<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>53-0830A, Why I Am A Holy-Roller, Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Chicago, IL, 83 min
L-1 Thank you, and shall we bow our heads just a moment. Our heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the gathering this afternoon, for all the blessings that Thou has bestowed upon we, Thy unprofitable servants. We thank Thee, Lord, for the inspiration of this song. And right in this same tabernacle, the voice of--of the man that wrote the song by inspiration from You, has many times went down through these aisles, his gallant soul rests in Your Kingdom today. God bless him, may his works long live.
Forgive us of our trespasses, Father. And as we think of the great poet that wrote...
 Lives of great men all remind us
 We can make our lives sublime,
 With partings leave behind us
 Footprints on the sands of time.
Help us, Lord, to be up and doing, be ready at any time that God should call us to any task. May we not fail or fear.

L-2 Now, I pray God, that You'll bless us this afternoon. Bless the reading of the Word. And these few moments we're to spend together, may Thy blessings be upon us. Thank You, Father, for the love offering. And may Your blessings rest upon each one who give, and those who could not give. And may the offering be used only for the glory of God. Grant it, Father.
And someday over in a better land, setting down by the banks of the river, where the Tree of Life is blooming on either side, may every person that's in Divine Presence be there. Grant it, Lord. May they have a lovely home. We can set down in the quietness of evening and spend a endless eternity together. Help us now while the battle is on to hoist up the flag and polish the shield and go forward in faith. We ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-3 Good afternoon, friends, I'm very happy to be here. Always happy to be in the congregation of God's people. I didn't know that the pastor was going to take a love offering for me, that they usually do that in a meeting. I appreciate it very much. The first time I ever heard him take a love offering for me. Myself, I never took a offering in my life. I'm afraid I wouldn't make very good person to do it, I...

L-4 I don't know whether my wife's got up here yet this afternoon or not. I have looked around, I couldn't see her. My mother's here, but... I remember one time I happened to look over here and see a person that's included in this, so I thought I would tell it. I may have told it before, I... You know, evangelistic work, traveling around, and little--the events of life, sometimes why we express them many times.

L-5 So I--I remember pastoring our church. Several of the members of my old church at Jeffersonville, is here this afternoon in the service. Many are coming next weekend. And I remember I pastored twelve years there without one penny. And I--I worked for a living. And I would be doing it today if I could. But my work is so now that I can't do that.
And I remember one time we got to a place where we couldn't make ends meet. How many ever hit that place? We're just all common folks, you know. We couldn't make it meet. I was just been pretty well struck. I was patrolling, walking thirty miles a day on high lines, patrolling the lines, during the time of the war. Walking through the jungles and things, and oh, my, what a job: thirty miles a day, six days a week.
So I--I was--my wages was about sixty cents an hour, where some of my brothers was making three dollars a hour. So but I just kept struggling along. They stuck with me, so I was sticking with them.


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