<TITLE>01. Par 1-3</TITLE>62-0608, Perseverance, Bible Tabernacle, Southern Pines, NC, 145 min
L-1 Thank you, Brother Parker. It's a privilege to be here. I'm sorry that I was a little late, but a very serious case of sickness just behind the curtain. And I was ministering to the little baby. And I'm so glad to be here again tonight, and I trust that I won't keep you like I did last evening. I kept you so long. And I went home, and I kind of felt--or, I went to my motel, and I kind of felt bad about when I seen what time it was. I was speaking here for about an hour and forty-five minutes.

L-2 And 'course, that's a short one for me. The other day I spoke six hours. See, if a fellow knows a whole lot, he don't have to talk so long. But when he don't know so much, you just have to fill in so, you know, I guess it's... See, I just wait on Him. And when I feel like that He gives me something to say, well, then I--I say it. And I just kinda have to stumble along until then.
I was trying to speak last night about reasonings, not, when anything reasons against God's Word... I don't mean reason, just any reasoning, because Paul reasoned with the people. And trouble today, people just take anything that comes along, and don't reason it out with the Scripture. But when it's reasoning against God's Word, then stay away from it. That's the enemy. See? But when it's reasoning with God's Word, that's God. See? That's right, the two reasonings. So we believe in reasoning with the Word, believe that the Word is right.
Now, you cannot scientifically prove the Word, because it's... and you never will, because it's so contrary to science. If it's scientifically proven, then it isn't any more faith. See? You've got to have faith, and faith is contrary to scientific proving. So you must believe it, not prove it; believe it. That's the idea.

L-3 Some time ago I was talking to a man. I was at Toronto, Canada. We was having a great meeting there. The Lord was blessing in such a marvelous way. And I was across in... It wasn't in Toronto, now. I--I take that back. I forget the name of the place in Canada we were having the meeting, and--and... I'll pick it up in a few minutes. I've traveled so much till I can't think of the names of the place sometimes. And it's right across from Detroit. What's the name? [Someone says, "Windsor."--Ed.] Windsor, correctly, Windsor, Ontario.
And there was a... had a television set setting on the street, some kind of a screen-type, and there was a cowboy there playing, strumming on a guitar, over, broadcasting from the United States. And the man come out, and was talking to me.
Said, "I'd like to sell you that."
Said, "No, sir. Was just passing by." Said, "I don't believe I want it."
And he said, "Well, I'll make it to you real cheap."
I thought... I explained it to him. I said, "I'm a--a tourist." I said, "I'm..."
"Oh," said, "you're just passing through, I suppose?"
I said, "No, I'm down here in a motel." I said, "I'm just here for a few days."
He said, "You're not with that meeting over there?"
I said, "Yes, sir. That's right."
He said, "I don't want to hurt your feelings," but said, "you're listening to a quack."
And I said, "Oh?" And...?... I said, "you think so?"
He said, "Yes, sir," he said, "I do."
And I said, "Well, why would you draw an opinion of that?"
He said, "Well, because the man's talking about something that he doesn't know nothing about."
And I said, "What do you mean?"


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