<TITLE>25. Par 92-96</TITLE>L-92 When the--when the bolt went down, the deer heard the bolt, and she turned. Them big ears pointed like that. And I was standing behind some bush. And she looked right there; why, she saw the hunter. But she was a mother; her baby was in trouble. Death or no death, she wanted to get her baby. And she...
I seen that gun level down, them quiet nerves of that fellow. I thought, "Oh, Burt, how can you do it? One minute from now you'll blow that loyal mother heart plumb through the other side of her." See? So close to her, he wasn't over about thirty yards. I thought, "Oh, my. He will--he will blow her heart plumb out of her at that distance, that big bullet like that and that..." I thought, "How can you kill that mother looking for her baby, and playing the part of a hypocrite to get her out here in the open like that? And there she's displaying that she's a real mother. Die or not, her child's in trouble."

L-93 I couldn't look at it. I turned my head like this. I said, "Heavenly Father, don't let him do it. Don't let him do it, Lord. Oh, how can he do it? How can he be so cruel as to kill that deer like that? How can he do that? And that poor mother there, displaying that loyalty and love for her baby, and then he's going to kill her like that. Why? Don't let him do it, Lord." I was just praying within my heart. And I waiting to hear that gun fire any time. And I thought, "As soon as it fires, it's all over."
And I was standing two or three feet from him. He was knelt down by a snow drift, some bank like this. And right over top, was some brush. There was an opening right there. And I was... Last time I seen him, he was holding that gun right like that. Oh, my.

L-94 Quietness, I never heard the gun fire; I thought, "What's the matter?" I had my back turned like this, 'cause I couldn't watch it. I turned around and looked, and the gun barrel was going like this, shaking. He looked around, tears was running down his cheeks. He took the gun and throwed it on the snow bank, grabbed me by the pants leg like that, and said, "Billy, I've had enough of it. Lead me to that Jesus that you're talking about."
There on that snow bank, I knelt down by the side of there, and took him by the hand. He's a deacon in a church now. What was it? He saw something real, something that wasn't put on, a real mother's love calling for her baby. He seen something that wasn't put on, no hypocrite, something that was borned in her.

L-95 Brother, sister, that's what the world's hungry for today, the hungry-hearted, is to see something real, a real God. Not some sham put on through some mental theology, but a real genuine God, and a real genuine people to represent Him. That's the reason Jesus said, "The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here."

L-96 Let's bow our heads for a moment. Before we call the prayer line, I want to ask a question. Be honest with me right... We're closing now, maybe, some, for the last time to see one another, some of you. Just--just a little silent prayer in your own heart...
How many in here would like to be the Christian that that deer was a mother? Wouldn't you? That's right. The balcony? Would like to be the Christian that that deer was a mother, that you could display your love for God as loyal as that deer? Why? She was borned a mother. She was a mother. You want to be a real Christian like that? "Live or die, no matter what takes place, I want to be a Christian, real one." Somebody in the balcony. Only two or three hands where there's a hundred on the bottom floor. God bless you. That's good. I--I know God's up there just the same. You think you're too far away for God? No, He's everywhere.


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