And then the following Sunday I come right on down here. That was on Friday. And Sunday I come here, and not knowing what part of the Scripture…I never get to read in the Bible, but I got the 22nd chapter of the book of Numbers, and in there I begin to speak on the prophet Balaam, got up to his part, and when he came down, and how God told him in the first place, “Don’t not go with them men.” But then he prayed again and kept on, and—and finally I believe for Balaam, it was the love of money is the reason that he wanted to go. I’m not sure; I’ve never knowed till I come in. As, I think, it was the love of money. But in my case it wasn’t the love of money, it was a sympathy for human beings. And no matter how little or how big, it’s all wrong to disobey God (That’s right.), regardless of what it is.

Experiences, 1947-12-07, Phoenix, AZ, §12