<TITLE>08. Par 28-31</TITLE>L-28 And one day he and the minister went hunting. Now, old Gabe was a very poor shot; he couldn't hit nothing. But they went hunting that day, and they hunted all day long. And when they come in that evening, they were so loaded with game, till they--either could hardly walk. They had rabbits, and duck, and birds all over them, till where they couldn't hardly walk. And old Gabe was so loaded, till he was back behind the pastor, could hardly pack his gun. And while they were making the way down an old familiar pathway, old Gabe walked up and tapped him on the shoulder; and as the pastor looked around, there was tears in the old darky's eyes, and he said to him, "What's the matter, Gabe?"
He said, "Parson, Sunday morning, that's tomorrow, you're going to find me at the mourners bench, and I intend to take my place in the church until death sets me free."
The Pastor said, "I am so glad to hear that, Gabe. But's there's one thing I want to ask you Gabe: Why the sudden change? Why, you--you've changed all of a sudden."
He said, "Parson, you know I's a very poor shot. I can't hit nothing. But just look at the game that I have." Said, "I was just walking along here thinking: 'He surely must love me or He wouldn't have give it to me.'"

L-29 If you would only to a place that the Holy Spirit could open your eyes to God's goodness to you, it would bring repentance, if you could only get your eyes open. But it's become a common thing.
One time a man was going to the seashore for a little rest. And he wanted to smell the freshness of the saltwater; he wanted to hear the wild scream of the sea gulls. He wanted to watch the great waves, as the salty water burst up into great big waves and splash, to roll back to splash again. Oh, he was so thrilled to know that he would be down by the seashore. He longed to see and to enjoy the presence of the sea.

L-30 On his road down, he met an old salt (a salt is an old sailor), and he said, "Where are you going?"
He said, "Down to the seashore to enjoy the blessings of the roaring of the sea, to see the waves as they jump, and to hear the gulls."
He said, "They're just birds. That's just saltwater. I don't see anything to be thrilled about it." What was the matter? He had seen it so much, until it become so common to him, till he didn't notice it any more.

L-31 And God's goodness to you people, has become so common till you don't enjoy it any more like you used to. Oh, if God would open our eyes and give us a desire to do something for Him. Second night in revival, a hundred and fifty people in the audience.
Do you know, I wonder, what could happen if our eyes could see what our Lord did last night, to see what He will do any night. Each Christian soul should be so zealous and so full of fire of God, his eyes open to see the coming of the Lord; for these are signs and milepost of His soon appearing. And we see it. And the Gentile world is just about at the end. And we see those things, and we yawn, pat our mouth, and go to sleep, and, "Why did he preach so long?"
And the Lord comes down and performs things like He said He would.


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