<TITLE>03. Par 24-30</TITLE>L-24 You see, there's probably one or two strangers with us this morning. I don't know. I got a couple names here of people that wanted to be prayed for. So I--I imagine it's just the little tabernacle group here.
But I go through things that the world don't know nothing about, neither the people (You see?), very hard things. The--the enemy works on them inside lines, you know. Outside you don't notice it. It's the inside lines that cut. And so I meet it on every hand. And so I... But I expect it. I--I--I kind of... If it didn't, I just wonder what maybe... I don't want it to be friendship of the devil. I--I know he's my enemy, and I--I got to meet on fighting grounds. So I'm so thankful for material to fight with, the Word of the living God; It'll endure forever.
And now, I just hope that God helps me to rearrange my meetings, such places that I can stay longer, and so forth. Be in prayer.

L-27 Brother and Sister Schoeman from South Africa is on their road here. And that's the head of the ministerial association of South Africa, to see about coming over this fall and going up into India, and so forth.
Brother Thoms is here from South Africa. I met him the other day. He's doing a great work over there amongst the natives. Reason I kind of like Brother Thoms' program is because the program that he talks of, and has got in operation, he and Brother Tommy Osborn, is what I think it's right, worthy of support. Because he--he's sending out native missionaries. You see, after all, the native knows more about the native.
And we could send a fellow from Australia here. He'd be a brother; we'd love him, accept him, and everything. But he don't know the American customs, the American ways. It takes an American to do this job right. And what if we'd send somebody here from China? Why, he was a missionary, but probably he could speak a little English. It would be all chopped up, and it just wouldn't take effect like a man who knows how to get into the Americans, to work with the Americans, to do in their customs, and so forth. And that's the way it goes. And we're kind of blocked off people here, north, and south, and east, and west, and brogues, and so forth.

L-30 Here not long ago, I was in Cali... in Florida. And one night there was a dear, loving brother who has a campaign by the name of Brother Jackson, and Gayle Jackson, one of my converts to healing. And so I was way back. And usually, you know, in my offerings and so forth, I just don't let the people know it. If the Lord provides, all right. If He don't, why, we get it somewhere else. So... And Gayle come up, and he said to the manager; he said, "Well, how is the finances running?"
He said, "Oh, just about a thousand dollars, a little better, maybe fifteen hundred, to catch us up."
He said, "The trouble of it is, you don't know how to handle these southerners." So he just gets up there... Said, "Could I take your offering tonight?"
Said, "Yeah, but no begging, 'cause Brother Branham would just get on us for it." Said, "We never beg." So he got up there, and he just said a few words, and there was two thousand dollars in the offering. He said, "You see, Brother Baxter, you just don't know how to handle southerners; that's all."
So that's the way it is. You have to be custom to southerners. You have to be custom to the northerners. You have to be custom. And I think a native, knowing their own customs and their own tribe, is a far better way than... far better person to put with their own people, than all the tailor-mades that we have...?... sending. That's right. So I am very grateful for--for the brethren.


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