<TITLE>03. Par 16-24</TITLE>L-16 And many of them come from the Tabernacle here. I believe Brother Sothmann, his family's back there, and Brother Tom Simpson and them, and Brother Maguire, and we all had great times in the Lord.

L-17 And so we went up on South Mountain, which is just South of Phoenix, and got up away from that pressure. Umm. A pressure in a modern city... No wonder when the people begin to multiply upon the earth, sin, violence set in. And I looked up there, and setting way high so we could see the valley of Phoenix, I said to the wife, "Wonder how many times, since we been setting here in this fifteen minutes, that the Name of the Lord is taken in vain in that city?"
About, well, in the metropolitan area, taking in Tempe, and--and Sunnyslope, and through there, I suppose there's right at a million people in that valley. I said, "Three hundred years ago there wasn't nothing but cactus and coyotes in here. And it probably, in the sight of the Lord, it'd be better if it was back like that." That's right. Although the great--great city that they built there, and beautiful homes and so forth is pretty. But it would be fine; it would be better off if the men and women were walking up and down the streets with their hands up in the air, glorifying God and thanking Him. But instead of that, it's cursing, carrying on, drinking. Just let civilization come in, and wickedness is there.

L-19 I said, "How many adulteries was committed last evening, last night in this city? How many drunks? How many homes... How many--how many disorderly things has been done in the last hour, in this great city?"
And wife said to me; she said then something like this, as I thought, "What would be the use of coming here then? Why did you leave home to come out here?"
Then I said, "Here's what it is. After all of that, which certainly is in the majority, but there is a little minority down there. How many faithful prayers went up in the last evening down there, just coming on to the service?"

L-22 And He was so good to us that the churches would be packed out before sundown, that you couldn't get in the yards around the place. And them organizations and so forth, and the Lord poured out His Spirit and blessed them. And I never held any punches, just kept punching right away at the Gospel. And sometimes, of course, it's pretty rough, but it's the only way I know it. It's rough in here. So it's going to be rougher at that judgment bar where we have to stand up to it. So altogether, it was a glorious thing. And we want to thank the church here for praying and holding on to us, and--and keeping us near the cross.
And now, coming back home then in here, and I would've gotten down this morning maybe to pray for some of the sick; I got many of the interviews that's waiting, cases that some of them I got on to the last couple days since I been here, been waiting a month since I been gone. So they're trying to get in to them just as fast as they can, get them from different places where they're located.

L-24 And the Lord willing, in about two more weeks I'm going to Tucson; that's down lower part. And now, the businessmen this time, so you can pray for this... I never like to do anything until first I believe it's the will of the Lord. Now, the next convention comes up in Modesto and then from there to Washington, the state, Washington, and to Zurich, and then Palestine, and then into South Africa. And that all takes place between now and June. And I was invited to be the speaker at all these conventions. And it might give me an opportunity to get into South Africa again. Their call, every months we get invitations. But if one...


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