<TITLE>04. Par 13-15</TITLE>L-13 And now, all the schools turned out. And the teachers give the little children a little British flag to wave their loyalty to the king as he passed by. And as the king had went by, there was one of the certain schools there was a little girl that did not return to her place. And the teacher, being alarmed, she rushed out in the street to find what had become of the child. And as she looked along the street, she found the little girl standing by a telegraph pole, just weeping her little heart out. So the teacher goes over to the little girl, and she said, "Darling, why are you weeping so?" Said, "Why, did you not be able to wave your flag at the king?"
And she said, "Yes, I--I waved my flag at the king, teacher."
"Well," said, "did you not get, be able to holler, 'Hail to the king?'"
Said, "Yes, I hollered, 'Hail to the king,' teacher."
"Well," said, "did you not see the king?"
She said, "Yes, I saw the king, teacher."
Said, "Well then, what are you weeping so for, darling?"
She said, "Teacher, you see, I saw the king, but I'm so little the king didn't see me."
But how different it is with Jesus. You don't have to be in "Who's Who." You don't have to have your name on some great book of some sort. No matter who you are, Jesus sees you, and He knows every little act that we do. Every little thing that you do for Him, every little move that you make, He keeps it on His book. He knows all of us, whether we are important in this world or not important. We're all important to His kingdom, whether we are rich, poor, or indifferent.
You see, this also is a pardon. To small groups, I've read enough Scripture tonight that would close up every bootleg joint in Dallas, that would put every church that's at one another's throat, put them right back to old fashion fellowship and a revival. It would do it.

L-14 Some time ago in the days of our most noble Abraham Lincoln, it was told that there was a prisoner in the camp, that was sentenced to death by a federal crime that he had done. And some good man went and asked the President, "Won't you pardon this certain man?" (And the President Lincoln, as we all know to be a Christian... ) The man said, "Sir, you know the man's got a mortal soul, or an immortal soul that you are going to take from his body? And would you take his life and him begging for mercy?"
Mr. Lincoln, fixing to get into his carriage, just wrote a little piece and said, "I pardon this man. Abraham Lincoln."
And the man rushed back quickly to the prison cell and said, "Sir, I have your pardon from the President of the United States."
And the man looked at him and said, "Oh, if that was a real pardon, it would be on a great paper with a seal, and it would have all kinds of--of gold letters on it, if it come from the President." And he said, "Why do you make fun of me, and knowing that I'm to be shot in the morning at sunrise?"
He said, "I'm not making fun of you, sir. This has got Abraham Lincoln's signature on it."
"Oh," he said, "This just enough for me to believe it." And he refused to receive it, and he was shot the next morning.

L-15 Now, there is a pardon, at large, wrote by Abraham Lincoln that this certain person was to be pardoned on this day and a firing squad killed him the next day. It was tried in Federal Court, and here was the decision: a pardon is not a pardon except it be received as a pardon.
And this is God's Word that I have just read. It's a pardon to those who want to accept it as a pardon, and it's healing to those who want to accept it as healing. And it could be any great blessing that God has promised, if we will believe it and accept it as such (See?), no matter what size it is, what kind of a book it's wrote on, as long as it's God's Eternal Word...


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