<TITLE>02. Par 3-5</TITLE>L-3 I am more than happy; I'm just simply elated tonight to have the privilege of being back in this great church again. Memories linger on from the last meeting we had here. And the boys and I, just awhile ago, crossing the bridge... It was just one year ago tonight when we left here, closing the meeting: one year ago tonight. And how the Lord times things just right, though we might not understand it, but He--He makes things just right. And we have been privileged to visit the--the outskirts of this city, Newark. And so, I--I hope the folks from Newark don't think bad about that, but I say your little sister city over next to you here. And the Lord has blessed us exceedingly, abundantly this week.
And I come up here on my vacation. I started on my vacation in the early fall. And the whole group broke down with the Asian flu; we had to come back. Then I started on the vacation down this Salmon River, the river of no return, where the Christian Business Men takes me each year when I'm in the States. And the second day down, there was a plane come over dropping little messages that a brother had just passed away, and I come out.
Then I had the meeting in California at Lakeport at the--out at the fairgrounds. And when I got home, I thought maybe I'll get just a little rest. They called me that Brother Bosworth was dying. So I rushed down to Florida to see him and come back. Wife said, "Now, you can have this time at home, these days here before begin in Louisville or Kentucky."
So Brother Hutchinson called me by telegram. I turned everybody down that day, but I just hardly couldn't turn this little brother down to come up here, and Brother Joseph. So I'm tired and very much worn. And we just come out of a great healing service, just a matter of a little while ago, hoarse and tired.
And I said to Brother Hutchinson; I said, "Should I tonight just preach and go ahead." I said, "I've got to drive all night tonight in order to meet another appointment tomorrow right after dinner at Louisville, Kentucky, driving through the turnpikes and so forth tonight."
And he said, "I believe the people would be a little disappointed if you didn't pray for them."
I said, "Well, I--well, I'll just speak to them a little while and pray. And then I sent my boy in, told him to give some cards if there was many here to be prayed for, so we could get the people in--in the line, lined up." So we will try to do that.

L-4 And now, instead of preaching to you... with... for you tonight, I... Which I'm not very much of a preacher to begin with. But I would just like to give you a--a little testimony, or something, or talk on the Word just for a few moments, then place the most of the time on praying for the sick.

L-5 Now, over in the Book of Saint Mark the 11th chapter, I wish to read the 20th verse. And just for a little way of getting a little context, or a little text for I what I want to use as a context after a bit... I love to read the Word. Don't you love It? Oh, there's nothing like It, the precious Word of our blessed Saviour. You know, the Scriptures is so perfect that they can never fail.
Now the 11th chapter of Saint Mark and the 20th verse, just one little verse.
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
May the Lord add His blessing to that little text.


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