<TITLE>05. Par 17-21</TITLE>L-17 I used to go, when I used to pastor the Milltown Baptist Church. I stayed with some friends called Wrights. I used to go in of a night way out in the hills; and when I go in there is an old nightingale or mocking bird, we called them there, used to set in a little old cedar bush, where it turned in, down below the barn go about a half mile up on the hill, through the woods to the place. This little old nightingale would set there, and he would just, once in a while on a cloudy night he'd wait awhile, then he would just sing to the top of his voice.
And I begin to study what made him do that? I studied up on the nightingale. He sets up and looks towards the heavens through the night. And whenever he can see one star shining, he starts singing, because he knows the suns a shining somewhere. Ha-ha, Amen.

L-18 I think when you can see a power of God sweep through a meeting, it means this: that Jesus Christ is a living somewhere. Hallelujah. It's the same Holy Ghost power that raised them up on the day of Pentecost and give them the blessing of God. That Power is still in existence somewhere, when you can see a church that's together with God. What a marvelous thing, God in His universe.

L-19 Sometimes I go up into the north woods there, watching Him in His great universe. There are little old ducks are borned up there on the marsh, they--on the pond. The male and female comes from Louisiana, and Texas, and down near Brother Jack's home. And they go on up there in the--in the springtime, and make a nest, and lay their eggs. And then along in the summertime these little old ducks are hatched out and they feather out. They're a whole group of them on the pond.
The first thing you know, there come a night, and snow will come across the top of the mountains way up high, them cold breeze will sweep down through that mountain. And as soon as that first cold breeze sweeps across that little puddle of water; there's a little old drake there somewhere, a little old duck that's a leader. Every duck on the pond knows he's the leader. He will run right out there in the middle of that pond, stick that little honker up in the air, and holler "Honk-honk, honk-honk." Every duck on the pond will come right to him. He will raise... He's...

L-20 Remember he was borned on that pond. He never was off of that pond; He will... He has no compass, but he will raise right up from that pond and go just as straight to Louisiana as he can go. We call it instinct. Well, if we... If a duck's got enough instinct, enough gumption to know how to escape the cold weather, what ought a man that's got the Baptism of the Holy Ghost do then? That's right. We ought to have as much sense as a duck's got. Don't you think so? That's right.
When that Holy Spirit of God moves upon a man, he sees something coming, he moves into somewhere, goes somewhere else, glorifying God. He goes right straight to Louisiana.

L-21 Look, I'll tell you another thing. You go out here and turn on your radio, says, "Tomorrow it's going to be pretty weather." Pick up the paper, the news commentator, "Tomorrow it'll be fair and pretty weather." Watch that old sow hog take them shucks off the north side of the hill, and come back over here on the south side of the hill, and make her bed. Don't you pay no attention to what that news commentator said. That hog knows more about it than he does. Yes, sir. Coming cold weather, watch the rabbits when they get down under the brush, it's cold weather, what is it? God gave them instinct. That's exactly right.
God gave an animal instinct to take care of himself, and He give the man the Holy Ghost to take care of him. But a animal believes his instinct, and a man's scared to trust the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah! That's exactly right. What we need tonight...?... our arms and say, "Lord God, I believe every word You wrote is the truth. I will stand by It, live or die. It's Your Holy Spirit that's leading." Then we're going to get somewhere. Amen.


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