<TITLE>17. Par 152-158</TITLE>L-152 And those singers come out there, them women, short-bobbed hair like Jezebel, enough paint on their face to paint a barn. Soon as they get that robe off, they wear shorts and man's clothes, and the Bible said, "If a woman puts on a garment pertains to a man, it's abomination in His sight." Walk down the street with their nose up, if it'd rain it'd drown them: smart-alecks, arrogant, high-tempered Jezebels. That's the reason we ain't in no revival; it's big piece of machinery work.
Oh, might have a voice like an archangel, and God will make you answer for that. These Elvis Presleys and so forth, and Ernie Fords, or ever what they call them out here with these fine voices and using them for the devil, God said, "I'll require that at their hands."

L-154 The reason I respect blind Fanny Crosby, she never sold her gift out to the world. She kp--kept it with God.
Many of these people, eloquent singers, eloquent men, great men, and so forth, instead of using their talent for God, the devil's perverted them, and they're over there working for him. Personalities, radio and television personalities, selling theirself out, out there for the world instead of giving it to God. Some of them come to church, go to church and wear a big fine robe, come out there and sing like that, and go right back and sing rock-and-roll the next night. Such as singers that we know of, belong to certain churches, get out there and make them pictures, them movie pictures, get out there and sing rock-and-rolls. The kings of rock-and-roll, and claim to be religious. It's a trick of the devil.

L-156 One man had enough--enough good common sense up here, that said he was going to be a preacher, get on Sunday morning and preach, and then he'd go down there and--and get on the radio broadcast and sing rock-and-roll songs and everything like that, so he finally took a pistol and blowed his brains out. I respect the man for doing it. That's right. That's right. He--he had more... He had as much sense as them hogs did anyhow; when they got the devil in them they run down to the water and choked. Some people don't even have that much.
I know you... I--I hate to be that hard, but, brother, sister, you got--you got to drive the thing down deep, and make it--make it a--make it stick. Amen. This is the day that we're living in. I guess if Jesus called Herod an old fox, and John called them a generation of vipers... All right.

L-158 They have large buildings, stained glass windows, eloquent preachers, paid singers. Yes, sir. What have they got in it? What's in it? Nothing of the Holy Ghost. Stand up there and go out and wear shorts, and come in and sing in the choir, you miserable hypocrite. Yes, sir. That's right.
And, you preacher, that'll go to a meeting because they give you more money than they do at some other place. You rascal, you're not a-fit to be in the pulpit...?... Money. "If you can't appropriate so many thousand dollars, well, we can't come. Our--our--our managers and things will come around, if you can get up the money we'll come. If I can't get full cooperation with everybody, I won't come. If everybody don't fully cooperate, all the churches, so I'll have plenty of money to make my debts meet, I won't come."
Brother, a real man of God would go if the Holy Ghost led him, regardless of what the...?... if he had to eat soda crackers and drink branch water. That's right, he's a real servant of God.


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