<TITLE>02. Par 4-6</TITLE>L-4 And now, may I ask you to do this for me. Way overseas and you know, in the places and things when I'm over there... And the witch doctors and--and so forth are challenging the Gospel, and I'll have to stand there, and the winds are blowing hot, can I depend on the people of Lima and around about to be praying for me? Will you do it? Thank you. Thank you much. And someday we'll meet and God will reward you, before that even, for doing it.
I was certainly thankful to the--the board that let us have this beautiful little auditorium here. It's a pretty little place. And it's so marvelously arranged, and the acoustics seems to be so good. And the audience is drawed right up to you. I like that. I like the close feeling. Some of the best meetings I ever had was in cottage prayer meetings, where we was setting right around each other, fellowshipping. And this little auditorium, for a place of its size, produces that. And I think it's a lovely little place.
I was cutting a picture out that I found in the paper, to take with me. And to the custodians and for all their kindness, may the Lord richly bless you, gentlemen and brethren.

L-5 Then I was just set--asked or said to me tonight by my son, just a few moments ago, that they had taken a love offering for me. Well, I told Dr. Vayle, "You shouldn't do that." Just to put it in on expenses. And they said, "The expenses is already met." Now, I want to thank you kindly. If there's anything I've tried to do is keep away from money. For I was born poor, and my people are poor. And that's the way I want to be like I am now. And I--I never took an offering in my life, myself, never took one up in my life.
I remember one time at home I was going to take an offering. We were poor people, and I... You know when you get to a place you can't make ends meet? Did you ever get to that place? I do all the time. So I was working, and I said to the wife, "You know, honey, I'm going over and take up an offering tonight."
She said, "I'm going to watch you do it." And so she sat back in the room. And now, not as the people...

L-6 I pastored there seventeen years without one penny, not because they didn't want to pay me, because I was young, able to work, so I... I'd do it right now if I could just wait on my ministry and be with them. And I love to work.
And I went over to take up the offering, and I said... We didn't have any offering plate, so I said, "Folks, I'm kinda hit a little place, I just can't make the ends meet. I'm going to take a little offering. Somebody got some nickels that you'd like to help me." And I said, "Brother Wisehart (We called him Uncle Jim.), get my hat, will you?" He went and got my hat.
And I looked right down in front of me, and a little old lady (she's in glory tonight)... Remember those little aprons with the pockets on the inside. Did you ever see them? What part of Kentucky you from then? See? And so, it was just a little apron, and she picks out one of those little pocketbooks with snaps on the top, and beginning to reach down for those nickels. Oh, I just couldn't do it. See? Oh, I said, "I was just teasing you. I didn't mean it." And my wife looked at me.


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