<TITLE>20. Par 61-63</TITLE>L-61 I went walking. I walked, and I walked, and I walked, and I thought, "Well, my." I looked, time for the airplane to come. And He just kept saying, "Walk." And I just kept on walking. I went over and got over on the other side, and I got in that--the colored district over there. And I was going down, well, the--it was way high; the sun was way up high. And I thought, "Oh, I missed my plane. Well, if He said walk, I guess maybe He means walk home. So I'll just keep on walking, leave my suitcase back there." So then I went--I went--I had my suitcase still at the hotel, and I had these letters. I kept walking along. Thought, "Well, Lord..."
Just Something kept saying, "Keep walking, keep walking." I just kept on walking; that's the only thing to do. No matter how it looks, just keep on anyhow. If God said do it, just keep on anyhow. That's the way you do it. That's the way you get well (See?); just keep on walking. Say, "To--Yesterday I couldn't wiggle my finger but that much; today I can wiggle it that much. Praise God. Tomorrow I'll wiggle it that much and the next day that much. And then the first thing, I'm...?..." Just keep on walking. That's all, just keep walking.

L-62 Then I got over there on the other side of Memphis. And when I did, why, I was walking down through some--a big colored district there, little old shanties like, out there. And I thought, "What am I doing over here?" I thought, "Well, He said keep walking. If He wanted me to turn some other way, He'd tell me." So I just kept on walking. And I walked, and I was singing that little song that you Pentecostal people sing about--let's see if I can get the tune.
They were gathered in the upper room,
All praying in His name,
Baptized with the Holy Ghost,
And power for service came;
Now what He did for you--them that day
He'll do for you the same,
I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them. (You've heard it, haven't you? Yes, sir.)
These people may not learn--learned to be,
Or boast of worldly fame,
They have all received their Pentecost,
Through faith in Jesus' Name;
And are telling now, both far and wide,
His power is yet the same,
I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them.

L-63 I was going along humming that to myself. I looked; I seen an old colored woman leaning out over a--a--a gate, there like this. And it was way up, and oh, it's beautiful springtime and the honeysuckle. You--you--you think orange blossoms smells good, just wait till you smell honeysuckles in Indiana back there. So and there was--and she was leaning out there, and she had a man's shirt tied around her head, great big fat face, you know. And I was coming along, I thought... Well I seen her standing there. I kept walking on like that. And when I got up close, she started laughing, great big tears started coming down her eyes. I said, "Good morning, auntie." That's usually the way we would address colored people in the south.
She said, "Good morning, parson."
I said, "Parson?" That's a preacher, you know. I said, "How'd you know I was a parson?"
She said, "I knowed you was coming."
I said--stopped and come back; I thought, "Father, is this it? You send me down to this Negro woman?"


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