<TITLE>26. Par 102-103</TITLE>L-102 And so he--he--he got this blackwater fever and he... And they thought he was dying. And he told his wife, said, "Stand nearby me, pray." Kept getting darker and darker, room, finally went all the way out. That's when he dreamed this dream. And he said that he--he guessed what it was was that fever, just had him so whipped out, till he was just gone. And you know what blackwater fever is; you don't live with that. So he'd believed God, trusted Him all time.
So he--he had his wife praying, her hands laid on him, and praying... And they had to go out by canoe for days and days to get out of the place where they were in. And then said, one... He dreamed that he tried on this log, until he just wore hisself out. Said, "He just... his strength was completely gone." Said, "He just got so wore out, he just set down, leaned back against the tree, and he said, 'I'm done. I just can't lift that log, it... Where's all my strength gone. Why, I could lift that log and put it on my back with one hand,'" said, "'walk away from here. It's a small tree.'" And he was a very strong man. And he said, "I could... Why, I've picked up trees bigger than that, any time walk with it." And said, "He was just setting there, and just got crying." He said, "All my strength is gone. I can't do nothing else. My strength is gone."
And said he heard his bo--boss come up and said, "Paul, what's the matter."
And said, "He thought that b--boss had the sweetest voice he ever heard." And he said, "I--I'm finished. I--I haven't got no more strength. I can't go any farther. I can't pick up that log. I just can't move away with it."
He said, "Paul," He said, "What are you tussling with it anyhow?" See? He said, "There runs a creek, running right along by you." And said, "Why don't you just throw it in the creek there, and get on it and ride on down? The camp's just below the hill; you go right down the riffle to the camp." Said, "Just roll it over in the creek and jump on it. Ride down; let it pack you down."
"Well," he said, "I never thought of that." And said, "When he turned around, he saw Who his Boss was, it's his real Boss." Said he pushed it in the water, jumped astraddle the log, and said he was just so happy, he begin to splash in the water like that and holler, "I'm ridin' on it. I'm ridin' on it. I'm riding on it," going over the riffle, just as pretty, flying down to the camp like, hollering, "I'm ridin' on it." And said when he come to hisself, he jumped right in the middle of the floor, his wife laying over in the corner, where he just threw her back, and screaming to the top of his voice, saying "I'm ridin' on it. I'm a ridin' on it. I'm a ridin' on it."

L-103 And brother, that's what it is tonight. One day I found out that Jesus Christ loved me. I realized that I was born to be His child. He called me and give me Eternal Life. I don't know when my death will come. I don't--doesn't matter to me. But there's one thing sure: every Word that He promised in this Book, I'm ridin' on it. I'm ridin' on it. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." The baptism of the Holy Ghost is for whosoever will, will come and receive it. Divine healing's for every one: whosoever will may come and receive any blessing.
 There is a fountain filled with blood,
 Drawn from Emmanuel's veins,
 Where sinners plunged beneath the flood,
 Lose all their guilty stain.
 That dying thief rejoiced to see
 That fountain in his day;
 There may I, though vile as he,
 Wash all my sins away.
 Ever since by faith I saw that stream,
 Thy flowing wounds supplied,
 Redeeming love has been my theme,
 And shall be till I die.
 Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
 I'll sing Thy power to save,
 When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
 Lies silent in the grave.


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