah."
She said, "Oh, yes, sir." Said, "I believe it. Sure it's the truth."
Said, "How're you going to prove it besides any other way... besides faith?"
She said, "Why, when I get to heaven, I'm going to ask Brother Jonah."
He said, "Perhaps Brother Jonah won't be there?"
She said, "Then you ask him." That's right. "You ask him." You know where he'd be then. All right.
I believe it's the truth. Amen. Yes, sir. If the Bible said Jonah swallowed the whale, I'd believe it because it's the Word of God. Amen. All right.


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