<TITLE>21. Par 143-149</TITLE>L-143 And you should ask nobody, that's--that's just your duty. Brother Neville don't ask nobody, the church don't have to ask... I mean, the--the--the trustees don't have to go ask Brother Neville if--if he wants the roof put on the tabernacle. See? No, no, that's not nothing to Brother Neville, it's not nothing to me, that's to you. The deacons don't have to...

L-144   The same way to the pastor. "What are you going to preach on? I don't want you to do this." They ain't got no business saying that, he's under God, see, their pastor. And then if--if--if... Brother Neville, he preaches a message that the Lord has give us, and we're all together in this. And if I tell Brother Neville something wrong, God holds me responsible for it. That's right. See? So God is the Boss of all of it. See? And we're just working as His ambassadors, you see, down here in these offices.
144a  Please...
The next question, and then I think we got one more, and then we--we'll stop.
Please explain just how the gifts of tongues are to operate in our church. I have did that. When can the church be put in order as... or just where the gifts are to operate? We've just explained that.
    
144b        Just how many c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a... Could you see what that is? [Brother Billy Paul says, "Instruments."--Ed.] Oh. Instruments. How many instruments are we to have in church besides organ and piano?

L-145 Well, it depends on if you had a string band or whatever you had, you see. I don't know what you got, what this means, I don't understand it. But the organ and the piano are property of the church. Now, if the song leader would take a notion to have trumpets and cornets and so forth like that, and somebody's come in the church and they play these instruments... And they're in a band, and--and then, course, then that's for your trustees, to take it up with the trustees and see if they got money to buy their instruments and so forth, or whatever like that. I guess that's what their question is.

L-146 But if they have their own instruments, wonderful. If they don't have their own instruments, and they're a member here of a band, not just a person running through here and plays once in a while, and runs out like that, it's got to be a band in the church. The church wouldn't buy a--a--a trumpet for a man that plays it here and tomorrow night somewhere else, and somewhere else, and drop in once in a while and play a little bit. No, sir. It's got to be a band right here, organized band with the--the leader, and then the church, talk to them about buying the instruments.
146a        Please explain just how we are to... how we deacons can keep the people just in the sanctuary before or after... Please explain. [Brother Billy Paul reads the question, "How do we keep the people quiet in the sanctuary before and after church?"--Ed.] Oh, all right.

L-147 I would suggest this, brethren. Now, there's a great thing. Wish we had more time to put on it, for it's--it's... it--it means something to us, see. Now, the church is not a...

L-148 If you was to... If you want to run this tape down some night and play it before the meetings, that the people will understand it, let this be played; just this part of the tape but no more, just this. Any part of this that you want played for a certain thing, just keep running it till you find it, and then play it. See, 'cause it's questions.

L-149 Now, deacons of the church, and as I--as I said, are the police of the church. But the church is not a general meetinghouse for--for fellowship and friendship and frolic. The church is a sanctuary of God! We come here... Now, if we want to meet one another, let me come to your house or you come to my house, or you go to one another's house and meet one another. But just to frolic around through the church, and talking and things like that, it's not right, brethren; we come here, we get the whole thing off of our mind. If we would come here...


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