Midday sermon (extracts)

Coll. by M.C. Parler Long Grove Negro Baptist Church Patterson, Ark. Oct. 25, 1953 Reel 163 Midday Sermon (extracts) Ah When Jesus strike Like a ball of fire Ah ha When he strike, brother You can't hold your peace Sometime When I'm on my job, brother I get to praying to the Master Telling him all about my tribulations Trials Sometime when I get to praying I can't hold my peace Sometime I get to crying I don't care who hears me Sometime I get to praying I don't care who hears me I going to let the world know I'm crying, Lord And I'm not ashamed I say it's no harm to call on Jesus Jesus has all power I declare he's your water When the world has turned its back on you I declare he'll be a friend for you Oh yes He's your friend In the time of trouble One thing I love I love about Jesus Ah ha, what he done For his Christians he give you an eye Beyond the az-ment (?) He says for his people To walk into it That's what I love about him Reel 163, continued Midday Sermon, extracts Ah, what I love about Him Talking about this same vine Any time you call him He sho nuf'll answer And what I love about him, when he answers I declare, he have everything you need If you need a mother He say, I'll be your mother Ah ha, if you need a father I declare, he'll be your father Ah ha, need a friend Ain't never turned his back on you Sho nuff What I love about Him, brother He's a doctor too A-ah, he's a doctor Never lost a case Well yes serve Who wouldn't a Man like that? When all the doctors have turned their back on you He will accept you Who-o-oa Early in the morning Jesus will accept you Let it be middle of the night, brother He won't turn His back on you Want to thank mothers for their prayers For their sons Don't seem like fathers is much concerned about Sons today But mothers is still praying Some mothers is praying in the morning Praying at noon-day Some mothers wake up late at night, brother And praying for their sons Don't find many fathers One thing I love About a mother They just think about their children That's what I love about a mother We still talking about a branch A branch to this true vine If you're a real mother this morning You are a branch to this true vine Reel 163, continued Midday Sermon, extracts Don't you want to meet your mother Don't you want to meet your father (At this point in his sermon, the young preacher began singing and the congregation joined in, in the spiritual, "I'm on the battlefield for My Lord." After singing the one stanza twice, the sermon resumed.) Yes I'm on the battlefield I'm not ashamed I'm not tired Wake up early in the morning, I'm still on the battlefield I want to know right here, do we have any more soldiers here?Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation