<TITLE>01. Par 1-8</TITLE>63-1116E, Perseverance, Marc Ballroom, New York, NY, 116 min
L-1      Thanks. Thank you, Brother Joseph. "Now I believe."
Now I believe, now I believe,
All things are possible, now I believe;
Now I believe, now I believe,
All things are possible, now I believe.

L-2 Let us bow our hearts now in His Presence. Our Heavenly Father, we are grateful to Thee again, tonight, because that You have been with us through the day, and have guided our steps. And we are assembled together again, tonight, in the Name of the lovely Lord Jesus. And we are here under great expectations. We are looking now for the time that You will give us the climax of this gathering together, that when You will heal the sick, all the afflicted people tonight. May there not be a feeble person left among us tonight. May their faith move up, Lord, from... and don't look at their troubles any more, but to the One Who is the remedy, or the cure, for their troubles. And, God, we pray that You will break the Bread of Life to us, afresh, from Thy Word, that will encourage us. "For faith cometh by hearing, and that the Word of God." And we will praise Thee, for we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-3   You be seated. So glad to be back here tonight. I just passed by the door out there, a few moments ago, and there was a great multitude of people milling around, walking up-and-down the streets. And the--the bus driver said that, or the... Pardon me. The cab driver said, "Them people didn't come to church, did they?" I said, "Yes, sir. They can't get in," I said. The people has claimed that people don't like to go to church. See? But they--they... I believe that the Gospel yet is the--is the greatest drawing power there is on earth, yet in Its simplicity.

L-4   Had a great time at the Full Gospel Business Men's breakfast this morning. The Lord did bless us. He met with us there in a great way. They had sold, I believe they said, seventeen hundred tickets, and they let in three hundred more, and then they couldn't let no one in no more, and they stood in the aisles and around the doors. And--and the Lord, when we made the altar call, gave us many, to rise, to receive Eternal Life. So that we're very thankful for.

L-5   And--and then I want to thank some brother. He couldn't get in out there, I don't think. And he--he gave Billy, a while ago, a carton of.22 bullets, for me. And I got them back here. I'll enjoy them, sure. Thank you very much, if you're outside and can hear it, or inside, whichever it is. I certainly...

L-6 That's been a great blessing to me, sometimes, target shooting. And, now, you have to have something to kind of let off the pressure. And so that's the way I do it, sometime when I get a chance, and can, why, I run out to the range and shoot a little while, just merely to let off the steam. You... I believe Jesus said, "Let's come apart into the wilderness a while."

L-7   Now, we love you so much! And tomorrow is Sunday, and everyone wants to go to church on Sunday. And I know, or pretty sure, you all know where the--the (I try to say stone church, it's) Rock Church is. That's the church that's sponsoring this meeting, I guess, and others are visiting here. And you strangers that's out of town, that's come in to the meeting, and if you don't... Now if you have a post of duty, you go there. That's what you're supposed to do. Always stand at your post of duty. That's your--that's your duty to God and to your pastor, to the rest of the congregation. But if you don't have any place to go, I'm sure you would be certainly welcome at the Rock Church, for the... I guess they've announced the services.

L-8   And--and you people that get saved in these meetings, we never know. Now, we usually make an altar call, what we call an altar call, see, and that's--that's all right. I have nothing against that. That's good. But I believe, if you'll remember the Scripture, they--they didn't have an altar call. "As many as believed, see, they were added to the church." Believers!


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