The Call of Christ — John Ridley

So I said last night it's a real joy to be here with the Army once again. I've had quite a meeting with the Salvation Army down my long years of service, and I always rejoice to be with them and feel the warmth of their spirit, and to see some of their hunger for souls to come to Christ.

Tomorrow will be a special day, the last day of a very big retreat. On the last night there are not so many gathered, and then tonight, and then the final gathering tomorrow. I would entreat all the soldiers of the Army and friends of the Army to be here tomorrow morning.

We are stepping slowly to the night meeting, and I've a special message to give you which I feel God has laid in my heart, which will surely prepare the way for the night. And then to that final rally will you pray for us if you cannot be here, but if you can be here and be the friends with you, that's better still.

W .T. Nicholson used to say that, "'What an evangelist of Ireland!'. I don't want you telling me that I'll be there in spirit with him. I don't want you ghosts around me. I don't want you there in the streets.".

And we're not asking you to be here in spirit tomorrow night or your ghosts to be with us. We're asking you to be here in person if it's at all possible. We want a rally that will glorify God at the close of the campaign.

We do thank the Army friends for having taken so many invitations out, and we praise God that he is already giving some tokens of blessing, even from last night's meeting. Now a few words from the Old Testament, and then our definite readings from the New.

Ehud’s Message of Judgment

The book of Judges, chapter 2, verses 19 to 21, concerns the judge Ehud, the second judge of Israel. Verse 19 of chapter 2, the book of Judges. But Ehud himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "'I have a secret errand unto thee, O king.'.

He said, "'Keep silent.'. And all that stood by him went out from him. And Ehud came unto him, and he was sitting in a summer parlour which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, "'I have a message from God unto thee.'.

And he arose from his seat, and Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.". God's method of judgment to a tyrant is rotten underneath his people.

Lazarus, Martha, and the Resurrection

Now we turn to the sweeter method of the New Testament, the gospel according to St. John, the eleventh chapter. And you'll notice I've even just selected verses from that beautiful chapter, beginning at verse 1, the eleventh chapter of the gospel according to St. John.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary, and her sister Martha. Therefore his sister sent unto him, saying, "'Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.'. When Jesus heard that, he said, "'This sickness is not unto death, but to the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.'.

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.". Verse 19. And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him. But Mary sat still in the house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, "'Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know that even now, whatsoever thou dost ask of God, God will give it thee.'.

Jesus said unto her, "'Thy brother shall rise again.'. Martha said unto him, "'I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.'. Jesus said unto her, "'I am the resurrection and the life.

He that believeth on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever believeth and believeth on me and calls to me,' as soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto him. Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was at that place where Martha met him.

The Jews then which were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her. Soon she grew up unto the grave to eat there. Then when Mary would come where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, "'Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.'.

Jesus wept, and then to other verses, and when he had got spoken, Jesus cried with a loud voice, "'Nazareth, come forth!'. And he that is dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin.

Jesus saith unto them, "'Loose it, and let him go!'. May God loose that word in our hearts and let it go by the Holy Spirit through His glory tonight. We can pray.". Loving Heavenly Father, we pray that the mighty love of thine heart may be revealed tonight, and that the Spirit of God may take up the things of Christ, and reveal them vividly to each listening one.

We ask that thou would solemnize our message and ministry tonight. Times in which we live, Father, are fraught with grave peril, and we pray that for every pilgrim gathered in this citadel tonight, thou will direct their steps in the way of the lasting, that thou will keep them from the impending judgment that is brooding over this world.

And by thy gracious Spirit, called with the voice that wakes the dead, and makes thy people hear, our Father, we look to thee that thou wilt draw by thy tender spirit tonight. And may there be a response in our gathering, hearts open to thee, and divine everlasting love.

And may we remember that we are on the verge of time. Eternity is drawing nigh. We know not what a day may bring forth. Prepare our souls for the great day when we shall pass to meet our Maker. And save us, we beseech of thee, O God, in infinite mercy, from coming into the august and holy presence of the Father and the Maker of men.

Without Christ, and without hope, all grant that the Saviour's love tonight may prepare our souls for that great day, and grant that the precious blood of His sacrifice might be our covering when we face the great Judge at last.

