<TITLE>01. Par 1-9</TITLE>63-0113E, Perseverance, Foursquare Church, Phoenix, AZ, 100 min
L-1      Greetings to this fine audience here tonight, Sister Webster and Brother Green, and all the audience, the members of this assembly. It's always a privilege for me to come to the house of the Lord, and then, tonight, to be back again in one of the Foursquare churches of His.

L-2   I remember, years ago, when I first came to Los Angeles. I had heard of Sister McPherson, but she had done climbed the golden stairs before I become in the way. And when I went to Los Angeles the first time, I went up to Forest Lawn. I heard she was buried up there, and I went up and stood by her grave, and bowed my head and gave thanks to God for a noble life. Since then, I have seen the Foursquare sign in nearly every nation I've missionaried in. I've had the privilege of being in the temple, waiting in her waiting room. Before she would go to the pulpit, she had a room there. And I've set there, many night, while speaking at the temple, and think of the hours that she might have meditated before entering the pulpit, the sacredness of opening up the Word of God. To be here, tonight, with some of the followers that's trying to keep that message alive: God be with you, bless you.

L-3   And then to be back with Brother Green, a precious, dear friend, Brother and Sister Green. And when I was out there, a while ago, and met him, I--I told him how much I enjoyed that message in song, the other day, that up there at the businessmen, about, The Name Of Jesus, or something, he called it. They don't have it recorded yet. I told him, "Let me be the first customer," it was so, such a beautiful song.

L-4 And I thought they might sing for me tonight when I got down, and--and my wife and children are back there to listen at it. And I'm sure they enjoyed it too. And his voice is not... It's really familiar around our place. I've got many of his recordings. When I get feeling real bad, I go in, I have one of those record players, and I put on a whole bunch of his records, and just set back and listen to them. I want to say to the wife back there, I just got some more of them. I certainly enjoy them. They're... They are a haven of rest, just to hear them Gospel songs, to know that they are sang not from some mechanical trained voice, but coming from the heart of a real Christian.

L-5 He told me he had some out there yet tonight. I want my wife, them, look it over, to see if there's any he's got out there, we haven't got, and be sure to pick them up. I think they have them out in the vestibule. And they're...

L-6   You know, the main thing, as what I think about singing, I like these. I like trained voices, but I don't like an over-trained voice. Then you just see how long you hold your breath, till you get blue in the face, and you're not saying nothing anyhow. But I like good old pentecostal singing, where you just open up and sing. I--I like that. And Brother Green has that, he and Sister Green. And so we know that that's backed up by these choirs, and so forth. And it's very fine to know that, these things, we can get a hold of them.

L-7   Now, Brother--Brother Green and I first met, I believe, that I can think of, I believe it was in Kansas City, when we used to have the conventions out there. How I used to set out... They said, "Well, it ain't time to come on yet." But I'd wait out in my car, and I wanted to be sure to hear that singing, when he--he and sister were singing.

L-8 So I told him out there, I said, "I trust, that, some of these days when I cross over the river..."

L-9 I love singing, so well! And I--I just can't sing. That's all. I've always wanted to sing, and I--I just can't do it. And I used to try to sing a song at the church, "Old-fashioned meeting in an old-fashioned place." I'd mess it all up. I'd just take my wife's hand when I got home, I say, "Honey, I'll never try it again, so help me." I just get the... everybody else all messed up.


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