<TITLE>15. Par 155-171</TITLE>L-155 And He said, "As the prophet Moses was given two gifts, signs," rather, "to vindicate his ministry, so will you given two--so are you given two gifts to vindicate your ministry." He said, "One of them will be that you'll take the person that you're praying for by the hand, with your left hand and their right," and said, "then just stand quiet, and it'll have... there'll be a physical effect that'll happen on your body." And said, "Then you pray. And if it leaves, the disease is gone from the people. If it doesn't leave, just ask a blessing and walk away."
"Well," I said, "Sir, I'm afraid they won't receive me."

L-156   He said, "And the next thing will be, if they won't hear that, then they will hear this." Said, "Then it'll come to pass that you'll know the very secret of their heart." Said, "This they will hear."

L-157 "Well," I said, "Sir, that's why I'm here tonight. I have been told by my clergymen that those things that's been coming to me was wrong."

L-158 He said, "You were born in this world for that purpose." (See, "gifts and calling without repentance.") He said, "You were born in this world for that purpose."

L-159 And I said, "Well, Sir," I said, "that, my clergymen told me it, that it was the--the evil spirit." And I said, "They... That's why I'm here praying."

L-160 And here's what He quoted to me. He related to me the coming of the Lord Jesus, in His first time. And I said...

L-161   The strange thing was, friends... Well, I'll stop right here just for a minute, go back. What made me more scared than ever, every time I met a fortune teller, they would recognize something had happened. And that would just... it nearly killed me.

L-162 For instance, one day my cousins and I was going down through a--a carnival grounds, and we was just boys, walking along. So there was a little old fortune teller sitting out there in one of those tents, a young lady, nice-looking young lady, she was sitting there. And we was all going, walking by. She said, "Say, you, come here a minute!" And the three of us boys turned around. And she said, "You with the striped sweater." That was me.

L-163 And I said, "Yes, ma'am?" I thought she maybe wanted me to go get her a coke, or something another like that. And she was a--a young woman, maybe in her early twenties, or something, sitting there. And I walked up, I said, "Yes, ma'am, what could I do for you?"

L-164 And she said, "Say, did you know there's a--a Light that follows you? You were born under a certain sign."
I said, "What do you mean?"

L-165 She said, "Well, you were born under a certain sign. There's a Light that follows you. You were born for a Divine call."
I said, "Get away from here, woman!"

L-166 I started moving on, 'cause my mother always told me them things was of the Devil. She was right. So I... That scared me.

L-167   And one day while I was a game warden, I was going up on the bus. And I got on the bus. Was always seemed to be subject to spirits. I was standing there, and this sailor was standing behind me. And I was going up to patrol, and I was going up to the Henryville Forestry, was on the bus. I kept feeling some strange something. I looked around there, and there was a--a great big heavyset woman sitting there, nicely dressed. She said, "How do you do?"
Said, "How do you do!"

L-168 I thought it was just a woman, you know, talking, so I just kept... She said, "I'd like to talk to you a minute."
I said, "Yes, ma'am?" I turned around.
She said, "Did you know you were born under a sign?"

L-169 I thought, "Another one of them funny women." So I just looked on out. And so I never said a word, just kept...

L-170 She said, "Could I speak to you a minute?" I just kept... She said, "Don't act like that."

L-171 I just kept looking forward. I thought, "That isn't gentlemanlike."
She said, "I'd like to speak to you just a moment."


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