<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>62-0611, It Is I, Be Not Afraid, Central Assembly Of God, Columbia, SC, 114 min
L-1 Good evening, friends. I'm certainly not worthy of such a great compliment as was just give by Brother Bigby. I hope I could live up to something like that. And I'm happy tonight to be back here. We've just... passing through the country, and we was up with the--Brother Parker Thomas in his convention. And when I knew that we'd be in this district, I had always had such a love and respect for Brother Bigby, and for this people. I deemed it a great privilege to get to come tonight, and for tonight and tomorrow night, and to know... Then, also, I'm just hearing that Brother Ned Iverson, a bosom friend, a great minister of the Gospel, is going to continue on. And I thought I would come tonight and...

L-2 I preached so much up there, last time in that convention, I just about preached my lungs out. And Brother Ned's going to do the preaching down here. And so, I thought I would just come and talk to you about Jesus, just what I knew about Him, and pray for the sick people. And so... As I remember, when the church here was... I believe had just been built, or Brother Bigby had just taken it over, or some way... And I'll never forget those glorious days that we were here.
I was talking, coming down the street. I believe it's been about--about six years and three months, or something like that, since I was here... And these fine people all through the south and east. It's such a privilege to fellowship.

L-3 Now, tonight, we have our pastor with us from the Tabernacle, that--that takes my place while I'm gone. I suppose maybe he's been introduced: Brother Neville. We also have other pastors here of sister churches: Brother Bryant (I guess all of them), Brother Collins, Brother Wilbur Collins, a Methodist minister who just received the Holy Ghost recently, and in the faith. And Brother Neville also was a Methodist minister. Brother Jackson was a Methodist minister. And so it looks like the Methodists down our way is just coming right along. So we... 
You know, I like to think of this like that last well that Jacob dug. There's room for us all, you know till no one has to run us away. And thinking the other night, that Pentecost is--is not really an organization; it's a--it's a--it's a fellowship. It's an experience. And we all can fellowship around and have a great time.

L-4 And so, to be here tonight, and to try to fill the pulpit where a gracious teacher like Brother Bigby is; that's a big order. And I would not try to do it all. And then knowing that after I--I leave tomorrow--tomorrow night, that Brother Ned Iverson... I'm sure you all know Brother Ned, and Brother Vayle, and those great teachers there; and Brother Ned's father, the outstanding man, one of them, on the field today. And--and a little fellow like me, that hardly knows my... I just know my ABC's. That's about all. You know what that is? To Always Believe Christ: to me it's ABC. That's right. So that's--that's about all, I suppose I'd have to know that others around here know. You don't have to fill it in around there, you know, just make it in. So that's very fine.

L-5 We're... Wish I could stay this week and listen to Brother Ned, and have a lot of fellowship with you people and fine pastor. But I've got to go home Thursday--Wednesday morning. I get there Thursday night some time, nine, ten o'clock. Four or five o'clock Thursday morning I have to take for the Cow Palace at the west coast, and be in Los Angeles to begin out there just a few days prior, or, after I leave here.
And then I go up the west coast, all the way to the Washington, Oregon, and up into Canada, and perhaps Anchorage, Alaska, to close the services. And come back and go overseas to--to Tanganyika, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa, and down through there. I certainly need your prayers.


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