<TITLE>03. Par 9-12</TITLE>L-9 And so I got in about three o'clock in the morning, and I tried to lay down. And I slept for about one hour, and I could not sleep any longer. So I went out in the parlor and set down in the--the chair. And was setting there; it was daylight. And after while, I... Back in the children's room, the blankets flew for a moment, and little Rebekah had woke up, and she thought, "Well, it's time daddy must be home."
So here she come through the house just as hard as she could. And that woke Sarah up. She was a little bitty tot then, about this size. And I don't whether your children does it or not, mine, like I always had to, we'd have somebody's hand-me-downs, and--and you know what I mean by that. And so, Sarah was wearing Rebekah's pajamas. And they had feet in them you know, and the feet was just about that much too long for her little feet. And she was just about to fall over coming through.

L-10 And Rebekah could beat her. So she was longer-legged, and she ran, she jumps up on my right leg like that, and throwed both arms around my neck, and screamed, "My daddy, my daddy." Oh, you know how that makes your heart feel.
So then, before little Sarah could get in there, the little brown-eyed one about this high, she turned around, Rebekah with her arms around me (and she reminded me of the great fashionable church that's always first there, you know), she turned around to me, from my limb, and she looked back to Sarah, and she said, "Sarah, my sister, I want you to know one thing. I arrived here first, and I've got all of daddy and there's none left for you."
Well, poor little Sarah, reminded me of--of the little fellow that's kindly struggling along, you know. And her little mouth, little lips turned down, and her little brown eyes started to water. And I looked over and winked at her and motioned like that, and stuck my other leg out.

L-11 So here she come with them big rabbit-footed pajamas, you know, and jumped up on my leg. And she was kindly tottery; she couldn't hold on; her legs was too short. See? Just puts me in mind of the little new church that hasn't been out very long, the believer, you know. And I seen the little fellow might fall, jumping astraddle my leg like that.
So I just put both arms around her and hugged her up close to me. She had her little head laying against me. And after while, she raised up, and them big brown eyes looked up to Becky, and she said, "Rebekah, my sister, I have something to say to you also." She said, "It may be true that you've got all of daddy, but I want you to know one thing, daddy's got all of me." So--so we...
I might not be so fashionable in speaking and so correct in my English, but as long as He's got all of me, that's all I care about. As long as He can just hold me and tell me what to say, what to do, I just let it go the way I know it. So that--that's all.

L-12 So now, we want to announce that tomorrow afternoon, at... The Lord willing, we have our closing meeting. I was so glad to meet the pastor here tonight from the service that we had three nights, up at Grande Prairie: such a lovely time with those fine Christian people there, and likewise, enjoying the fellowship here.
And I told him, Chris, if we didn't get that grizzly, maybe I'd come back this fall and stop in again. So... And somebody was telling me, brother, today that one of the trappers, the Indian brothers, knowed where there was a great big one with a big foot. Wonder what size saddle he would use if I could put on him. And so we'll maybe come back after him, if we... Going out now to rest. I'm... been six months in the service, and I'm so tired and nervous. So you pray for me. If you want to pray for somebody that needs prayer, then pray for me that...
You know, Jesus said one time to His apostles, He said, "Come aside into the wilderness and let's rest a while. You've been a long time at it."


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