<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>56-0422, Show Us The Father And It'll Satisfy, Spindale House Recreation Center, Spindale, NC, 116 min
L-1 God  Bless you. Good evening, friends. I feel very humble and small to have a person like Brother Parton here to tell, say such a--an honorable introduction. And I certainly can repay that compliment and say it's mutually felt. I met some mighty fine men, but I don't believe I ever met a nicer, humbler, better brother than our Brother Parton. I'm so glad to know that this fine host of people here in this city and around about, has a--a pastor here like Brother Parton. He's a very fine brother.
And I'm sure the other day when we suggested to have this closing service on Sunday afternoon so that every pastor could have his--his own service that night. And Brother Parton so humbly said, "That's just--that's just fine." I'm sure that's appreciated by every pastor and--and every member of every other church...?... That's a real gentleman besides a Christian, isn't it? That's--that's right, to do that. I'm sure all the pastors appreciate that. Hoping someday that, God willing, we can get back up in this country with the tent, so we can stay longer and have a good long service.

L-2 I have come to you, brother, with difficulty, because I come to you real tired. This is the longest I've went for the last six or seven years without a break of rest. This is four months, constantly, from one service to another. And then it's made it awfully hard. My throat is weak and tired. And I've got two more services yet before I have any--any rest. I haven't been able to speak very much, or preach much on the Word. Just merely a little testimony or something and go ahead. You've rallied around it wonderfully and I do appreciate it. You don't know how I appreciate each and every one of you.
And I realize in audience of this size, if I should come back a year from now, there's some of you won't be here. If I'm here, some of you won't be. Somebody will go, maybe some of you young folk might be in an accident, go meet the Lord. And maybe it'd be some of you elderly people that's about lived your life up, some sick person, I don't know. Maybe I'll go; I don't know. That all lays in the hand of God.

L-3 But if I would come back, of this many people, I'm sure somebody will be gone, this will be our last time to see each other on earth. And I'm so happy to know that our last meeting like this, that you have come and have rallied around the Word of God that I have preached to you from the Bible. And I'm so glad to know that Brother Parton, here has... Am I saying that name right? Parton, Parton. That he was... brother... And the introduction he gave me the other night over at the church and saying when he read the book, he wondered sometime if I would come.

L-4 Well, I was to come to his church, not to an auditorium, to the church. And that's something I've seldom held a meeting in, in a church, because of the congestion. But I've always thought this, friends, we know one another, talk heart to heart with each other a while, don't we? Just for the closing this afternoon. I always try to do this...?... Usually, when a man just gets a little blessing from God, the first thing you know, he will go to thinking he's a little bigger than somebody else. And when you do that, you're on your road down. That's right. No matter how little the place is, I go to little churches sometime that won't even seat over a dozen people, little missions, preach just as hard as I would in a big auditorium. Well, what difference does it make? The Church is where we're gathered together. Jesus said, "Wherever two or three are gathered together in My Name, I'll be there in their midst."


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