In the younger days, I did not have very many friends. I was more or less…Well, I…As a boy not smoking, and dancing, and so forth, why, people thought I was a sissy, my friends. Then later on in my church when I was converted a few years ago, I seen the Gospel as the power of God, and I was a fanatic unto them. And then later when I found there was a group who believed me and accepted me as their brother, my, certainly thankful to—that God has placed me with you. And now, I thank each one of you a few moments ago when you were singing, “For You I Am Praying.” That’s what I want you to do. It’s—it’s prayer that I depend on. That’s the secret of all the mysteries of God. That’s the key that opens the door to everything of God, is prayer. If you pray and believe, when you pray, then believe that you receive what you ask for, and God will make it known.

Expectation, 1950-04-05, New York, NY, §3