I suppose, lady, that you and I are strangers. Are we? We don’t know each other. I, at least, I don’t know you. You don’t know me? All right. Now, won’t you stand out here? So I, just single you from people. See, you got spirit all around, above, and around; and every human being is a spirit. Now, I’ll have to talk to you, just like our Master did the woman at the well, just the same way. You see? Just…I think, of course, myself, that He had a—a reason for doing that, ’cause in doing so, He contacted her spirit. Did you notice what He said? “Bring Me a drink,” just to get her attention. And she said, “Well, the well’s deep and You have…” first, she said, “How, why, how is this? Well, you Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.” And He said, “But if you knew Who you were talking to, you’d ask Me for a drink; I bring you Water that you didn’t come here to draw.” She said, “The well is deep,” and so forth. Then when He found out where her trouble was, said, “Go, get your husband.” See? What did He do? He caught her spirit.

Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever, 1953-11-07, Owensboro, KY, §5