Sanctify thy message tonight, and bless the people. We ask this in the precious name of the Lord Jesus, and for His sake. Amen. Mean to you, has it captured and conquered in your soul? I take a step further tonight, and I want to ask, what does the call of Jesus Christ mean to you?

Has it captured and conquered in your heart? Has it captured and then conquered in your heart? The call of Jesus Christ. John chapter 11, reading part of verse 28 and 29. When Jesus said He went away and called Mary her sister, secretly saying, the Master has come and called us to leave.

As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto Him. The Master has come and called us to leave. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto Him. God moved in a mysterious way, with wonders to perform.

God's ways are not our ways. Heaven's above our ways. Why, we would have thought that naturally, when Jesus Christ had been warned that Lazarus, His friend, was sick, He would have come immediately to heal him.

But no. Two days delayed. Our Lord did not move for two days. Why, as He speaks to that Lazarus, has He no concern for the troubling sisters? Why doesn't He hurry to the healing of His friend? Because our Lord thought ever and always of the glory of God.

Sickness is not unto death, He said, but to the glory of God. And a rush that aims less in the glory of God, misses the divine mark. Think that out. A rush that aims less in the glory of God, misses the divine mark.

Mary’s Grief and Martha’s Faith

When He did arrive at Bethany, He found a happy home of other days, a place of sorrow and sadness and wailing and weeping. Bewitched in the gospel narrative, Martha comes out in more radiant color than Mary.

She went forth to meet the Lord with a word of faith. Mary sat still in the house. I wonder why. Wouldn't it have been a natural thing for both sisters to have hurried out and greeted the great Master?

Why did Mary sit still in the house and let Martha go out to meet alone? That she loved and led a lecture of men. Ah, then you say, Peter, Mary, you know, was of very deserved nature. For another says, Mary might have been overcome with grief.

Well, you might be right, but I'm a little doubtful. I think even grief would have been glad to go out and see the Master. Did it ever occur to you that perhaps, I don't say for sure, perhaps there was just a little resentment in the heart of the younger sister that he hadn't come in time to save their brother?

When grief strikes and strikes suddenly, or strikes with sad suffering, what a test it is on a man's faith and a woman's faith. I once asked a certain man in one of our country towns when I was a young bush missionary to come into our meeting.

And he said, no, son, I won't be there. Oh, there was a time when I stood in the open air and preached and sang the glory song to the rest of them. Not now, not now. I said, why? Well, he said, I'll tell you.

I had one only son, and I loved him dearly. He was bitten down by sickness, and I prayed to God to restore him. He died before my eyes, and I cursed God by his deathbed. And so I won't go now. I listened sometimes to the radio and took my beer at the same time, and he spoke with a bitterness of heart.

But when can I go like a frog? That wasn't Mary's case, not for a moment. No, one of the finest characters in the New Testament is Mary of Bethany. But it might have been, I said, there was perhaps just a question mark.

Why didn't he come in time? And because it's only a little thing, and only a little resentment, sometimes we leave that spin, at least, in the heart. Because it's only a little thing. And there lives a great blessing, friends.

Martha as a Messenger of Life

Martha deserves her name at any rate. For once we see Martha, a practical woman, now a personal worker. Martha, the housekeeper, now a herald of the king. Martha, in the role of a missionary. She went straight to her sister.

She got her alone, secretly. That's the way to speak to a soul, secretly. And then she said to her, The master has come, and call us to thee. And as soon as she heard that, she arose, quickly, and came unto him.

Ah, I've got to tackle Martha's task tonight. On the other hand, it may be I've got to tackle his task tonight. He had brought the message of judgment. I have a message from God to thee. He said to the dictator, Egglong.

It was a message of death. Here, Martha brings a message of life. The master has come, and call us to thee. To thee. To thee. To thee. Call us to thee. Yet, my brave friend, sitting still tonight, in the house of secret sin, and dissatisfaction, and disappointment.

I have a message from the Lord to thee. From the resurrection, and the life. To thee. A message of grand salvation. The master has come, and call us to thee. To thee, says one. Now, does he know, I've been thinking hard thoughts of him lately.

