<TITLE>15. Par 164-171</TITLE>L-164 Here a few years ago, all the religions of the world met, I believe it was in London, England, or somewhere. I don't remember exactly. But when they was all speaking for different churches, the Mohammedans, and the Buddha's, and everything, a little, a fellow that represented the American Holiness church, John Witt, I believe, was his name... So then when he got up, to his time to speak, all the religions represented in this great gathering, he told the story of Lady Maccabee, how low she was: got arrested in Oklahoma with a cigar in her mouth, driving a--or breaking the speed law, going through the streets with a stagecoach. She had done so many murders, and so filthy, and so ornery, until when they went to tar and feather her, they wouldn't even put their hands on her, afraid they'd be polluted.
And when he got the story told in such a dramatic way till every listener was sitting on the ends of their seat, he said, "Gentlemen, of the religions of this world, has your religion got anything that would clean the hands of Lady Maccabee?" Nobody said a word. He jumped up in the air, and kicked his heels together, and slapped his hands. He said "The Blood of Jesus Christ won't only clean her hands, but It'll clean her heart." Amen. That's right.

L-166 The Blood of Jesus Christ will take the lowest prostitute in Louisville, Kentucky, and make a lady, a saint out of her. It'll take the bootlegger out of the place down yonder and make a gentleman out of him, and a saint of God.
My friends, citizens of the Kingdom, my fellow men of Kentucky and Indiana, and around about, don't you think tonight it's about time for you to consider this Lord Jesus before your last chance is taken?

L-168 When you see the Church going in this great exodus, see the Pillar of Fire leading before us, standing, performing miracles and signs... He's here tonight in all His redeeming power. He's here to make whole every sinner, to take back every backslider. He's here to heal every sick person.
He's the full Gospel. And we preach the full Gospel. Eat the whole Lamb. Roast It with the Holy Ghost, and know that It's good eating, for the Holy Spirit has Divined to us that It is real good. Taste and see the Lord is good. It tastes like honey in the rock.
Our Lord Jesus here in His love and power, in His great redemptive blessings, oh, how He stands between the Church and sin tonight. How He stands between you and judgment, bleeding, praying...

L-171 Here not long ago, I walked into a place up here in Ohio, where I had been just about to pass my opinion of judgment. I'd been eating at a little Dunkard restaurant. We was having a great meeting. I had to stay several miles out in the country at a little motel. I'd been eating at a Dunkard restaurant, nice lovely people. And on Sunday they closed and went to church. I had to go across to an ordinary little, common, American place to eat my dinner.
When I walked into the door, to my surprise there stood a state police with his arm around a girl, playing a slot machine. Now, gambling is illegal in Ohio, and there the lawman himself breaking the law; and perhaps, a man at my age, perhaps married, with a family somewhere, with his arms around some young lady standing there.
I looked back across the restaurant, some boys sitting back there drunk, and a young lady not acting morally at all. I looked, sitting down to my right side here to a booth, which I was ready to set down, there set an elderly lady, somewhat around fifty-eight, sixty years old (old as my mother), setting there, skin all wrinkled up, the little bitty clothes on. And, oh, it was terrible. And her toenails painted purple, her lips painted purple, the horriblest looking sight you ever seen, her hair cut real short and fringed up like that, and she was drinking.
There set two men with her, sitting there, horribly-looking, drunk, and one of them laying across the plate of the table. And when they excused themselves, and went out to the rest room...


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