<TITLE>39. Par 156-159</TITLE>L-156 I wonder, I wonder. You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to shake your hand. I'd just love to shake your hand and pray with you here at the altar. I wonder while the music's a singing, or the music's a playing, and we're singing, lowly, "Almost Persuaded, now to believe," I wonder if--if you, down there, if you'll slip right up here at the altar? Come right down out of the balconies, would you, right down here, and let--let me stand here and pray with you, right here, before you... I can lay my hands on you. Will you do that, you here that wanting to accept Christ, now, as your Saviour? I want to see.
Sisters back there, if you'd walk up here, I'll happy to pray with you, if you'll just come forward. That's fine. God bless you; that's wonderful. Come right down out of the balconies, out of the bleachers, you... And come right up here now. And we want Jesus to hear us. Oh, how marvelous.
"Almost persuaded" now to believe;
"Almost persuaded" Christ to receive;
Seems now some soul to say, "Go, Spirit, go Thy way:
Some more convenient day, on Thee I'll call."
Look. One of these days God's going to fade the light from before your eyes. Oh, mortal being, won't you come now? If you believe that God hears prayer, won't you come here, stand right here in His Presence to make a confession that, "I now believe Jesus Christ and accept Him as my Saviour?" Won't you come?
What a marvelous time. What a time for sinners to come. That's right. Just look at them gathering here around now, an old fashion altar call. Isn't it marvelous? Still people with enough breaking up in their hearts... No matter how starchy the people's got, still the Holy Spirit moves and breaks up the heart and brings them right down to the altar.

L-157 How many knows that old song: "Oh, Why Not Tonight?" Do you... Have you ever heard it? Not many of you? All right, organist, would you give us the chord of it, "Oh, Why Not Tonight?" Do you know it, sister? All right. All right, let's all sing now.
Oh, why not tonight?
Oh, why not tonight?
Wilt thou be saved?
Oh, then why not tonight?
Tomorrow the sun may never rise,
To bless thy long deluded sight;
This is that time, oh, then be wise,
Oh, be saved, oh, tonight.
Oh, why (tell me why,) not tonight?
Won't you come while the people are moving down gathering up? You're going to see the Holy Spirit fall, I believe in a few moments here, something like you... If He will heal the sick, surely He will save the lost.
... be saved.
Then why not tonight?

L-158 Listen while they're coming. The organ, continue if you will, sister. Every Christian be praying. I look down here awhile ago into the audience... I wouldn't say this 'less the young man was standing here. I seen a soldier boy in a uniform. I know God was speaking to that boy's heart. If I have the right...?... that boy's, heading across the waters starting soon. God's saving that soldier boy now.

L-159 I see a young lady setting in the audience. I'm not calling her name. But God has spoke to her; I know she should come. I trust that she will, that's who I'm waiting on. There's others maybe somewhere else. Won't you come? Even the young folks. This is the hour; this is the time. Now is the hour to be saved. While we call one more 'Why Not tonight,' will you rise and come? Now, just before we do that, let me pray.


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