He knows it well. But you can thank him with all your heart. He's not been thinking hard thoughts about you. From he, says another. Why does he know I've got no dealings with him? Of course he knows it.

But he's still got dealings with you. To which you can be forever grateful tonight. From he, says another. Why did he know that I denied him with an oath a few days ago? He knows it only too well then.

But he hasn't denied you yet. And you can be deeply thankful for that. Now, I have a message from the Lord. To thee, sinner friend, sitting still here tonight. The master has come. And call us to thee.

Call us to thee. Friend of the woman of Scripture. With all your hidden sins and lusts and immoralities. I have a message from the Lord to thee. The master has come and call us to thee. For the cleansing of his precious blood.

And the purifying of your heart. That it might be prepared for paradise. Yes, friend of Nicodemus. The self-righteous, religious, unsaved man. I have a message from the Lord to thee. The master has come and call us to thee.

For thou wilt be born again. And swift to enter his kingdom. Yes, friend, I have a message to thee. Friend of Zacchaeus. The money-grabbing publican. At any cost making himself rich. I have a message from the Lord to thee.

The master has come and call us to thee. To inherit true riches. Durable riches. And righteousness forever. Ah, friend of Thomas the Delta. I have a message from the Lord to thee. The master has come and call us to thee.

To come to simple childlike faith. In those wounded hands. And that wounded side. Until you can say, my Lord. My God. Ah, friend of John of Zebedee. With your love of the open air. Your love of fishing.

And swimming. And your own free will. And your quick temper. And your bright boyish youth. I have a message from the Lord to thee, young woman. Young man. Friend of John of Zebedee. The master has come.

And call us to thee. To be the disciple beloved of Jesus Christ. Following and loving the Saviour. I have a message from the Lord to thee. Friend of Mary of Bethany. Sitting still perhaps. In a house of just a little resentment.

Against that dear Saviour. Just a little question mark. Why? Why does he permit it? Why doesn't he do something for me? The master has come. And call us to him. To come. And behold his resurrection power.

And his transforming grace. Oh, what a wonderful thing to think of the master. The Messiah of the Jews. The mighty God of the ages. The man Christ Jesus. Has come. Come in the fullness of time. Come via a virgin's womb.

Come with a child's cradle. Not with only a rugged manger bed. To prove the simplicity of his childlike tender heart. Come with the carpenter's hammer. To tell you how to be honest workmen. As you do your daily tasks.

Come to the shepherd's crook. For Daniel he is the great shepherd of the sheep. And he does a guide you to the green pastures of glory. And to the still waters of the city of life. Come to the Saviour's cross.

Whereon he will pay the price of sin. Whereon he who knew no sin. Will donate sin to us. And he will suffer to change the just to the unjust. That he might bring us to God. For that Saviour's cross. Oh, remember.

Oh, remember. All thy loving Saviour brought to thee. Oh, remember. Oh, remember. Jesus died on the tree. Come with the Saviour's cross. Come with the lover's call. Oh, that sweetness of the call of Jesus.

Come unto me, O Jesus, lay back and be heavy laden. And I will give you rest. Come unto me, O Satan, and I will give you rest. Come and sleep, and you'll believe. Come and dine, and you'll be satisfied.

The Urgency of Responding to Christ

Have you come? Have you come? He's calling. He's called so often. Through the solo. Through the song. Through the sermon. Through the slain death in the home. Through the awful conditions of a world poised on a knife edge.

With terrible weapons such as we never imagined in our childhood. Are you ready to come at the Saviour's call? I wonder if you're as ready as the laddies I once handed a crack to in the city of Miranda or the town of Miranda.

One Saturday night when we were giving out cracks and crowds of people were going up to the old-fashioned cinema. No torches in those days. No TV. And we were passing out cracks to a crowd of them. And a couple of boys passed and I gave them a crack each.

And in a few minutes' time one of the boys came up and he said, Hey mister, would you give us another one of those crackers, mister? I said, I gave you one time, didn't I? Right, he said, another boy smacks it out of her hand, mister.

Would you give it me another one? Yes, and I said, here you are. I missed you, he said. Would you care to see Christ, please? I was in the books with him, mister. And I'd only been to church twice in my life.

