Now when I first come to Pentecostal people, I hear them talking about seeking and tarrying for the Holy Ghost. I couldn’t understand that. Why tarry when the Holy Ghost has been here for some two thousand years? I seen the word “tarry” doesn’t mean pray. “Tarry” means “wait.” Well, I seen they had to wait until the day of Pentecost had fully come, but after that, there was no waiting. While Peter spake this word, the Holy Ghost fell on them. Paul laid his hands upon them and they received the Holy Ghost. Well, it seemed to me like there was a little something different. When Philip went out and preached to the Samaritans, they all received the Word and was baptized, but the Holy Ghost had come upon none of them. Paul, I mean Peter, came down, he and John, and he prayed and laid hands on them. The Holy Ghost came on them. Well, I thought, “That’s the way I believe it would be Apostolic. That’s the way the Scripture says it.” And now, that’s just the thing that God has done for our Brother Jackson. I’ve never seen it; I’ve heard of it so much. My boy told me that he was up at—up at Dallas when Brother Jackson was up there. And seen him line the people up, somewhere along the altar somewhere, and went along laying hands on them and them receiving the Holy Ghost as he laid hands on them. That’s what the Scripture says. That’s…I just believe it. That’s—that’s way the Scripture says it’s to be done. So I—I’m so happy about that, that God has give that to our church just before the coming of the Lord. Isn’t that marvelous? Oh, my. We ought to be the happiest people on earth.

Only Believe, 1953-02-17, Tallahassee, FL, §3