<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>61-0808, Thy House, House Meeting, Tifton, GA, 99 min
L-1 I tell you... it would... it... I know you don't come there to hear me. See, because no one would drive that far to hear a preacher. You've come there because that you--you believe the Message and you believe in Christ. And I appreciate that.
And I'm so thankful to have friends like that. To have someone who--who appreciates your--your efforts at what you're trying to do, to--to drive that far over them conditions. Only thing I can say, I wished... I told Meda; I said, "Wonder if we could have all the people that come from over fifty miles up home for dinner?" See? I don't know what we'd do with them. You see?
'Cause the biggest part of our church, I guess, eighty percent of them are you people. That's made up from Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, and places like that, where you've come from. And you think it...
And none of the people that come are rich people. They're just common people. And I know that takes a whole lot of your--saving your pennies to do that. 'Cause I know how much gasoline it takes to come and go. And besides that, the wear and tear on a car for the trip--round trip is about, oh, I guess it's about sixteen, seventeen hundred miles for one sermon. And come that each week. Think of that. See?

L-2 I just--I feel about that little. Honest. Just like I was a half-inch high to stand before you to really tell you how I--how I appreciate it.
Wife and I were talking, if you people didn't come, when I have service at the Tabernacle, it wouldn't pay me to go down. 'Cause there's more in this room right now than would be there, if it wasn't for you people. That's exactly true.
And that fulfills what the Scripture says. In our own country, among our own people... You--your--your respects and honor always comes from the outsider. I don't why. But I don't mean the out... I mean from outside your own home. Course, couldn't think of you all being outsiders, you're my fellow brothers and citizens in the Kingdom of God.

L-3 And here some time ago, I had a little old alligator stuffed up down here. And I told Brother Welch I was coming down to get it. And the kids didn't get to finish their vacation. And I thought I'd run them down to Florida, down in St. Petersburg in the morning. And on down, I want to go up Miami and come around over the Tamiami Trail, and back up home. And they have to go to school right away, and I thought this would be a good time to stop by for the gator.
And so Brother Welch--Brother Fred and Brother Wood came with me, so that'd give me a chance to bring the kids. And they're going to take my gator back. And I thought while I was down here, I'd just like to have a--your little group together, to tell you how I appreciate you--how I appreciate your efforts.

L-4 And Brother and Sister Evans, and--and Brother and Sister... I--I get it... I call it S. T. I know that it's T. S. I... There's a--a gargle, mouthwash that they call ST37, and that's how I call you S. T. Not from... And it's a--it's a good thing too. It's a dandy. It's got all the rest of them beat, to my opinion. And they use it in the army, and I--I use it for about anything. To gargle with, and for a mouthwash, and take it on a hunting trip with me. Where if my horse gets hurt, I pour a little that, you know. Just--just anything. It's--it's good for all around.
I guess, you find him that way too, don't you, sister? All the way around, to wash the dishes sometime and so forth...


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