<TITLE>06. Par 56-66</TITLE>L-56   Remember the old Baptist preacher that ordained me. I remember my first time up to preach. I just cried and beat on the desk, and everything like that. And some of the elderly women come by and patted me on the back, said, "Oh, honey," and crying. "You're going to be a great servant to Christ."

L-57 Old Dr. Davis set there, was looking me right in the eye. I said, "How did I do, Dr. Davis?"

L-58 Said, "The worst I ever heard in my life." He upbraided me. So he was an attorney. So he--he said to me, afterwards, said, "Come over to the study, Billy." He said, "Billy, all your emotion, and all that you went through," said, "you was just trying to act like a preacher." He said, "I--I got the same thing when I become an attorney." Said, "I... My first case was a divorce case, and," said, "really it didn't have no grounds at all. But," said, "I said to this poor woman... I cried, and I run with my eyes." And he said, "I... This poor little woman, her husband did so-and-so and things."

L-59   And said, "I got the same thing I give you, and I thought it'd be a good thing." Said, "The first thing you know, the... So the other attorney struck the desk and said, 'Judge, your honor, sir, how much more of this nonsense will your court stand?'" See? Said, "'He hasn't said one thing to defend the person, yet, not one part of the law. He's just crying and jumping up-and-down.'" He said, "You know what? That deflated me and put me back where I can." Said, "Now, Billy, you was doing all the emotions, crying and jumping up-and-down, but you never brought one thing of the Scripture that really gives the basic things, for it." That's right.

L-60   Now we're shooting a rifle. It's got to be zeroed. It's got to hit the spot. Lord help us now as we read It! From Joshua, the 10th chapter. And I'm going to begin at the 12th verse, and read Joshua 10:12 down to the 14th or 15th verse.
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand... still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemy. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole day.
And there was no day like that before... or after... that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

L-61   Now, if you will pardon me for a minute, I want to take a text here this morning, on the subject of one word.

L-62 Now, you say, "Brother Branham, that's not--that's not too much for audience here, hundred and fifty people or so. That's--that's not enough." Oh, yes, it is. It's--it's enough. It's the Word of God. See? No matter, it--it--it's... It's not the quality; it's the quantity.

L-63 Like here, not long ago, in Louisville, Kentucky, I was thinking of a little boy that climbed up in the attic, was searching around, one day. And he found in an old garret, in the little trunk he found a postage stamp. And he thought, "You know, this might be worth something." So he took off and found a collector. And, course, he had ice cream in his mind. Said, "What will you give me for this stamp?"

L-64 He said, "Well, I'll--I'll give you a dollar for it." Oh, my, that was about ten cones there, you know, so he--he had thought he made a bargain.

L-65 That man sold it, a little later, for five hundred dollars. And I forget now, it goes into the thousands, what that stamp is worth. See, as far as the paper, it wasn't worth nothing. But it's what's wrote on it, what makes the difference.

L-66   This is just ordinary Indian paper. But is what is on it. It's God in letter form. See? Yes. Sometimes it's a... No matter how little it is...


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