<TITLE>02. Par 9-19</TITLE>L-9 And there was an apple tree standing there that I'd picked up an apple off of. It was in August. And I said to the gentlemen; I said, "How old is that tree?"
And he said, "Some thirty years," something or other. He'd planted it.
And I said, "You have partaken of the apples since it's been bearing?"
"Yes, sir."
I said, "What happens to that tree? If you will look at it, it's now August, been hot weather all along; but now the leaves are falling off of that tree, and the sap is leaving the branches, going down into the roots. If it should stay up here through the winter, the tree would be no more; but it goes down into the dirt to hide itself from the cold breezes. If it stayed up here, it would die; it wouldn't bear apples no more. But it goes down to hide itself in the roots, to come back next year, to bring you some apples from somewhere, and some leaves."

L-13 And I said, "Now, sir, I--I pray you tell me what Intelligence makes that sap leave the tree before any cold weather, and goes down into the roots to hide? If you can tell me what does that, and explain it to me, what does it, then I'll let you put your hand on God." I said, "You put water on a post and see if it'll do it, see if the changing of season will do it. There's some great Intelligence that runs that sap down into the tree root and then brings it back again with new life. That's God."
And he said, "I've never went to church very much." He said, "But there was a preacher come out here to Acton one time, and told a certain woman, lived over on the hill, that her sister was over at the meeting that night, and told her she was praying for a sister that had cancer." And said, "Wife and I'd been over there to help her." And said, "She was so bad with cancer of the stomach, till they had to turn her in bed with a sheet, and so forth. Her sister brought the handkerchief back," said, "after the man told her about her conditions and all, said 'put the handkerchief on her.'" And said, "She's well today."
"And it just goes to show." I said, "The same Intelligence that told that sap in the tree, year by year, right before your eyes, to go down into the roots and hide, was the same Intelligence that told me that the woman would be healed when she put the..." I said, "That's no so--so mysterious. You got a far better preacher standing in your front yard, the tree, that tells you year after year."

L-16 If we'll just look around, we see God everywhere. He's in every tree, every blade of grass. There's nothing can produce it but God. We can produce something looks like it, but not that life; it's God.
Now, a little blade of grass has been added to some homes here, and we want to dedicate these little babies to the Lord. Teddy, we have a little song here we sing, "Bring Them In," would you just play that while the mothers that wants their babies dedicated, and fathers, they'll bring their little ones up here at the altar.
And we got a lot of little Easter flowers here on the altar this morning, haven't we? And my, my. I imagine there's little Marys, Ruths, Rebekahs, little James, Paul, and John, all along here, little Easter flowers for another generation.

L-19 It's all right, right there. I believe Brother Beeler wants to get this picture of this--this little fellow standing here, it's--it's Brother Wood's grandchild, Sister Wood over here. And others are coming now with their little ones. Come right ahead, folks. That's all right. Brother Neville...
Great is the union of holy wedlock, it is ordained by God, and through holy wedlock brings forth these darling little babies.
You'll have to tell me its name here now. Brenda Sue. You look a lot different baby, than when I seen you first. Well, here's little Brenda Sue Wood, a really a precious little treasure to the hearts of all of us, and especially to this young mother and father.


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