<TITLE>02. Par 4-6</TITLE>L-4 It's no place for a joke, but I don't believe in joking from the pulpit. But Brother Bosworth was telling me one time, and many of you knowed Fred Bosworth, a saintly godly person. He said there was a... A colored lady one time asked her minister husband, she said, "Honey," said, "what did you holler so much for this morning when you was preaching?"
He said, "Well, I'll tell you what it was, honey." Said, "All I didn't have in lightning I had to make up in thunder."
So there... Maybe that's just about the way it goes with me a lot of times. But just so the thunder's coming off the right thing, is the main thing. That's what counts. Well, it's...
We're fixing to read His Word now, and try to get just as many into the prayer line tonight as possible. We are here for one purpose, to help you. That's why these people come together.
I met Brother Wagner today on the street, and his lovely wife. And I was telling him that I--about one of the outstanding things in this area here is the fellowship. I just love that. I've had places where they'd be bigger crowds and so forth, and I... But I've never had a place that had any more fellowship. Just looks like everything's just one accord; it just... I'm... I trust, my brethren, never let that leave you. Keep that, whatever you do. Stay right in that fellowship.
I'm a strictly a Kentuckian. And anyone... Any more Kentuckians here from Kentucky? Well, you know what the old slogan is: "Together we stand, and divided we'll fall." And that's right. So let's stay together. We got things in common, and that's the Lord Jesus.

L-5 Let us bow our heads now while we speak to Him in a word of prayer. Gracious Father, the Author of Life, and the Giver of all good spiritual gifts, forgive us, O Lord, of our sins and our shortcomings. And we just bow our heads towards the dust; there's just something goes through us. We know we're then in the Presence of God. For Jesus has told us, if we'd ask the Father anything using His Name, He'd be there to hear and give it. And we know that we're talking directly to You. And we'd ask for mercy. Many times that we do things and say things that's not just right, so we pray that You forgive us of those things.
Now, we have assembled tonight, Lord, for no other purpose but to bring glory to Thee, and to speak the Word, that'll preach the Word of God which blesses Thy people and brings power, and faith, and joy, Eternal Life to Your children. I pray, Lord, that as I read these Words, that You'll send the Holy Spirit, and take the context of the text, and with the text, and place it into the heart of every person here. And may, from that placing of the Holy Spirit of those Words, may it grow and never die. And all through the ages that is to come, may it live on, Lord, because it's Your Word. Sink it into my heart in that way.
Heal the sick and the afflicted. Give peace to the distressed, for we're living in a distressful time, a perplexity of time, and distress between nations. And we ask for mercy, Lord, and for Thy Holy Spirit to guide us and direct us. And we'll praise Thee for it, for we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-6 To you who take notice to the Scriptures or mark them down, I would like to read from the Book of Saint Luke, the 18th chapter and 37th verse. And may the Lord add His blessings to His Word.
 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passed by.
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
We're all acquainted what this Scripture is tonight: was a beggar asking for mercy. And we're somewhat like him tonight.
I think physical blindness is a horrible thing, but spiritual blindness is worse.


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