<TITLE>15. Par 68-71</TITLE>L-68 Now, Elijah had heard rushing winds, and he knowed that was God out there, or something going by. He heard rains and everything. But what alarmed him was when He come in that still small voice. He'd seen Him come in the rain. He'd seen Him come in the fire even. He heard the winds, and he heard the rain; he'd heard the fire, and seen the fire and all. But he was alarmed when that still small voice came. So he put a veil over his face and walked out. Oh, brother, that's it.
What we ought to do is listen way down deep in our heart till we hear the voice of God. Then walk out on it, believe that it is true. Yes, sir.
I... But I wonder today, brother, if we're failing to recognize yet among us the Holy Spirit. I wonder if the people in our attitudes today, if we don't fail to recognize that this is the Holy Spirit. See?

L-69 Now, I know--to some of you strangers, maybe, around in the camp tonight, some people might live a life that you'd be ashamed to live yourself. That may be true. But, my brother, sister, they haven't got what they're talking about. That's right. That is true. But don't you never judge by that.
When I went into India, there was a man wanted to prove to me he could lay on spikes. One wanted to walk in fire. He wanted to do all these things to show what he could do for a nickel, or a dime, or penny, whatever you give him. But listen. He was playing the part of a hypocrite out there. But way back in that interior was some honest person, was absolutely doing that thinking they were sacrificing to a god somewhere. But he was playing the part of a hypocrite.
We have the same thing. That's exactly right. Some men, women, just are so-called, just tries to put on an act like they got the Holy Ghost, and just 'cause the rest of them goes that way.

L-70 As I was telling the other night, when I first got in the pulpit, I--I got up there, and I--I watched Dr. Davis the way he preached. And I'd just got exhorter's license, so I got up there. And I thought, "Say, you know what? I can preach like that too."
So I got up there, and swung my arms the same way he did, and jumped up-and-down the same way he did and I was just saying, "Hallelujah, Glory to God." and, "Hallelujah, Glory to God." and, "Hallelujah, Glory to God."
And then, first thing you know, when I got down from there all the old women come around and said, "Oh, that was wonderful, Billy."

L-71 But old Dr. Davis set there, an old lawyer, you know, looked at me like that. I said, "How'd I do, Dr. Davis? "
He said, "Rotten. Worst I ever heard." Oh, my. Did he deflate me. He said, "I want you in my study tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock."
I said, "All right, Dr. Davis."
I went in all beat down, you know. He looked at me, said, "I guess you feel like you'll never forgive me, Billy."
I said, "No. I want to know why."
He said, "When I first started practicing law," he said, "I watched a lawyer. And that's no doubt but what you've done too: watched me," he said, "because I see you try to go through every action that I went through."
He said, "But you know what?" Said, "The reason I said 'the rottenest I ever heard,'" he said, "because you never brought a bit of the Word of God. You was just crying, and snorting, and slobbering, and carrying-on." Said, "You never said a thing about the Word." He said.


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