God, you know what? He’s your Redeemer. Did you ever see a pawn shop? Oh, that’s a horrible looking place. The devil put you in a pawn shop, and Jesus redeemed you; you’re free; get out of it. That’s right. He give you these things, but Jesus paid the ransom. And He paid the price; you’re out of the pawn shop tonight. Reminds me one time, we tied an old crow up by his foot. Scared the other crows away eating at the cornfield. Well, that poor old crow, he just cawed, and the other crows going over cawing to him to come, and he couldn’t fly because he was tied. One day somebody come by and looked at him, said, “Poor old fellow; he’s—he’s just starved to death.” So he just reached down and untied him and let him go. The other crows flew over and saying, “Come on, Johnny crow, let’s go south; it’s getting cold weather.” And that old fellow been tied so long, till he still thought he was tied when he was untied. He just kept walking around when he was untied. He thought he was tied; he’d been tied so long. Maybe that’s your case in that wheelchair and there and there. But remember, there was a good Man one day. The devil might’ve tied you up, but there was a good Man, Jesus Christ, Who redeemed you, cut every string loose from you. Hallelujah! When you see the rest of them rising to their feet and believing it, go the same way. You’re free from the devil’s pits. Yes, sir.

The Second Miracle, 1951-07-29, Erie, PA, §37