<TITLE>04. Par 16-20</TITLE>L-16 There's been some great things happen in Arkansas. We're so thankful. Many of those testimonies old times. I guess when I cross over the bar, I... may many of them I'll hear. Just so many things comes in my mind about them old days, and all down through the years, and across the sea of testimonies wherever you stop.
Somebody this morning in the meeting, the pastor here, his wife, she's setting here. She was telling me about three times the Lord has called her in meetings like that. And she was cured of Hodgkin's disease. That's cancer, you know. It's in the gland. So they... And many things had been done.
Another brother standing there testifying, just recently, up in another city, of cancer all over his face, and God had healed him. I couldn't even see a scratch of it nowhere; and different things. And everywhere you go it seems that way.

L-17 Now, tonight will be the last night that they'll be selling the books and those little pictures. We're not book salesmen. We're not here to sell books. These books are bought from someone else, and brought to the meeting. A good friend of mine's selling them at the door. We don't sell on Sunday. We leave that day alone. So we... If you'd like them, or one of the pictures, why, you can get them at the door as you go out, if you haven't already gotten them. Tomorrow is the Sabbath. And also, in the tapes... I'm sure they've been announced here.

L-18 Now, in this meeting, I haven't tried any preaching, because I knew that this was my first time here. I've tried to make it just as simple as it can be. But the Lord has given us some great messages, hundreds and hundreds of them that's on tape, such as the "Seven Church Ages," "The--the Beginning of the Seed," and the... Oh, "The Lamb and Dove," and "Down From His Glory," and--and all kinds of messages that--that--that's of--I think the Lord blessed. And they have them here. And you with tape recorders could just see Mr. Maguire here, and... Be glad to get them.

L-19 And I was telling the pastor today, we never want to put any stress towards money. I'm fifty-three years old, been preaching thirty-two years, and got my first offering to ever take yet. I never took an offering in my life, and I--I just don't do it. I just... When the expenses are finished, that settles it.
I've seen the time we'd take two nights, taking offerings. And time you could pass the collection box and get seven thousand dollars. And then as soon as expenses are paid, I wouldn't permit them to take another penny. That's all. I just don't believe in doing it. And I said any time that expenses is not met, just let me know. My church at home will meet the remaining of it.
And we want you to know that we're not here to take money. We're not here for nothing but to try to--to fellowship with you, and make burdens a little lighter, and pray for the sick, and do all we can to help you while we're here.

L-20 And now, tomorrow is the Sabbath. And now, you people that's visiting here, there's some mighty fine churches around here. Here's their pastors and--setting here. Now, attend some of their churches. They're men of God. They believe in this ministry. And they are different denominations, but we don't... When it comes to fellowship with Christ, we don't draw any denominational barriers, we just go together.
I was ordained in one church, Missionary Baptist, and never have been ordained in anything else. And I just come among the people as a brother, to stand and breach my--the way between brotherhood. If I could see every church just forget its--about its denominational barrier, and just come in as one great big brotherhood, I'd say like Simeon of old, "Lord, let Thy servant depart in peace, for my eyes have seen Thy salvation." That's right. When we can all get together like that, that's what I've always contended for.


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