<TITLE>02. Par 4-5</TITLE>L-4 An old darkie, not long ago down in the south before the proclamation was signed for the independence, or the freedom of the slaves, one night there was a little old place where he was playing the organ and having a glorious time in the service, where the darkies had met together to worship the Lord. And while he was in worship, the Lord saved him. And the next day back on the old plantation, he was telling all the slaves that morning when they gathered out, about Christ had set him free.
So it happened to be that the owner of these slaves come by, after they come up from their cabin to get ready to go to work. He said, "Sam, what was that I heard you saying to these fellows when I come up, that you was free?"
He said, "Yes, sir, boss." He said, "The Lord Jesus has made me free."
Said, "Why don't you come over to my office after while." So he went over the office and he said, "All right, boss."
He said, "Repeat that again."
He said, "Well," he said, "last night in a meeting, I... The Lord Jesus made me free from the bondage of sin." And said, "He's cut me free, and I'm free now. I don't have sin no more because the Lord Jesus forgive me and He set me free."
He said, "Sam, if you really mean that with all your heart," said, "I'll go down today and sign the proclamation that you're free from me too, to go preach the Gospel to your people."
And so he said, "Well, boss, I--I mean it with all my heart, that He's set me free from the bondage of sin."
He said, "Well, I set you free as a slave to preach the Gospel to your brethren."

L-5 And so after many years, he become a great minister, preached to a lot of his white brethren. And so at his hour of his death, many of his white brethren come over to see him. And the old fellow had laid kind of in a coma for a while, and they--they didn't understand it just right, and after while they was standing around in the house watching for him to go, he woke up kind of and looked around, said, "I thought I was already over."
They said, well said, "What about it, Sam? What did you see? What is it on the other side?"
He said, "Well, I thought I just come in the gate. They'd just let me in." Said, "I was standing there," and said, "one of the Angels run up and said, 'Sam,' said, 'come over now to receive your robe and your crown.' He said, 'Don't talk to me like that.' Said, 'Robe and crown?' Said, 'I don't want no robe and crown.' Said, 'Just let me stand here and look at Him for a thousand years. That's a... That's enough robe and crown.'"
And I think that's about our feeling. Don't you think so? It's about all Christian's feelings. I don't care about rewards after I get there; the only thing is, just let me be there so I can be where He's at. That'll be enough for me. I believe it will be for you too.


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