<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>62-0622E, Why?, Great Western Exhibit Center, South Gate, CA, 75 min
L-1 ...?... Thank you. Let us bow our heads just a moment for prayer. Our heavenly Father, as we approach Thy throne of grace tonight, we come in that all-sufficient Name of the Lord Jesus with the blessed assurance that He has given us that we would be heard, and our prayers would be attended to. We would ask first the forgiveness of our sins and the sins of the people. And we would ask again that Your blessings will continue to be made known among us, that Your Name might be honored.
Bless the words that's said in both song and sermon, testimony, or whatever might be done. Heal the sick; save the lost; give--give the Holy Spirit to those who are hungering and thirsting. And may this be a night long remembered because of Thy Presence. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
May be seated.

L-2 I was saying the other morning at the breakfast, "I'm always just a little bit late." And I was preaching at a United Brethren church not long ago, and I was--come in about an hour late. And so the minister said, "I will now introduce the late Mr. Branham."
I said, "Well, I've always been a little late. My mother said I was a full nine-month's baby. Then it looked like I didn't have enough time; I only weighed five pounds. And when I was married, I... She waited for me for about a hour. I held the whole thing up and till I made a hospital call and come back. If I can just be late for my funeral now, that's the next thing, if I can just put that off awhile. I don't want that to come too quick. So I want to stay and serve the Lord."

L-3 It's good to be here and to have this fine audience of people out again tonight. I think in the morning, to you that live up around Los Angeles, there's a Christian Business Men's breakfast in the morning. I believe they still hold it at the Clifton's Cafeteria, and I hope to be there in the morning.
I've learned that Brother Shakarian has been pretty ill. He's going to be there? Well, that's fine. Brother Demos Shakarian, a--a personal brother, good friend of mine. I'm sorry to hear about it. I heard he got a little sick, but didn't know he was as sick as what he was: just got run down. I told him about two years ago he'd better pull in just a little bit. He looked back and said, "Practice what you preach." And so...

L-4 I remember the last time here, when Raymond Richey caught me by the trouser leg as we was coming into the church down here in Los Angeles at... No, I beg your pardon, at Long Beach. We was going into the auditorium there that night. Raymond's a personal friend of mine, and he'd had a breakdown. He's in a terrible condition. And he said, "Brother Branham, don't go too long." He'd just come back from Korea. Raymond's getting a little far up the road too, you know. He said, "You'll kill yourself." And said then, "Look what a condition I'm in now."
And I've been along those lines, so I know what it is. And I see so much to be done, yet you--you... It looks like you haven't got time to do it, and it makes you nervous. So I just hope the Lord forgives me, that my zeal will not overcome my wisdom, He'd give me wisdom to know how to handle my zeal, rather.

L-5 It's nice to be here tonight with you brethren too back here at this...?... Les Kopp and all you brethren. So nice, this nice audience here... I'm just so glad to see the--these meetings, look like everybody just in one heart and one accord, look like anything could happen. The last few meetings has been that way, and I'm just so thankful to the Lord. As long as they continue like that I feel like I can just keep moving on awhile. When... It's when you hit those crossfires, that's when it's bad, you know, when--and there's no unity and... But here it's just been just one great big brotherhood. Everything is... Just so thankful for that. May the Lord continue.


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