<TITLE>04. Par 11-13</TITLE>L-11 And many of you know John Sharritt, how he come to be what he is now, because of humility in his heart. When a minister come here and John Sharritt owned a little bitty cabin of a house. And this minister had nothing; the Lord told him to give that house to the man, all he had. And he took his wife and their clothes (the best of my knowledge, now), and left and went up somewhere; and put her in a garage, and lived up there in a--taking care of somebody's buildings and things up there, for the rent of the place. Working down here, and had to borrow enough money to go into business from somebody here in town, and you know what God has done for him. And he's never got his head swelled up. He's just the same dear old Brother Sharritt he used to be a long time ago.
Now, I don't know... I hope he don't get angry with me for saying that. But not long ago, that man was on the streets of the city selling apples, a nickel apiece, to take care of a widowed mother. God bless his gallant soul, and may he live long. That's right. And now, he's taking care of a lot of widowed mothers. Every one that comes in, he will put them somewhere and take care of them. God bless them.

L-12 Now, another person I want to recognize tonight is... I don't know the man; I don't know whether he has a representative here or not. But it's this man that's got this light out here, the Blakely, I believe it's called. The man that's got that light...
I never heard of the man. I guess he knows nothing about us, but yet with that courtesy, we say, "God bless, Mr. Blakely, and may his service stations ever remain." Amen. [Congregation applauds--Ed.] Thank you. Mr. Blakely, or your representative here, whoever it is, that's the way we all feel. If I ever in Arizona, I know where to buy gasoline. That's right. And I think the people feel the same way. Anybody that's got a heart to help us in this great time of crusade, we're very happy. He never... That's not a commercial. That's not a feign; that's from pure love from my heart for the man. That's right. That's right.
There's not one thing... He never asked me to say one word. He never asked anything to be said. I just feel that way about it. That's right. And that's the way we feel about it, every one of us. Somebody who's interested in our Lord Jesus Christ, we're interested in his welfare. Is that right? 'Cause he's our brother. Now, we---we pray that God will bless all.

L-13 Now, next is for this arena here, I believe called Madison Square Garden. I've been in Madison Square Garden in New York, a little larger, but I wouldn't be any more welcome. That's right.
To the custodian, there's a man who has to stand out here at night with a flashlight. I don't know whether he has the parking here, or something, a fine gentlemen. He's about the only one that I know personally that has anything to do with it. And to you who are here, the custodians, or the businessmen, or whatever it is, they see to this, we thank you from the depths of our hearts for opening up your door. And may, when you come to the land of glory, may Jesus Christ open up the doors to you and receive you into His Kingdom, is our prayer. God bless you. If we can be a favor to any, we'll be glad to do it.


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