<TITLE>01. Par 1-12</TITLE>63-0121, Zacchaeus, The Businessman, Ramada Inn, Tucson, AZ, 81 min
L-1      Everybody has been testifying tonight, giving such great experiences. And I certainly enjoy those things. And it seemed like that everybody had a little sense of humor to their testimony.

L-2 And I might add this to mine. As the colored lady wanted to testify not long ago, she says, "Elder, could I testify?"
I said, "Just go ahead."

L-3 And she said, "I--I--I hain't what I--what I ought to be, and--and I--and I hain't what I want to be," she said, "but I ain't what I used to be, too."

L-4 So then it's about the way that I feel among such a group. I'm not what I ought to be, or what I want to be, but, I know one thing, I'm not what I used to be. And I press towards the mark of the high Calling.

L-5   So good to be here. We've had one of the finest times of fellowship with our brethren, up in the Maricopa Valley, this last two weeks. I'm rather hoarse. And we have seen our Heavenly Father do great things for us. And we're just doing this to kind of get the people to praying, and expecting the great climax to come during this convention. When...

L-6 I heard that I was having the privilege of coming down to this chapter, with my good friend, Brother Tony. And I've asked three times, tonight, how do you pronounce that name? And I--I just can't get it. And so just "Tony," if that's all right. I think we're not too formal here, anyhow, are we? You know, that's kind of godly. You know, the Bible said, "God is without form." So we don't have any form.

L-7   Seeing the great things that our Heavenly Father has done for us this week, we're happy to come down and share these blessings at this chapter, and get to meet some brethren, and you people from down here in this part of--of Arizona. Which, we all know, down here, that this is the capital. I've told them all week that Phoenix was just the outskirts of Tucson, always. See? They won't believe it, that, we welcome them to our fellowship. This is, because we're way higher. They have to look up to us, you see, up here at Tucson. And so you all come on over, and we'll go over and visit Phoenix now, next week, or the end of this week, for this time of fellowship up there.

L-8   We had a great thing to happen just before I come out on this trip. I would just like to take just a few moments' time because I think it'd be worthwhile. I...

L-9   In traveling all these years and trying to stand between the gap, different organizations and people, the Christian Business Men was kind of a little oasis for me, to believe that God made of one blood, all nations. And I--I believe that. I believe that his people are in all churches. If He's God at all, He's God of the whole human race, God of the creation. And He certainly can... Look out upon the deserts and the mountains, you can see what He loves, because He expresses Hisself in His creation. And we can see that there is a God. And these people, the Full Gospel Business Men, when going into their chapters, speaking for them, then it gives me an opportunity to get to speak to all the different groups, together.

L-10 I was called up to, what we would call in kind of a worldly expression, pinch-hit for Demos Shakarian. You know what a--what a arm full that is. But I was at Cincinnati a few days ago, and Sister Shakarian, as I understand, went through an operation. Brother Miner Arganbright, one of the officials, came by and said, "Ride up to Cincinnati with me."

L-11 I said, "I've got hundreds of people laying here, from all over the world, laying in these hospitals and rooms, waiting for me to pray for them. Been waiting on interviews, maybe some as much as two or three years, waiting, and they finally got in here."
And he said, "Well, just run up a few minutes with me."

L-12 I said, "Well, what time is the breakfast?" It's about a hundred and twenty miles, I guess, from where I live.
And he said, "Well, it starts about eight o'clock."


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