<TITLE>01. Par 1-9</TITLE>63-1116B, Investments, Statler Hotel, New York, NY, 96 min
L-1      Thank you, very much. I certainly deem this one of the highlights of my life, to be here in this great city of New York, to speak to this chapter, or these chapters, rather, having this time to sit on the platform with my ministering brethren, and to speak to the businessmen and women of this city, about our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no doubt but many of you know Him, from your action this morning, and rejoicing and praising Him for His goodness and mercy.

L-2 I feel pretty small here, standing here with these renown speakers and have to stand here and speak to this audience, because I'm not much of a speaker, always said I was a spare tire. You know, you use a spare tire when you got a flat; but we haven't got any flat, but they just let the spare tire roll along a few minutes, I suppose.

L-3   I was remarking about, in my soul, a few moments ago, and mind, about the... about bearing the fruit of the Spirit, as one of the brothers give that quotation, "bearing fruit." You know, we can't manufacture fruit. We have to bear fruit. See, a sheep doesn't manufacture wool; but because he has wool, and bears wool, he is a sheep. That's the reason he bears wool. That's the only way we can ever be Christians, is not because that we have the name, or try to work up to something, to manufacture it. Being a sheep, you just bear wool. Being a Christian, you just bear the fruits of it. Yeah.

L-4 And sitting this morning, I know our time is limited in these meetings.

L-5   Another reason we're in New York at this time, I was sorry that I did not get to attend that convention. A very dear friend of mine misunderstood me, when he said, "Would you speak at the convention in New York?" Mr. Williams. I live in Tucson, Arizona; he lives in Phoenix, Arizona, just about a hundred and twenty miles apart. And I said, "Yes, I'll--I'll be there in November, I'll be glad to do that," to meet with Brother Nelson, Brother Sweet, and my friends here. And come to find out, it was October. And October I was to be in Alaska, so I was quite a ways from New York at that time.

L-6   But finding this privilege of coming here with Brother Vick of the Rock Church, and the ministers, and we're down here in the Marc Auditorium, where we've been having a grand time this week, seeing the Kingdom of God among us. We're so happy for that. And then coming to this time this morning, where perhaps men, businessmen and women from all walks of life, sit here; Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, and whatmore.

L-7 It reminds me of years ago, when I used to work on a cattle ranch up in Colorado. I was... we'd take the cattle off. The Hereford Association grazes the--the valley, and it's called the Troublesome River Hereford Association. Our little ranch was up at the head of the river. And we had the East and West Fork, and we grazed the East Fork. And then the spring of the year, when we take the cattle off of the pasture then, and put them on to the Arapaho Forest, where the Association grazes.

L-8 Now, it's a Hereford Association. There is many people on, in the Association there, that raises Hereford cattle. And if your ranch can produce two tons of hay, you are permitted, by the brand, to put a cow on the pasture for the summer, so that your hay can grow up where they irrigate, and feed them out through the winter.

L-9   Now when we have the spring round-up, and driving the cattle up on the pasture, there is a drift fence. Drift fence is where the cattle don't drift back on--on private property, it's on government property. And the ranger always stands at this drift fence, and he watches the cattle as they go by. Well, there is many brands that goes through that--that gap, or little fence.


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