<TITLE>13. Par 44-47</TITLE>L-44 They wondered what he would do. He seen that great on-coming army; he raised his hand, and he screamed with all of his might, "Make way for liberty." And he started running with his hands up, and he screamed again, "Make way for liberty." And when there was a hundred of the best trained spears, for he went right straight to the darkest part of them, and a hundred trained spears moved in to catch him. And when he got right with the spears, he screamed again, "Make way for liberty." And he grabbed a armful of those spears, and throwed them into his chest, and fell to his death--such a display of real heroism, until it routed the army. And those Swiss men with rocks, clubs, and sticks came and drove the enemy out of their nation, and they've never had a war from that day since.

L-45 That heroism is seldom compared with, and never exceeded, until one time. That was a small thing. When the sons of Adam stood in a corner, the sons of Adam's race, and they were defeated... God sent them the law, and they wouldn't keep it. They went after something else. He sent them the prophets, and they wouldn't keep it. And there was ignorance, illiteracy, sin, sickness, diseases breaking down the whole human race, and every hope was gone that the human race could be saved. Then in heaven, there was One Who stepped out, "This day I'll give My life for Adam's race." And when He looked over the earth, and saw where the greatest fear man had was death, He ran to a certain place called Calvary, and there He caught death in His bosom, and as He ascended up, He said, "You wait over yonder, until you're endued with power from on high." He sent back the Holy Ghost and said, "Follow me, and fight with everything you got within you."

L-46 And brother, this is God's Word, which is sharper than a two-edged sword. It's the greatest power that was ever put in the hands of man, and God's expecting Adam's race to put sin, sickness, and all kinds of devils to the fighting walls. That's right. We've got the most powerful Weapon that there is. Arnold Von Winkelried left them with sticks and stones, but Christ left us with His Word and Spirit. Let's fight! Let's stand for Christ! Let's stand for the Word! Let's pull the sword out of its sheaf and fight.

L-47 My brother, I'm no boy no more, I'm a middle-aged man, and one of these days I've got to come to the end of the road. And if I go like most of the Branhams and Harveys, when they get old they kinda get shaky. Oh, I hope that He lets me stay to the end. And when I come down to the end of the road, I hope an old gray-headed man, gray whiskers, leaning on the staff, when I hear the old Jordan's waves dancing around everywhere, and I know that time has come, I want to be holding in my hand a sword. That's right. I want to turn and look down through a lifetime of ministry, and see every briar patch I come through and every hill I took. When it's done, I want to take the old sword and stick it back into the sheaf of eternity, take off the helmet of salvation, and kneel on the bank, and say, "God push out the lifeboat, I'm coming home."
If I'm faithful to my Saviour,
To His guiding hand I'll cling.
He will guide me over death's river;
Heaven's new, sweet song, I'll sing.


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