<TITLE>02. Par 5-7</TITLE>L-5 Now, my ministry's changing. That's why I'm tired and going as fast as I can. Just remember, I say this before you tonight: there's something coming that's great and wonderful. You just remember. I'll be back at Dallas again someday, the Lord willing. And I want to come back for a regular healing campaign, come back into the--this area here, and meet with all you people again; have a great union revival of everybody coming in together.
You know, I believe Jacob dug a well and the Philistines run him away from it. And he called it "malice." And he dug another well, and the Philistines run him away from it, and he called it, "strife." He dug another well, and he--he named it, said, "There's room for us all." So that's the kind I like to drink from, you know, where the one hump camel, or the two hump camels, or the three hump camels, or all of them, can drink, you know... We--we can all come. That's for the Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals, and Church of God, and altogether. See? We all drink from this fountain. And so that's the way I love it.

L-6 And now, I believe the brethren said that they took a offering for me or something. I didn't come for that. God knows that, but thank you for it anyhow. God bless you. I'll assure you that not one penny will be spent for anything else, as far as I know, but the Kingdom of God. And that's right.
I never took a offering in my life. My wife always gets after me when I say this. I remember one night, pastoring the Baptist Tabernacle at Jeffersonville. And I was game warden in Indiana, so I always worked for my living and I said... We got one of them hard places, you know, where you can't make ends meet. I wonder if anybody, ever here ever hit that block? We're all about in the same boat, aren't we?
So, I said, "Honey, I'm going to take up an offering. (We didn't even have an offering plate in our church.) And so she said, "I'm going to watch you do it." (And we just lived across the street--little two rooms. That one little room's where the "Voice of Healing" was founded.) And so, I went across the street and I said, "Folks..." (Now not because they wouldn't do it. They'd do anything for me, but I just didn't want them to do it. And I was able to work, so go ahead and do it.) And I said, "Folks, I kindy hit a little snag." I said, "I owe a little bill, and I can't make it. I'm just going to pass my hat around tonight for a little collection. You got a nickel or dime, drop in, and help me a little." Well, I said, "Go get my hat." And old Brother Wisehart (he's in glory tonight), went over to get my hat.

L-7 The little old woman, set down in front of me, Mrs. Webber. And I seen her get down there in one of those old fashion aprons... How many ever remember women that wore those old aprons around--had the pocket on the inside, you know? Sure. How many--how many Kentuckians are in here, anyhow?
So got down under there and begin to take out one of these little pocketbooks with snaps on the top, you know. Begin to reach down and getting the... Oh, my, I couldn't stand that. I couldn't have took that if I had to. I said, "Oh, I was just teasing you all to see what you was going to do." And I... Brother Wisehart, with a hat in his hand, I said, "Oh, Brother Jim, hang my hat up." I said, "I was just teasing you." My wife looked at me.


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