Even put it back in the ark, in the destruction of the world. There was the crow and the dove setting on the same roost. One was just as much bird as the other one was. Is that right? But what was it? One was a crow by nature, and the other was a dove by nature. One could fly just like the other one. But their natures, their appetites were different. The crow was satisfied eating the old dead carcasses, and going from place to place, cawing around. He was just as happy and probably as religious as the dove thought he was. But the dove couldn’t stand that smell and returned back again. Amen. Many people today think that they’re religious and go to church and something and another, and drink and carry on and immoral actions, and still think they’re religious. That goes to show what kind of a nature you are. If a man’s borned with the Spirit of God he becomes a son of God, a nature of God; and the things of the world dies out, when you do it. That’s right. Oh, how wonderful. Here a grain of wheat can’t do nothing but produce wheat. Its seed, its beginning is a wheat. And we’re sowed with the incorruptible Word of God. And if we’re in—sowed with the incorruptible Word of God, and the Holy Spirit watering this seed, it can bring nothing forth but reproduce the life of Jesus Christ in every one of His believers. God help the day that when men and women will be just what they are. So many…I’d rather leave this pulpit this afternoon…If I wasn’t a friend of Christ, I’d be an enemy. I’d be against it. And if it’s worth believing, it’s—and worth testifying of, it’s worth living for and dying for. “By grace are you saved.”

Why I Am a Holy-Roller, 1953-08-30, Chicago, IL, §46