Could you care to see Christ, please, mister? Right, and I said, I'd be so glad to do it. Come down to our little camp behind the Methodist church. And here his mates came along and they had about twelve or thirteen.

And they set on the old one who was there with our team of third class. Christ was God in human form. Christ came to reveal the Father. Christ revealed the Maker. And Christ came to die for your sins.

And he went to the cross. You've heard about the cross. And he paid the price of your sin on the cross. And Christ was buried and rose again and ascended up to the right hand of God. And he's alive, boys, and he's calling you.

If you'll come to him tonight and a lot more. For you're most useful to know. And then I finished my talk. I said, will you come, boys, and accept him? Yes, mister, they said. We didn't know this before, mister.

When we come down, those laddies, they instantly, they came. Did you? Oh, you say, wait a moment now, preacher. I'm not quite sure that I heard. I don't think I've heard the call, if you're trying to put it over.

I'm a bit sure at best, really. And I don't think I've heard it. Ha, ha. None so deaf as they who knew not here. I want to suggest to you that the call of the Master had been come. And 20 ,000 pounds for everyone to come.

Would you have understood it and come? Would you have hurried to the feet of the mighty man of the earth? To receive your abundance yet? I can't, you say. Oh, that's the whim of the human heart. That wants something material.

And will let the soul die under the curse of sin. Rather than come like Mary came. She rose up quickly and came unto Him. Oh, strange to say. Did you turn away from one who loved you so? Christian friends all sitting here tonight in this house of opportunity.

And yet it might be a house of disappointment to you in some measure. You asked the Lord to help you in a certain matter. You sent Him a special message by prayer. And He delayed longer than you wanted Him to delay and you got upset about it.

It offended your heart and you lost touch with Him. You turned earnestly to the salvation of the soul. And you saw that person carried out and buried in his feet. And you began to wonder, well, I don't think he's treating me very fairly.

And you began to go back and to go down and to get hard thoughts of Jesus Christ. Lost touch with Him. I've got a message from the Lord to thee, Christian friends. The Master is coming and call us to be to full surrender.

At His feet. Full surrender. Full surrender. Oh, that's the great secret of the Christian power. For it often takes the dark night of the visitation of God to bring you to the light of the deeper light in Christ.

Isaiah’s Vision and the Call to Full Surrender

In the year that King Isaiah died. I read in the prophecy of Isaiah. In the year that King Isaiah died. I saw the Lord. High and lifted up. And He came filling the temple. And the cherubim. And I heard the voice say, whom shall I go?

Whom shall I send and who will go for us? And I said, hear them all. Send me. My, I have got this commission as a prophet of God. On the very, in the very year. And at the very time when King Isaiah died.

The hope of Judah died. And those who are the Lord. And sometimes you've got to lose your eyes. Sometimes God cannot just let you in. Until you've lost something. Lost the first one. Lost the swimming pool.

Lost the head of an angel. This is Israel. And then. You see them all. What a blessing this comes. When the year of His full surrender. This is in the year when this is Josephine Butler. Lost her own daughter.

Little Eva. All that tragedy. Coming back from a visit. Entering her lovely home. Little Eva running out on the balcony. To lean over and welcome her mother. And lost her balance and crashed at her mother's feet.

She died the same day. And this is Josephine Butler's best son. In her own house. Nothing could move her. Nothing could wake her. Her mother couldn't understand it getting a man to her. She was absolutely stunned.

Then came the mother Martha. That blessed soul that said to her, My dear. You are sorrowing because your only daughter has been taken from you. And there are many poor daughters in this place without a mother.

That need your mother love. I want you to go to number so and so in such and such a suit. And it will be told you that I must do. And this is what Josephine did as well. Out of that suit. And she awoke to truth.

And she went to that number. In that suit. And there started her great work with girl and girl. This is the finest work you can remember of a woman. Tremendous, blessed influence amongst poor, broken womanhood.

You have to lose her own. You have to go down strong. Vulnerable. Pour into full surrender. Many a Christian writes here tonight. In all probability has a feeling I want something. I'm conflict. I need something more.

