<TITLE>13. Par 45-47</TITLE>L-45 Now, now, how much different that eagle is from a chicken. Oh, why, a chicken's a bird just the same as an eagle is. Did you know that? Why, a chicken is just as much bird as the eagle, but a chicken is his denominational brother, you know. They just ready to settle down in some creed, builds his nest right out in the barnyard somewhere, where every rat can run in and tear it up, scatter his little ones: whiskey, cigarette smoking, short-wearing women, bobbed hair, oh, everything just cut them to pieces.
But a real eagle takes his nest high. Every old filthy thing of the world can creep right into it, but an eagle takes his nest and puts his little ones that's going to be born so high till that foul breath don't even blow on him. Whew. You know I feel--I feel real religious right now. Somehow or another, I just feel good. Yes, bring him way up high...
I watch him, how he takes that nest. First he takes some great big sticks, and places them right down in the crevices like that, builds it around so no wind can disturb it. Then he goes out, and gets briar vines, and wraps that around, around, and around, ties it in. There isn't a architect in the country could build one any better. That's right. He knows how to do it, way up on a peak. No animals or rats can climb up there, so his little ones are safe.

L-46 Sometime ago a noted evangelist said, "I go into a city..." Well, it was our Brother Billy Graham, I think a mighty evangelist. He said to Louisville there, talking to the ministerial breakfast that morning...
I was there with Mordecai Hamm, which was a good Brother of mine, one that led him to the Lord, led Billy Graham to the Lord. Mordecai and I are neighbors there, so we're real good friends. And he was... We was setting at the table together, and old Billy got up, he said, "This Bible is the standard." He said, "When Paul went into a city," said, "he had one convert. He went back the next year and that convert had made thirty." Said, "I go into a city." Said, "I'll get thirty thousand converts. When I come back next year, or two weeks from then, hardly a month," said, "I can't find thirty." Said, "What's the matter?"
Now, here's what he said. He said, "It's you bunch of lazy preachers. Set back there with your feet on the desk and send them a card instead of personal contact them." I admired his--I admired his... but that wasn't it. I thought...

L-47 I want to ask you something: "Who was that personal one to--that...?" Paul didn't go back. He just left that convert. That's all. "The thing of it is, Billy, you're not taking them far enough out of the sight of all these things." That's what it is. Get that thirty thousand with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, then come back in thirty days and find that one. Yes, sir. Just fanned a little creed over them. They take them out, and say... Show them your name. "Here, take your letter out of some other and put it over here." That's not it.
Take the sin out of your life and let your name be written on the Lamb's Book of Life in glory up there, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost come down there, and you'll fly like an eagle. That's right. You'll come out above all this old stink of carrying on we have on the earth here. It's really the truth.


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