<TITLE>06. Par 20-23</TITLE>L-20 But I remember, one night I was coming from Memphis, flying in a plane coming home, and they got a storm up, and they grounded me at Memphis. It's been years ago. And Memphis is located right on the Mississippi River, as we all know. And so they sent me up there to that famous hotel, Peabody Hotel. And I thought, "Boy, one time I'm going to be an aristocrat, staying in that hotel."
So they called me up after while and said, "Well, everything will be all right (long about ten o'clock)." Said, "Be ready, we'll... The flight leaves in the morning at seven o'clock."
"Thank you, sir."
Said, "Be ready. The limousine pick you up."
"All right, sir."
Many more was in the hotel there that night. So I set up till about twelve o'clock, writing letters to different ones, and praying over requests that I had, answering some personal mail that had been put in my pockets going through the meeting.
Next morning I got up early, and I thought, "Well, at six o'clock I believe I'll go out and find a post box, and mail them, you know, put them in there."
So then, I went out to this box, and thought I'd find it. Went down the street... I started walking down the street. And when I got down the street a little ways, I started to cross the street where there was a big Irish cop standing out there. And he whistled, and people would cross. And something said to me, "Go back the other way."

L-21 Do you believe children of God are led by the Spirit of God? I just wanted to hear you say that, so I can finish the story. That's true. And He works on both ends of the line (See?) always makes His corners meet. And I thought, "Well, maybe that was just me thinking that." But it sounded like a voice told me.
There was a sporting goods store there, and how love fishing and hunting. I just got up in the sporting goods store window, and was looking around there to see if I didn't attract the attention of this big cop, maybe would run me off the corner. And I got up here and I looked around. Nobody was watching me. said, "Heavenly Father, was that You? I don't want to miss You, Father. Was that You?"
And a voice just as plain as you hear me, said, "Turn and go back."

L-22 Well, I turned and started walking back. And I walked and I walked, till I got over to the other side, got down into the colored section, way down towards the river. Got down in that way, and it a beautiful morning. I looked up. I'd been gone then over an hour. I thought, "Why, the plane's gone."
But something just kept saying, "Keep walking." I know God well enough, just keep doing what He tells you to do. Don't you believe--use your own thinking. You do what He tells you to. Just keep going. I just kept on walking, walking. I got down amongst where the colored people was, a little old house down there, and I looked... I was going along singing that little song that you Pentecostal people used to sing all the time. Let's see. I--I sing it once in a while, try to get it, something about...
They were gathered in the upper room,
All praying in his name...
Baptized with the Holy Ghost,
And power for service came, (You ever hear that?)
What He did for them that day
He will do for you the same,
Glad that I can say I'm one of them.

L-23 I'd just learned it, and I was going down saying...
One of them, one of them, (Lord, what do You want me to do? See?)
I'm so glad that I can say I'm one of them.
And the Holy Spirit just kept saying, "Move on, move on." You know how you're led of the Spirit. Just kept on going down the street singing, you know, and singing.
After while I looked. Hanging out over an old whitewashed fence, a little old shack behind it, there was a typical old Aunt Jemima, standing there with a man's shirt tied around her head, great big fat cheeks. I just quit singing. It was about the distance to the door. I just started walking on down the street.


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