I believe I was kept to Christ. But there's something more I want to do. I want something more. And it comes through full surrender. Yes, you follow. I don't ask him to come in. But I can't give him every room in the house.

I can't give him the whole house, you know. I can't lay it down before him in pieces. And I'm reserving certain parts of my life to myself. The master paid a price, didn't he? When he went to that church.

Did he deserve anything back? He will never sin. In darkness and in light. Did he begin to devote? Did the Father turn up there as a guide there? Not a moment. The task that my Father had given me to do.

Shall I not do it? He went straight on to the batter. And to the scourging. And the abuse. And the bitterness of men. And up to Calvary. And to the cross. And to the last of those who cross. And all of us have uncurled eyes.

And they say, This is Jesus. This is Jesus. He deserves nothing back. When he reconciled my soul to God. And he's come. And he's calling Christians on. Come. And to surrender. We bring my hand. My master hand.

It's on the keyboard of your life. And I tell you some of this reading. Left behind the doors of many a home. Sometimes Christian home. In many another type of home. And hear the domestic discord. Arguments.

Rouse. Language. Behind the scenes. But I won't give over the keys of life to the master. We all hear it sometimes in the Christian home. The slang of the war. The complaint. That you'd expect from someone who's never faced it.

That the Lord was gracious. Because the keyboard. The love. Has not been given over to those master hands. To bring harmony. Music. Out of the discords of the past. We are Christian friends. The master has come.

And call us to do. You don't give in to surrender tonight. It's strange to say that it costs a time. And you look across. And you see the places of the world on every side. And you feel all the thrill of youth in you.

You have all the richness of your flesh to consume it. And you say the cost is too much. Say that Benjamin was going to China. As a great missionary of Christ. He was a great missionary of Christ. Because he was a great friend of God.

And the king said to him. David. Look round this is your lovely home. Your father's home. Look to the East Coast land. All that to the New York. You haven't had this here brain stream of going to China.

Moving across that wouldn't make any difference. Said David. Oh that house of many mansions. Practically the top foundations. Two children and a mother of God. Those things look very stable and strong.

They'll all pass away. And finally a strong David had reached the house of many mansions. He didn't count anything too much. He did his Lord the righteous right. The world passeth away. And the lusts get out.

For he that dillest the will of God. Abundeth forever. And the will of God. Is the soul surrender of the Christian heart. Can you count? In the night of the night. In the wee hours of the night. All shall return.

Return alive. The one who loves the same. I want to gather up those days to have Jesus Christ by his throne. Captured your heart on those days. Conquered your heart. Christians say. Have you? No? You're not sure?

The Judgment Seat and the Coming of Christ

I want to say in closing. The master is coming. A second time. And he will call for thee. Christians say. He will call for thee. To examine your stewardship. At the judgment seat of Christ. There will be no loss of your soul.

But there may be mighty loss. Of what I heard. Mighty loss in the kingdom. You have given a chance of your stewardship to God. Let us tell him how that will be. The master is coming. In a moment there may be a shock.

In an hour there may be a knock at the door to him. And all will depart. Except the rest of you. The rest of you will depart in spirit. Why didn't you make that surrender? You heard my call. You heard the pleadings of my messenger.

The Holy Spirit will you. Why didn't you make that surrender? In the light. With the love of Christ. There'll be time that will be attained. Before him if he's coming. There are others like that half-witted boy.

With a faithful laddie in London. In 1822 when the cloud of meteors fell. And his old mother rushed in and took him. And woke him up and said Sandy. Sandy. The end of the world for coming Sandy. And with a leaf Sandy was out of bed.

Glory to God. Glory to God. And he said oh really I am ready. Ready for the coming of the Lord. I wonder if your mother woke you tonight. Your father woke you. Or somebody else woke you. The Lord is at hand.

If you say glory to God. I'm ready. All three floating barns. Watch brethren watch. Watch as the Lord commands. Watch brethren watch. Be like men that work. Always at the master's way. Freedom. Great hard work.

Watch brethren watch. Honestly my young children say. Are you ready for the coming of Christ. Watch I say unto you. Give yourself to the disciples. I say unto all. Watch. Some of you are honest. Some of you are gentle.

