<TITLE>04. Par -</TITLE> cont. Now, if You were here on earth, these women and men would bring their children to You. But we, the ministers of the Gospel, are Your representatives. So we give You this baby for a life of service in Your Kingdom, in the Name of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Bless you, little Rebekah. What a sweet little thing. May God bless you both and the baby be a long happy life in the service of God.
3-6d      I don't know whether I'm quite strong enough or not. This is all boy. What's his name? Daniel... Stanley Victor Cleveland. Little Stanley. What a nice little name, and what a nice little boy. Well, I guess I've...?... I think I better...?... Got a fine boy...?... Oh, he's all right. We don't practice this; we just do this, you know. There's nothing formal about it. He's a sure a sweet little fellow. I--I forgot the last name. I don't think I pronouncing it right: Cleveland. All right.
3-6e      Let us bow our heads now. Heavenly Father, this couple brings this baby, little Stanley Cleveland, to be dedicated to the Lord Jesus. And as the pastor here of the church and I stand together in unity in the works of the Lord, we give to You this child for a life of service. You've given it to the mother and father, and now they give him to me to my arms, and I place him from my arms to Yours. God, bless his father and mother. Bless the little boy; may they all live long happy lives of service for You. May the child be raised in the admonition of God, to serve Him, and to fear Him, and love Him all the days of his life. Now, they brought children to You that You might bless them, and we, with our hands upon the child, bless him in the Name of the Lord, and may he live a long happy life of health and strength to Your service, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless you little Stanley. You've got a fine boy there.

L-4-2 And then this tape... (I suppose the boys are making the tape.) and if you happen to get the tape, whoever is listening to the tape, remember, if something is puzzling to you, don't say it 'less it's on the tape. Don't say something contrary to what's on the tape.
So many write in on the serpent's seed and say that I said such-and-such. I go get the tape, play it over. I did not say it that way. See, people misjudge things.
You know, Jesus, one time after His resurrection, was walking down the shore with the apostles, and John was leaning on His bosom, and they said, "What will happen to this man?"
Jesus said, "What is it to thee if he tarries till I come?" And there went out a saying that John was going to live to see Jesus come. And the Scripture says, "Howbeit, He never said it that way." You see, He--He never said that. He just said, "What is it to you if he tarries till I come?" He never said he would tarry, but the misunderstanding, it's so easy.

L-4-8 And now, it's--it's not that I'm condemning someone for doing it, because I do it myself. And all people does it. If the apostles who walked with our Lord misunderstood Him, and they never did clearly understand Him... Right at last they said, "Lo, now we understand. Now, we believe, and we are sure that no man has to tell You anything for Thou knowest all things."
And Jesus said, "Do you now believe? See, after all that time, do you finally... Did it finally get to you (See?), that you believe?"
And that's just human, and we're all human. So we're going to misunderstand, but if it's kind of a little puzzling to you, play the tape back. Listen close then. Now, I am sure the Holy Spirit will reveal to you.


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