<TITLE>10. Par 39-43</TITLE>L-39 Now sometimes, the dog misses the deer's throat. Then he's got another place to catch the little deer, and that is in the flank. Now, the flank is the middle or balance part of the deer. The hindquarters are heavier than the front-quarters, and with the loin throwed in, neck and so forth, makes him about balanced up. Then if the dog or wolf can catch it in the flank, and starts swinging it, he'll soon throw the deer down. And the same thing happens, it's covered over with dogs in a few minutes, just picking it to pieces.
But when this lead dog, the one that's the leader of the pack, that most popular rock-and-roller, or... You know what I'm talking about. If he can only get the hold. Now, if he ever grabs... If that deer's real smart, and know how to get out of there, she'll give a little quick jerk to one side, and her little tender body will let that dog's mouth pull this whole chunk of flesh out, if it's quick and can maneuver quick.

L-40 Oh, my advice is to you, sister, brother, if he grabs you, maneuver quick; jump towards heaven as hard as you can. Get away from it. Pull out. Don't have nothing else to do with it. Get away from it quickly.
If you're fixing to put your first cigarette in your mouth tonight, or take the first drink, or go to the first rock-and-roll party, or tell tell mama the first lie, get away from it. It's the devil.

L-41 And then, when he jerks out, the blood flies. And if the little deer's real fast on foot, which they are faster than the dog, it can run for what life it's got until it gets away from the pack, over the hills and jumping through the places where the dog has to travel through the bushes, it just leaps right over the top of the bushes, running just as hard as it can run. And then, after it's got away from the dog...
Maybe there's some listening to me tonight that's done that, just--just got away from it. What're you going to do? What's the trouble?

L-42 You see that little deer? I've watched them a many times. They put their little head up in the air, and they're just panting. [Brother Branham imitates panting--Ed.] They just got to find water. They just got to find it. They're bleeding. They're dying. Every time their heart beats, the blood pushes right out of them, that chunk's out of their side. And if they don't find water, they'll die right away.
And you can imagine the sincerity and the honesty of that deer. He'll run to the top of the hill; he'll look, panting. [Brother Branham imitates panting--Ed.] He'll look somewhere else, just panting as hard as he can. He's got his nose up; he's--he's smelling for water. He's got to find water or he'll perish.
And brother, if this Angelus Temple... If these people are here tonight would thirst after God like that, there'd be a revival break through here in a few minutes that would sweep the country over.

L-43 "As the hart panteth for the waterbrook, my soul thirsts after Thee, O God." When you get to a place you got to have Him or die... You can't go on without Him. He's your Life. You must have Him. He's... You're just about finished, and you're looking, trying.
Jesus said, "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled." Filled with what? Not creeds, not denominations, not amusements of the world, but filled with the Holy Ghost which is our satisfying portion, that gives us that life that satisfies.
The God of heaven's in this building tonight. The God that created the heavens and earth is here tonight. That's what makes Him God to me. He had the highest place in heaven and took the lowest place on earth. He come from the highest heaven and went to the lowest hell. He become you that you, who through His grace, might become Him, sons and daughters of God. And He's in the building tonight. Night after night He represents Himself.


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