<TITLE>36. Par -</TITLE>L-55-2 I was talking right here in this room the other day to a official of one of the biggest Methodist churches there is in the Falls City, one of the most spiritual Methodist churches there is in the Falls City, show Methodist age which comes in next to our age there--the Pentecostal. And he said, "In St. Louis, Missouri, they took an analysis about three or four months ago and find out..." That man may be setting here this morning. Well, he's a contractor that's building this--fixing the building for us. Main Street Methodist is where he belongs to, where Brother Lum and them is pastor.
So then we find out that in that, that I believe it was seventy some percent of the Methodist people in an analysis--a survey of St. Louis showed that seventy some odd percent of the Methodist smoked, and that sixty-eight percent of them drinking alcohol beverages: of Methodists And the strange thing was when the analysis was given and estimated between men and women; women, it was seventy, or seventy-something percent to about fifty percent of the men: More women smoking, drinking than there was men. Seventy percent--seventy-something percent more women than there was to the men.

L-55-3 Now, what if we got down to the Bible doctrine of wearing shorts, and bobbing hair, and stuff like that? See? Why, it's ungodliness--women professing godliness and holiness--card parties and everything else, tattlers, blabbers, not having been able to hold their own tongue--own tongue, talking and tattling, and going around. How about the men? Card parties, golf games, out there half-dressed, little old dirty looking clothes on with them women hanging out there.
No wonder. See that dirty scheme pulled on that preacher (prison preacher) this morning? Yes, sir. I don't believe that man is guilty of that. What did it do? That's brother... I can't think of his... Yeah, Dan Gilbert, prison preacher. When that man run in and murdered Dan here a few months ago, and now his wife's to have a baby. 'Course, Dan's dead; they can't put a blood transfusion to the baby now. She said that Dan ravished her and that's her--that's Dan's baby. Such a--I don't believe that no more than I believe that a--that a crow has pigeon feathers. No, sir, I believe it's a lie. I believe Dan Gilbert was a man of God. And I believe that's a scheme of the devil.

L-56-1 Like that thing trying to put over about them prayers. That old Methodist bishop was smart enough to catch that. If he would've--that would've went through, that was only inspired by something else. That's right.
Just like the segregation problem down in the south: same thing. I believe men should be free. I believe this nation stands for freedom. I don't blame Mr. Kennedy for sending down the troops, although I'm not a New Dealer, and I'm not a Democrat; I'm not a Republican; I'm a Christian. So I'm... But I don't believe in that. I don't believe the colored people ought to sell their birthrights to such stuff either. There was a debt--as the Republican party, the blood of Abraham Lincoln freed them people because he was a godly man. I think you ought to at least stick to the party if you're going to vote at all. But I tell you one thing; that boy wasn't down there just because of that their schools; that boy is a citizen. He's an American. This is freedom for all. The color of a man shouldn't change his difference. "We all..." God said, "Of one man made all blood, all nations." We're all one.


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