<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>62-0531, The Conflict Between God And Satan, Faith Assembly, Clarksville, IN, 116 min
L-1 Hearing these wonderful songs, listening to the church sing them, and thinking about old times, and looking out and seeing faces I haven't seen in a long time, and it's just something about it that's real, to get back in church. Don't you think so? Good.
I was... Just awhile ago, an old friend I haven't seen for, oh, to wave at him, I guess, but it's been years since I shook--associated with him--a boy, Jim Poole, I used to run around with when I was a boy, and now... He was down my home awhile ago, the first time he was ever at my place since we were--well, since I've been married. And Mrs. Wood here invited him to come down and hear us preach. He said, "Well, I used to hear him all the time." And when we used to walk together hunting and so forth, and we... he didn't... He wouldn't say very much, you know. I'd talked all the time. I said, "Why don't you say something?"
He said, "How can I?" I just had all the time took up.
So looks like it's kind of been that way with me: kind of taking up time, doing a lot of talking on, not getting anywhere. But I'm glad that today that I've changed my way of talking since them days, talking about the Lord. I just love Him.

L-2 I was talking to Brother Ruddell, and he was telling me there... (Thank you, Brother Temple.), I was talking to Brother Ruddell. And he come down a few days ago, and was talking to me, and told me three dreams that he would dreamed. And I got two of them; and I forgot the other one. I was trying to tell him what it was. It was me with a mirror trying to reflect, and saying, "You see how God reflects, just like we reflect in a--in a mirror." It's certainly been good.
Brother Creech, is this your girl playing the piano? I didn't know whether that was Patty. Where is Patty? How... My goodness, Patty. I remember when they lived down there, well, right where they live now; it was just about like this little fellow setting right here. And Mary Jo's, I guess, married? Jim was standing there awhile ago. His grandchild was standing there and here come my grandchild in. I said, "We might as well get a walking cane and set down. Don't you think so?"
But just beyond the river, that's the great place, that's where we're looking for. And it just isn't because I got--getting old that I think about that. I started talking about that when I was just a little, little bitty fellow, young man right in the prime of life. I believed that there was a land somewhere. We're going that way. I'm so glad of it.

L-3 You know, I--I don't say very much that amounts to anything, especially when you're just talking. But a lot of times I pick up something another here along in the Scripture. But sometimes the Lord gives me something, it just tickles me to death when I get a hold of something that's real good. I just... Oh, it just does me so much good. We all feel that way. I know, Brother Neville, you, and brethren here, Brother Junior, and all of you, you feel the same way when you get something the Lord gives you, and you see it's just so real.
And the other night I was preaching (I believe it was the Tabernacle), and I struck something that's done me more good than anything I've thought of since I've been converted. And that was... I might repeat it again if it's all right. I know where... You know where I'm going to, but it was that evidence of salvation. See? I... It just struck me and I--I said it. I went home; I got in my room, and I--I walked up and down the floor. I--I just had a little good time by myself, you know, just in there thinking about it.


<A HREF="P2">Next Page</A>