<TITLE>03. Par 26-35</TITLE>L-26   And minister brothers here, this morning, of the Phoenix area. The reason that I come here to this hall, I... Each time I come, I usually make a little panoramic, and run around to the churches, each church. Then I find it kind of hard, because some of the churches are kind of small. And we certainly don't want to leave out any brother because his church is small, and then it makes it hard, the people can't get in. So if... I thought we'd just meet in one place and I'd take care of it myself, and we'd just meet here and have the service, just a little evangelistic service, and pray for the sick and things. Before...

L-27 Maybe if I get over on this other, this better over here? [Someone says, "No, that, that's the tape."--Ed.] That's the tape. All right.

L-28   Maybe it would be a--a little better if I did it that way. And I want my brethren here, of the churches, the pastors here in Phoenix, to know that that's the reason we did this, to come here to this hall, so we could have all get together in one certain place. And you can't get to all the brethren, there is so many of them. You seen what stood this morning, and probably that's not a half of them. So you can't get them all in a few days that we have here, before, prior the convention.

L-29 And I'm sure we're going to have a great time in the convention. You'll hear great speakers. This Brother Cash is Cash Hamburg, Hamburg. My, how many ever heard him? He certainly is a--a typhoon. Yeah. Excuse me, I oughtn't to have said it that way. That's a brother, but--but, my, I was with him one time. You know, I don't see how you ever come to hear me, when you hear a fellow like that. He can preach and it never takes his breath. I--I don't know how he does it, I... but he certainly does get a lot out. I went with him in my New York convention, recently, and he wanted to take me to--to supper after the meeting. And I went into a place, and I was about ready to get out when brother... He, he preached all up-and-down the floor, and everywhere around, to everybody there was in there. He is quite a--a character, in himself.

L-30   And I'm sure you'll enjoy brother from California, too. What's his name? I can't think of his name, the one is one of the speakers. I--I forget his name, too. But he's a--a forceful speaker, and you will enjoy him. There'll probably be great speakers there such as, you know, Brother Roberts and many of the great man of this day.

L-31 So, I'm thankful to think about a Scripture comes on my mind here at this time. And at one time David was looking out upon the ark of the Lord, setting in tents. And he said... He was sitting with the prophet, Nathan, of that day. And so he said, "Is it right that I would dwell here in a house, live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the covenant of my Lord under tent?"

L-32 And the prophet said to him, "Do all that's in your heart, David, 'cause God is with you." That's all he knew to say.

L-33 But that night, the Lord met the prophet, and said, "Go, tell my servant, David, that I took him from that sheep cote, from following those few sheep, you know, and have made him a name like the great men," not the biggest name, not the greatest name, but numbered him with the great men that was in the earth at that time.

L-34 And I thought, "The grace of God, to David there!" And I thought, "I could count it, myself. When I find the privilege of this day that we're living in, the closing days of the world's history, and to be numbered among such man as we have attend these meetings." And the Lord bless you, real richly.

L-35   Now, my good friend, Brother Valdez, said, "Brother Branham, I got to leave at, I believe, at a quarter to ten, or quarter after ten." Said, "I'm going to get over on the end, so I won't disturb--disturb you speaking." He's been in the meetings before.


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