Some of you are too much. But that's because I really don't want him to come. Some of us would say. Oh we've been sorry. Come. Come Lord Jesus. Come quickly. So listen. And so listen. The master is coming.

And the call for the leaf. The judgment. I know it's possible for you tonight. To throw back the dear call of his grace. Into his lips. Into his teeth. It's possible for you to turn your back and walk away.

And say not for me. But I have told you the call for judgment can't be treated that way. And I'm not going to talk to myself. To give any word to my own visitor. I'm going to read to you. From the inspired.

True. Word of God. Listen. And the kind of this ignorance. God overlooks. But now. Now in the gospel I. Commandeth all men. Everywhere. To repent. Why? Why repent? Because. He hath appointed a guide. In which he will judge the world in righteousness.

While this man. He will have a gun. Whereon. He hath given assurance. To all men. In that. He hath raised him from the dead. God. Hath appointed. A day of judgment. God. Hath appointed the job. Jesus Christ.

And God. Hath appointed. His end. Until. Here. The fear. Judgment. There's no. Can. You couldn't. A law. Is unknown. This command. Hath fulfilled. Court of your life. And. They've given an answer. That.

Judgment. God. Not. By. My freedom. Many things, but to give an answer to the fact that you heard the prayer of Christ very calmly in the terms of Athens with a few infinite verses, infinite life, and I, John, had a good night's sleep.

That's why Samuel Webster, one of the greatest men of America in his days, and as you can hear there, he's notorious tonight, he might be, but in those days he was a mighty man of justice. Every one of us will do a thump of respect to God.

Mary’s Quick Response and the Call to Repentance

Mary arose quickly. Mary arose quickly. What's that? She arose, she arose quickly. And did you sit there and think about it, and did you get a hand up to your head and say, no, Martha, not just now, Martha, tomorrow, she'll arise.

She arose quickly. If you get an answer that gives you that, you can get out of the house quite happily, but she said, oh, she must be going to the church. And you're in the home, oh, it's a beautiful little caption that's there, and it's a beautiful river.

Of course, when you make a response to Christ, you always bring someone with you that way. That's how you work. You see the master and Martha, and the boys, and they ask, Mary, say, that is true. That's the place to be Christian.

That's the place to come to and say, friends, look at the feet of Jesus in us. None shall perish there. None shall perish there, only come to claim Christianity. Man said to Alexander, the great and one occasion, when he was master of the known world, how did you come to the world, sir?

I'll never be alone, answered Alexander. I'll never be alone. God now demands of everyone to repent, repent, repent. The church should repent. The Christians should repent. The unbelievers a hundred times more should repent.

Yet it's a hard stance to say, I am sorry. I have to report on it. I need the master's cleansing blood and the master's mighty strength. I've come to dispose of the master. Will you do it? Come to dispose of man, who suffered all to do, and in his merit now hath an unfailing plea.

No vain and stupid claim. The feelings do not fail. None will be deceived or saved. You're there now. You're on your way. When that cometh to me, I will never, no, never, that's the meaning of the verse, in my life is not strong enough.

Never, no, never. I want to take her. I want to come to Jesus. Someone in this gathering said, I want to come to the master. I want the goodness of things. I want salvation through Christ. I'm eager to come, but it is a battle situation.

I would love to help you by praying for you, if you'll let me do that. I want to come to the place of wonder of my life as a Christian. I'm not going to look upon that to me, and complete it to me, and then you put with me a command of me, and turn away selfishly, and throw my own life aside.

I want to come to you. I want every dedication of my life tonight. If I let something be me, I want to help you then. I want to pray to you, if you'll let me. When we bow in a moment's time before God, I'm going to ask you, when we bow, just to lift a hand up, and ask a prayer, that's all.

Lift a hand up to heaven. Mary would have done it quickly, if that had been the request. Lord God says, lift up your hands with your heart, and to heaven. It isn't wrong to lift up a hand, it's just humble yourself enough to lift a hand to heaven, that God's person can show.

And God's person can just pray to you, as one interceding, and you don't need to pray to the mother praying, if you'll let him do that tonight. And when you do it now, in the way that Mary did, God will bless you quickly, for he's ready to just stand in infinite love, on his own time and time again.

Come. Come.