<TITLE>29. Par 265-266</TITLE>L-265 I pray that you'll have no rest, no rest at all, until you have received the Holy Ghost. And I pray for myself, and for these who raised their hands that has the Holy Ghost. I profess It, you profess It; but Christian friends, we're letting that Holy Spirit lay dormant. We are--we are catered to much to the--to the pleasures of life. We're afraid of a little affliction. We're afraid of these things. Let's lay this world aside.
Covet not this world's vain riches,
That so rapidly decay,
Build our hopes on things eternal,
They will never pass away.
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
When by earthly friends forsaken,
Just still more closer to Him cling.
Hold to Him. May we, as Christians who claim the Holy Spirit, may we be so ashamed of ourselves, may we be so vexed in our spirit, that we'll never cease until we're living, burning lights; filled with the Spirit, and letting Him operate through us. I don't mean in a bunch of fanaticism, you know better than that. I mean in a true, reverent way of God, through the baptism of the Spirit, through the power and manifestation. To work in this last days, when we know that the end is nigh.
God bless you. You been faithful now to set here a long time, until by my watch, it's about twelve minutes after twelve; may be later than that. But whatever it is, thank you for your undivided attention. My prayer, my blessings be with each one of you. I--I love you. You proved to be my friend. When I was in need, you proved to be my friend. That's when a real friend shows, when they're friend. You proved to be my friend.

L-266 Friends, I might say hard things and cutting things from here. Maybe you think I degraded your organization or denomination. I did not mean it in that light. I only mean this, to be your friend; I must be truthful. I must be honest. If I seen you going down the river in a little boat, and I know them falls are just below there, that boat cannot ride those riffles. It cannot do it, you'd sink. And if I screamed to you, "Get out of that boat." It's nothing I got against you, I love you. I'm only trying to save your life.
And that's what I say this morning, when I say these things. It's in the tolerance of love and fellowship that I say it. Friends, whether we are Pentecostals, we need a shaking; whether we are Baptists or Methodists or whatever we may be, them church brands.
As I said to Mr. Coots, the undertaker; he said, "Billy"... he was talking about sermons and so forth, and he--he always come in. He's Catholic. I think his wife is, I believe he is too. However, he comes always and listens to me preach. And he comes down when I go to pray, he'd gather in, stand around, and we was talking about it out there. He said, "I always like to hear you, Billy."
I said, "Mr. Coots, a brand never changes the breed of the cow. If the brand is on a hereford, it was a hereford to begin with, see. The brand doesn't change the breed."
So if you're Methodist or Baptist, or whether you're Oneness or Twoness, or whatever Pentecostal group you belong to, oh my brother, you're brand never changes what you are. You might be called Pentecostal, branded that, but if you're not Pentecostal at heart, in spirit, you're not Pentecostal. That brand is just on a struggle--a stra--straggler. A regular old, range cow can wear a good brand, but that don't make it. It might wear hereford's brand, but it isn't a hereford.


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