<TITLE>23. Par 154-159</TITLE>L-154   And I think it would be a good thing if our church... And I'm just saying this, we're going to do it. See? Let's do it. If somebody does anything, the thing... And I think it'd be a good thing. If it's a good thing, then let's do it. See? We don't want to put off any good thing, we'll do it, anyhow. See? And just go ahead and--and stand up there and if they start on a morning, or something like that, people visiting, just let someone, or one of the--one of the deacons, or somebody walk up there and say, "It's been made a rule in the tabernacle here..."

L-155 I don't know if they do it, they may--may. I'm never here, you see, I don't know. I'm never here before services.

L-156 And when they come in and they start talking, let somebody get up there and say, "Sh-sh-sh, just a moment." See? Let the--let the... Get a little sister, get her up there and get her playing that music. If you don't, put it on tape and get it out there, see, of the organ music. And say, "Now we're... There's a new rule in the tabernacle. When people enter here, we're not to whisper, talk, but to worship. See? Now, just a few minutes the service will be starting. Until then, just either read your Bible or bow your head and silently pray." And a few times like that, they'll all learn. See? See?

L-157 You hear somebody talking, and then it gets down... for after a few times like that, after a while you hit a place where somebody say... See somebody talking, nobody else talking, you see, well, then one of the deacons walk up and say, "We--we want you to worship during the time of the service." You see? See? See, it's not a house of talk, it's a house of worship. Understand?
I think that was it. Please explain... Yeah. Let's see. Yeah. Please explain how to... the deacons should... in the sanctuary. Yeah, that's all. That's right. That's it.
157a        All right, now, here's the last one.
Brother Branham, when we have had opportunities on the beginning of the service... I'm--I'm... the comp-... though we had complaints.
It's wrote real little. And a "had complaints," ain't it? [Brother Billy Paul says, "Uh-huh," and continues helping Brother Branham read the small writing--Ed.]
... had complaints in the beginning of the service. We have... Let's see. We--we--we have songs, testimonies, and prayers, and prayer requests, special singing, and m-a-... maybe get it... get into the message at eleven, to... or after, but don't have too much time for the Word. Some of the people get restless and have to leave before it is--is... before--before it's over. Is... Please explain how many songs, and what time to start the message. And some--sometime we have prayer--prayer requests and it ends up in a testimony meeting, some things that--that don't be... don't seem kind of right at the time.

L-158   Now, I hope I've got that. Billy is trying to help me here. Upon the tape, you have to... somebody in our midst may... meeting, in the service, listening to what this was, is Billy trying to help me read it because it's wrote very, very fine, and I couldn't make it out. I got the general idea, it is, "How many songs should we sing before starting the service, and what time should service start?"

L-159 Now, the first thing I want to make here is a confession. And when I'm wrong, I want to admit "I'm wrong." See? And I--and I--I'll make a confession here that "I am kind of the leader of that." Because it's been me holding these long services and things, is what got the church into this routine, see, of doing so, but it shouldn't be. And now, remember, I have... I am... Was telling you all, "Sunday night, if the Lord willing, on Sunday night, that, I'm trying to allot my services from henceforth, if I have to stay a week extra, to about thirty or forty minutes at the longest for my services."


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