<TITLE>17. Par 48-49</TITLE>L-48 Oh, what a time. Notice. 'Of water' means 'when they rejoiced.' You see? "There's not much rejoicing," you say. "Here, and the only thing we do, we--we don't go no more to the shows on Sunday. And we don't see the ball games, when we did all these things that we once done. It's a horrible place here." Now, watch it was chiding. Better stop right there, hadn't I? Ha, ha.
All right. Boy, were getting the judgment now. Notice.
And the Lord...
That's just the way it gets. You see? Sometimes those trials come just to try us. And every son that cometh to God must be chastised of God. And if we cannot stand chastisement, then we are illegitimate children and not the children of God. Brother, there's something about Christianity, that when a man is born again, it puts something in him that keeps him. Now, there's just something in there that does something to him. Sure. Now, I didn't come over on the Lord's side over here or him say--over here just to have a good time. I come over here because I love Him. And I must help Him bear the burden.
Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
And all the world go free?
There's a cross for every one,
... there's a cross for me.
Is that right? Then what should the Christian sing? The next verse:
This consecrated cross I'll bear,
Till death shall set me free, (That's right.)
Then go home a crown to wear,
For there's a crown for me.
Not just a gold crown to set on your head, but something far beyond that. Paul got a glimpse of it one time. He said, "Eye hath not seen, ear has not heard; neither has it entered the hearts of men what God has for them in store that love Him." Not a crown, a gold crown, that wouldn't mean much to me. I don't care about them things anyhow. But my crown is a new body, a new being, crowned in His likeness: a body like His own glorious body where I can just live with Him. That's a crown enough for me.

L-49 The old colored man, not long ago down in the south was saying, he was standing... Got saved one morning, went out and told his friends all about it. And said Christ had made him free. And the old slave driver come along; he said, "What's this, Sambo? I hear you say that Christ made you free?"
He said, "Yes."
He said, "You come out my office after while." Said, "Sambo, how much do you mean that?"
He said, "I means it, boss, with all my heart, that Christ made me free from sin and shame."
He said, "Well, if Christ has made you free for that," said, "I'll go down in the morning and sign the papers, and you're free from slavery to preach the Gospel."
He went to preach the Gospel. After many years, winning many of his white brethren to Christ, the old slave was laying dying. Any many of his white brethren come in from many places to see him, so they thought he was dead. And he laid there a little while and he turned over and looked. And he sees that it..."Ain't I gone in yet?" Said, "Ain't I there yet?"
Said, "Oh, Sambo," said, "have you never..." Said, "Did you go into... What did you see?"
He said, "Oh, I was standing by the door." And said, "An angel come up to me." And he said, 'Now Sambo,' said, 'you have done a great work. Come over and receive your crown and your robe and your place.'"
And he said, "Oh, don't talk robe and crown to me."
Said, "What do you want to do, Sambo?"
Said, "Just let me stand here a look at Him." He said, "That's all the crown that I'll ever need is to look at Him. Just let me stand here for a million years and cast my eyes upon Him Who freed me from sin and shame."


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