<TITLE>32. Par -</TITLE>L-52-3 What in the world has this child done, just a kid? Satan, that's who it is who'd take her life if he could. Certainly. There he is prematurely.
See? The Swiss hadn't done anything. They were good people; they were trying to defend their homes, but they stood out there to defend. After while there was one by the name of Arnold von Winkelried.
Here come this army; they was all surrounded. Said, "What can we do?" Everywhere, just oceans of men, well-trained. That's the way Satan does it. Well-trained, his spear pointing right out, each man in step, one-two, one-two, just pulling in on this little army. Just--just keep walking, that's all they had to do and just pick them, every one, on their sword, the spears, go right on through them. That'd end of the Swiss army; that'd been all.

L-52-6 Right over the hill was their homes and loved ones. And women had been ravished, and raped, and their young daughters and children killed and homes burnt, and everything, food taken, cattle and stuff and gone. There they was. What happened?
Inspiration struck one by the name of Arnold von Winkelried. He said, "Men of Switzerland, this day I die for Switzerland." Amen. "This day I die for Switzerland."
They say, "What will you do?"
He said, "You just follow me and fight with all you got." He stood up there, throwed down his spear (his little stick he had in his hand like that); and he screamed out with his hands up, like that, and run towards that, hollering, "Make a way for liberty." Run as hard as he could go right to the army; and when he did, he grabbed every one of the spears that he could and throwed them right into his breast like that, and died.

L-53-1 He told them 'fore that, said, "There's a little home over yonder, a wife, and some babies." He said, "I'm leaving a little home that I've just bought." And said, "I--I love them, but today I die for Switzerland." He give my--he said, "I give my life to save the nation." And that was a hero that... They haven't had a war since; that--that ended it. It routed that army, with that heroism so displayed, till there wasn't a--that--that--their army was so confused, the Swiss rolled rocks on them, and run them out of the country; they never been back since. That's been hundreds of years ago. See? Why?

L-53-2 That was a great deed, but, oh, Brother, one day when the ignorance, superstitions, doubt, flusterations, and fears had God's people backed into the corner, there was One named Jesus Christ said, "This day I die for the people." That's right.
What did He say to His army? "Follow Me and fight with everything you got. If you got a club, fight with a club; don't be afraid. If you got a stick, fight with a stick. If you got a rock, fight with a rock, whatever you got." That's what our Chief Captain says today. "I've took the Word of God, and I defeated the devil in his power." He chopped him to ribbons (Amen.) with that Word.
Now, whatever you've got, if you just got one Word, "The Lord thy God, that healeth thee." Chop him. Follow...?... (Amen.), follow our Captain. Yes, sir, He chopped him up.

L-53-5 Satan with his big beautiful kingdoms, and more beauty, and everything, all up-to-date don't have nothing to do with us. That's right. He's still the most subtil of all beasts of the field. Yes, sir. Jesus said that the children of this world were wiser than the children of the Kingdom of God.
Now, these two great conflicts (we're going to... I got--have to close), these two great conflicts are coming together right now. Right now is the hour when sickness and things has struck the world, till medical science is stumped, and everything's stumped; there's nothing here... And we just... And the army, the little army of God's being backed into the corner and everything. Brother, it's time for another Arnold von Winkelried.


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