<TITLE>02. Par 10-18</TITLE>L-10   But one of these days I'm going to sing. And I've always thought, maybe over on the hillside, where the--the river of Life runs down along by the Throne; when that great choir of all the redeemed, those great voices will be on that hillside, singing. I hope there's a little shade tree over on the other side. You want to see me, just come around there. I'll be setting there, listening at them.

L-11 But then when you get over in your palace, some morning, and walk out on the porch of your palace; and way down somewhere, down there in the woods, there's a little shack built somewhere. I'll... Walk out on your porch and hear somebody singing, "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound." You say, "Oh, Brother Branham made it, 'cause there he is. He--he finally got there." So I'll be able to sing then. Until then I just have to make a joyful noise to the Lord.

L-12   Aren't we happy? We haven't got a thing to worry about, not a thing. We've anchored in Christ, setting in Heavenly places, caught up in Rapturing grace right now, setting in His Presence in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Death itself can't touch us. Anchored away, nothing can bother us, just simply secured and waiting for His Coming. And we're grateful for this.

L-13   Now, I got about a hundred and fifty miles to drive tonight, and after the service. And with a fine crowd like this, and it takes me a long time to get started, and then twice that long to get stopped. And so I'll try to get right in to say what I plan on saying, as quick as possible. I want to thank the pastor, associates and all, for this opportunity to come here, to give my testimony of His grace tonight, in this fine congregation.

L-14 I climbed, some time ago, up on South Mountain, looked down over the valley. I thought of about thirty-five years ago when I first entered this valley. How this city has growed, just got just spread out all over the Maricopa Valley here. Just far as you can see, is city. I was setting there with my wife, and I said, "You know, honey, perhaps about three hundred years ago, there wasn't nothing raced through here but coyotes and javelina hogs, and so forth, around through the country. And then man came in and begin to build. Then civilization begin to spread. Then sin and violence set in."

L-15   I thought, "Wouldn't this be a wonderful place?" I've always thought someday I'd like to live in Phoenix. And then I... looking upon the valley, I could almost, in my heart, feel like weeping, that what a beautiful place it would be if it was here without sin.

L-16 How they've taken just the desert and has converted it into a--a living quarters! Today we were riding up around on the head of the Camelback, lovely homes up there, almost like you're entering paradise. And then it would be beautiful, but sin is here everywhere: whiskey joints, immorality, just everything that's wrong, all kind of devices, and traps of the enemy, to trap human souls.
My wife said, "Then why are you here, Billy?"

L-17 I said, "Honey, it's black. But, you know, there is, all through that darkness down there, there's little spots of Light. That's God's chosen. And I'm here to put my shoulder with theirs, put my heart with theirs, my voice with theirs, and cry out against the darkness."

L-18   That's why I'm here in Phoenix again. May God of Heaven help us. And after the night is over, and our little meeting that's passing through the city, from church to church, amongst all the denominations of the full Gospel. And they ended up with the businessmen's convention over at the Ramada. I trust that we'll leave a mark across here, that will mean that in the little Light that's been scattered, that many souls will find Christ, many sick people of the faith will be healed. We already begin to see, showing results.


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