<TITLE>01. Par 1-13</TITLE>64-0314, The Investments, Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont,TX, 75 min
L-1     ... to have these few minutes with you people. And I am grateful to Brother Pearry for this invitation of being here, and for all your cooperation.

L-2 I think this is our third visit to your fine city. We've always found the people here friendly, and always speak, hand out, whether they know you, or not. I've visited some of the business places, and how nice. Always seems different than it is up in the cold north; they see me come in, they wait on you and go out, and that's all of it. But you very seldom visit a place 'less somebody says, "Thank you! Come back and see us again!" I like that.

L-3   Then, I think that Brother Pearry here, as I would call him that, just... I'm older than his father, so I guess I can call him Brother Pearry. We hardly knew the boy, just on the introduction of my son, Billy Paul, who went to school with him. But if there is anybody in this city, or around about, within the reach of television, that'll be lost at the last day, it won't be because that Brother Pearry didn't put forth every effort to try to get people to Christ. He certainly not left one rock uncovered. And I deem this a grand privilege of being here.

L-4 When Brother Pearry said to me, would I "speak at a little banquet" he was having, that some of his business colleagues would be here. Well, I am certainly not a speaker. I--I don't claim to be that, but I thought I would. It would be an honor for me, after having an invitation like that, to speak to the--the... his business colleagues.

L-5   I have the privilege of traveling internationally, around the world. And I speak much for the Full Gospel Business Men's Chapters. And I know this is just a little time of fellowship, so I'd like to express something that was cute one time. There was a man, after I got through speaking... It was all businessmen. And, so, outside there was a fellow come to me, and he said, "You're a preacher, aren't you?"
And I said, "Yes, sir."

L-6 He said, "What are you hanging around these businessmen for?"
I said, "I'm a businessman."
So he said, "Oh, you are?"
And I said, "Yes, I'm--I'm a businessman."
Said, "What kind of a business are you in, sir?"
And I said, "Eternal Life Assurance."

L-7 And he didn't get me just right. I said it fast. He said, "Oh, the--the Eternal Life Insurance." I never said insurance; I said assurance, and he... But I never told him. And he said, "The Eternal Life," said, "I don't know. I don't believe I've ever heard of it before."
I said, "That's too bad."
Said, "Well," he said, "where is the headquarters?"
I said, "Heaven."

L-8 I'm still in that business. I'd like to talk a policy over with any of you, after the service is over, tonight. I'm very enthused with my job. And, so, and I never said now, "insurance," I said, "assurance."

L-9   Insurance is all right, understand. I remember... Course, I don't at this time have any.

L-10 I remember, after I was married, my wife and I was sitting in the house, one day. And a good friend of mine... My brother is an insurance salesman, Western-Southern. This boy was a salesman for the Prudential. I went to school with him, very fine boy. His--his brother writes The Upper Room, for, I believe he's a Baptist minister, and he writes articles in the little paper called The Upper Room. Very fine people. So he come up to see me, one day, and he said, he said, "Billy, I--I hear that you got a little sting one time on insurance."
And I said, "Yes."

L-11 He said, "It kind of give you a little sour feeling towards them?"
I said, "No, not exactly."
He said, "I thought I'd come and talk a policy with you, Billy."

L-12 And I said, "Well," I said, "Wilmer, thanks," I said, "but I--I got assurance."
And he said, "Oh, I'm sorry."

L-13 And my wife looked around at me, as if I was a hyprocrite. She knowed I didn't have any. She looked at me just astounded. I said...


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