<TITLE>02. Par 9-15</TITLE>L-9 Now, for Brother Neville and myself, I've just drew an idea that these were suits of clothes. I don't know, Brother Neville. I--I think it is. I'm not sure. 'Cause it looks like a suit box, to me. Don't you feel the same way about it? ["Yes."--Ed.] And it's either suits or overcoats. And I--I... They both look the same, so it--it goes to show there's no respect of person here. And so I have an overcoat, and I know that they... It's not an overcoat, so it... You have one also, so it must be a suit. And it's just... We just do appreciate this so much.

L-10 And I am sure that, as pastors, shepherds... The word "pastor" means "a shepherd, one who shepherds the sheep." I'm sure that we are grateful to you, each and every one of you, because it was--it was your kindness and thoughts, and money, that put--made this gift possible to us this morning. And through God's grace, we are pledging ourselves to be your pastor, to do everything that we can to lead you in the right way. Maybe sometimes, the way we speak and things, it may be hard to understand. But we're only doing it as guides, trying to guide you to that place, that in the resurrection you'll appreciate us greatly then. For we have considered not our ownselves, in making up when we speak to you, not of our own thoughts, but trying to do just as the Holy Spirit would lead us to do. And that's our, been our endeavor, and we are still endeavoring to do the same thing; that is right, for the pastor and myself.

L-11 We're grateful to see the sunshine. Doc, my brother, was just saying he sent word to Brother Frankie Weber in Florida, said, "Not the only one that can get out on Christmas and wash the windshield off," of his car, in his shirt sleeves. He was doing the same thing, so warm. Well, you know Florida gets tired of the sunshine, looking at Florida all the time, so it has to come up in Indiana and see how everything's getting along up here. Don't you think so? So we're happy that it give us a visit, at--at least for a few moments, this morning.
But above all things, we are thankful for the Sunlight of God, that gives us the shining of eternal bliss.

L-13 I wonder if the little lad, that's just come in, would want to set with his parent. Or, there's a Sunday school class in the back, little fellow, if you'd like to go back there. Brother Taylor, would you direct the little gentleman to the class. That's fine. Sometimes they like to be with their own, you know. They--they have things in common, that they like to talk about. And it's just like that.

L-14 The little twelve-year-old girl, as I've often said, if you see a little eight, nine, ten year-old girl hanging around with grandma all the time, there's something wrong. See, they--they--there's something wrong, because there's too much difference in their age. You can imagine grandma's got a sack of candy somewhere she can put her hand on. And little sis is, them big eyes are brightened up for the sack of candy. Because in common they would have nothing to talk about, nothing but just she could pet her and baby her. But that's the way it is, and we're glad that it's just that way.

L-15 And then I'm making that statement, I did it one time on the preaching of the lamb and the dove. You see, they have things in common. They could talk about things.
The Masonic--Masonic lodge, they have things to talk about, brothers of the Masons' lodge; brothers of the Odd Fellows lodge. Germans has things to talk about to Germans, about the home place, when Germans meet each other over here, one just come from the home place. Italians have things to talk about.


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