<TITLE>13. Par 51-55</TITLE>L-51 So he left him one big leaf like this, like a door. He could raise it down and look out. And he set there wondering, "Now, He will never know I'm up here. 'Cause He can't see me up in this tree. And I'll just see how much Prophet He is." And every once in a while, he'd hear some noise.
You know, usually where Jesus is, there's a lot of noise. I don't why, but it's usually that way. See? "And so he pulled the leaf down, looked out over the leaf. Nobody coming.
After while, he heard a noise. He looked down. And the streets was beginning to crowd full of people. He peeped under the leaf, you know, watching, looking around to see. After while, a great big strong man come around the corner, the street standing full. "I'm very sorry this morning, friends, would you step back and give our Master room? He is... He's very weary and tired. He's been up much through the night. He's been healing the sick yesterday. And things has been done. Would you please step back?"

L-52 "That must be who Rebekah said was Simon Peter. He looks like a big brawny looking fellow."
"Would you stand..."
"Here comes some more man by. 'We are very sorry. But give our Master room, will you? Because He's very tired this morning.'"
"Well, I thought, 'Now, He will never see me setting here.' And so after while, I looked over on the corner, and there stood a--a friend of mine with a sick baby, that I'd just been down there and talked to him. And the doctor that eats at my same restaurant, that I and the priest eats at. Told that man that baby would die at any time, and its fever was so high. And here they are wrapped up in a blanket, standing out there to see this fanatic come around.'"

L-53 "After while, the little father run out in front of Him, and fell down, and said, 'Would You have mercy on my baby?' And He just touched the blanket. The little girl got to jumping and running, going away."
And when he looked down, there was something about this Man Jesus, that when he saw Him, he changed his mind. He didn't feel like giving Him a bawling out. If you ever look straight into the Scriptures and see Jesus, what He is, you won't criticize Him no more.
He didn't want to bawl Him out, but he pulled the little leaf down and begin to watch Him come on. He had His head down, walking steady. The Bible said there's no beauty we should desire Him. So He probably was a little stoop-shouldered Fellow, walking along the streets.

L-54 And when He got right under where he was at, He stopped. And here he was looking over this leaf. He looked up, said, "Zacchaeus, come down. I'm going home with you for dinner today."
Not only knew he was in the tree, but knew who he was. "Zacchaeus, come down. Make haste, come down right away. Rebekah's waiting for us."
"You remember how He..."
"Oh, yes," all of them said, "I remember that. Yes, sir. We remember that testimony, what Zacchaeus said up there that day at dinner. How he was ashamed and he said, 'Lord, if I've done anything wrong, I'll make it right. I know that Thou art the Messiah. Sure, I'm satisfied. When You called my name, me setting up there in that tree.'"
"Oh, yes."

L-55 "And say, when we went out of the gates, you remember that old blind Bartimaeus, that was out there on the other side there? You remember his testimony, brethren?"
"Yes, I remember it."
"He was setting there dreaming of the days that when he could see when he used to be able to run around on and pick little flowers along on the Judaean hill."
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] But He don't clown for the devil. He said, "I do nothing till the Father [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...?... what I see the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." How many knows that's Scripture, Saint John the 5th chapter?


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