<TITLE>14. Par 50-52</TITLE>L-50 Notice. This young man, he was different. The old caretaker followed him one day. Every day he'd go up towards the setting of the sun up on the hill, and watch the setting of the sun, rather. He'd look across the land, standing there with his hands like that. And the other kids would all get out after the day's service was over and they'd drink and carry on. Some of them had mixed bathing, and parties and everything, carrying on but this young man. One day the old caretaker, watched him each day, he got on his nerves. So one day he just followed him up, near. The young man was standing there looking across the sea towards this nation, towards the setting of the sun. The old caretaker said, "Pardon me, young man. I'd like to ask you a question."
Said, "Yes, sir. What is it, sir?"
Said, "Now, you been here over a year." And said, "I've watched you every day. You come up here about sundown when the services is over down there, your--your art lessons." And said, "You come here and watch the sun go down." He said, "I--I'm just a curious old man." He said, "I--I would just like to know why you do it? I'd just want to know. Maybe I'm just curious." Said, "You forgive me if I'm wrong," said, "for asking you."
Said, "No. No, sir." He said, "The first place, I'm a Christian."
The old caretaker said, "I am too." He said, "That tells me why you don't go out on a party, don't go out and act like the rest of them, don't associate yourself with them." Said, "I understand that now, you being a Christian," said, "for I am too." He said, "I'm looking for the consolation of the coming of the Lord."

L-51 So standing there together, the young man reached over and put his arms around the old dad, hugged him up close to him, said, "Are you married?"
Said, "Yes, I've raised a big bunch of children."
He said, "Sir, the reason I watch that, I pray." He said, "You know, way across the land in America there's a certain state in that big United States. And in that state there's a certain city, and in that certain city there's a certain house, and in that house is a girl. She's a Christian too. And see," he said, "as the sun coming here, it's in a different position there. But we made a vow that we'd watch as God moved the sun across." And said, "I promised that I'd live true to her. She promised she'd live true to me through life." And said, "Someday I expect to go to her and make her my bride." Said, "That's the reason I try to live the way I do, because I have made a promise and I want to be true to my promise."

L-52 Oh, if we today as Christians, that's professing to be Christians, if we could separate ourselves from everything of the world (all our creeds and everything else), and stand towards--look towards heaven, separating ourself from the things of the world and live like Christians because someday... There's a certain place called heaven. "In My Father's house there are many mansions." Someday He's coming for us. And let's be true and faithful till that time. And the only way we'll ever make it, friends, is when we are borned again. And we cannot be borned again until we come under the shed Blood of Jesus Christ.


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