<TITLE>18. Par 186-195</TITLE>L-186 Even our Christian Business Men, brethren, when I had to tell Demos about, THUS SAITH THE LORD, what was going to take place in that organization. Which did, a few weeks ago, by Brother Ford and them. Told them, two years ago, to watch what would happen. See? You're getting it into you, going to make it an organization. When it does, then I'm through with it, that minute. It's been an oasis, because the people, the ministers, will come in, 'cause that's their support. See? And then I get to bring the Message and plant the Seed, everything I can.

L-187   It's not because I want to be different. If I'm that way, then I'm a hypocrite. Then, God will never work them things through a hypocrite. God identifying a hypocrite? And far be it from God.

L-188 It has to be Truth. But if we could just shake ourself a minute and realize. Don't think it's some man. Some man has got nothing... some... God has to choose somebody.

L-189 Now, you historians here, did God ever use an organization? [Several say, "No."--Ed.] Never. Now I want to ask you something else. When a man raised up with a message, and that organization organized an organization behind that message, it died right there. And God put it on the shelf, and it never did come to life. ["Right."] Now just ask, ask yourself that question. Now, see, now that's not talk against...

L-190   Now, there's Catholics. All my people are Catholic. I'm an Irishman. And all my people are Irish-Catholic, and they're fine people. And I'm not against the Catholic people. It's the system! I'm not against the Methodists. I'm not against the Pentecostals. It's that system that bars us out. "We're that," see, you're working for one achievement here. And we are trying to produce God, the Bible. And they've already got their documents drawed, their--their form of religion, what they believe; and outside of that, you can't cross it.

L-191   And you think it's an easy thing for me to stand here and say that to brothers who love me? You think it's easy for me to bawl you sisters out, with short hair? You think it's easy for me to bawl you men out, for letting your women wear shorts and things like that; when them women put money in, to support me, missionary, over the seas? If there was no money went in the church, I could... my children couldn't live. And somebody who is nice to you and kind to you, you think it's an easy thing for me to stand there, when I love people?

L-192   When I was a little boy, my father being a bootlegger, I was hated. Anybody... Go downtown, I start to talk to somebody, nobody would have nothing to do with me. They, they'd see somebody else come along, they could talk to, they'd walk away and leave me. And I--I always loved people.

L-193 When I was a little boy I set in, in reading my--my--my history book. I was reading one day, and seen there where Abraham Lincoln got off of a train down here in New Orleans. And there was auctioning off a big colored slave down there, and--and to breed him over to some bigger women, to make better slaves. Abraham Lincoln took his hat off, and twist his fist. He was a Kentuckian, too. He said, "That's wrong. That's wrong." I still say it's wrong. God made man. Man made slaves.

L-194 God makes us our color, just like He does the flowers. He has a white flower, a blue flower, a red flower. Let them alone. Don't hybreed it. Leave them alone. Let them the way they are. They're all God's flowers. It's His bouquet. God made man, and man made slaves. We don't need to be slaves.

L-195   Like I said, this Martin Luther King is leading his people to a crucifixion. It's communistic. Sure, it is. If them people were slaves, then I'd be down here fighting for them. Right. But they're not slaves. It's an argument, where they go to school or not. Won't go to talking about that. I just thought I'd express it. See? All right. Notice. It's just the Devil. Certainly.


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