<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>54-0320, Faith Cometh By Hearing, Philadelphia Church, Chicago, IL, 94 min
L-1  Only believe, only believe,
 All things are possible, only believe.
Thank you friends. You may be seated if you will now. This is indeed a privilege to be back here at Chicago, at the Philadelphian Church again tonight to minister in the Name of the Lord.

L-2 I never run away from Columbus to come back, but I'm glad I'm back here. I told Brother Boze, (when he was down to see me the other night) he called me as soon as the... Well, I called him because there was a group coming to Columbus... and I... he... I just kindly felt like he was going to ask me to come back here. And everybody called, why, I just said, "Well, I'm tired. I'm going to rest." But he talked me out of it (to come back). So it's his fault.
And I said, "I feel I'll wear my welcome out with that lovely group of people in Chicago." And he said, "Well, there's enough up there." There's about three million I... or... Is that right? Almost four million people in Chicago. My, quite a village, isn't it? The outskirts of my city, it could almost be. My, I think that's fourteen thousand, I'm not sure, something like that. It probably wouldn't make one of your long streets through here, all together.

L-3 But we're very happy to be here, serving the Lord Jesus. And we've had great success, by your prayers, helping us in many places across the nation, since we've seen you (a little over a month ago, I suppose... ), at Wood River, Illinois, and down to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and on into Shreveport, Louisiana. From there on to Phoenix, Arizona, and we just had a wonderful, glorious meeting.

L-4 I was to go on to the west coast to the--a certain denomination over there, and I... a fine church with fine people... But I come to find out that they were trying to... reason coming there, was to pull a group of people from another church. And what little influence I have, I want to use it for the glory of God and not to--to hurt churches. You see? So I said, "Well, being that the churches are having this little time like that, I'd rather not be into it. Just wait till it's over, then I'll come over it." I said, "Get them all together and set them together and say we are brethren, one on one side and the other. I'll come on." But I like unity, don't you? Friendship, fellowship, there's nothing like it.

L-5 Then coming back, I'd made the error myself, many of you would be asking perhaps or seeing it pretty soon--about leaving Columbus. Wasn't nothing wrong, but it was just a... When I got there, they was to have a coliseum, and the services was to be with all the Full Gospel ministers and all ministers of all phases of faith, if they--as many as would cooperate, to be in. And (which I kind of made that a policy)... So, you know, I believe Jacob dug a well, and the Philistines run him away from it. And I believe he called it "Malice" or something. He dug another one, and he... They run him away from that one. He said it was "Strife." And he dug another one and he said, "There's room for us all." So let's all come drink, and so... I like to drink at that last well, you know, where there's room for everybody, room for the Baptists to drink, and the Methodists, and the Pentecostal, and the--all of us, just drink from the same fountain. I kinda like that.


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