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AIN'T IT UNDERSTOOD
WELL, LUKE, HAVE YOU BEEN SINNIN'
FROM UP HERE.
DOES THE SHERIFF
KNOW ABOUT THIS?
THIS AIN'T NO SIN,
REVEREND LAZARUS.
THERE'S TOO MUCH
GOODNESS IN IT.
SENT THIS MIRACLE
FROM HEAVEN ITSELF,
OF LIGHTNIN'.
I AIN'T THE ONE
THAT SURE IS:
A POWERFUL MIRACLE.
I HEARED A HEAP:
OF PRAYIN'
PASS NO MIRACLE.
THAT'S BLASPHEMIN',
REVEREND.
SHUT YOUR MOUTH,
NICODEMUS!
WHO'S THE PREACHER
'ROUND HERE?
OR IS YOU?
I AIN'T SAYIN' THE LORD
DIDN'T PASS THIS HERE MIRACLE.
HEY!
YOU CERTAIN THIS COA COME FROM UP THERE
AND NOT FROM:
DOWN THERE?
SMELL MORE LIKE:
SENT THE MANNA:
HE KNOWED THE LORD SENT I 'CAUSE HE BELIEVED
IN THE LORD!
MANNA FROM HEAVEN.
LORD DONE GONE:
PRAISE THE LORD!
HALLELUJAH!
WITH THAT MONEY?
THIS HERE'S A MIRACLE,
AIN'T IT?
IT'S AN ANSWER
ADDED UP:
WELL, HALLELUJAH!
I PRAYED FOR:
AND LAST NIGH WHEN THE STORM BLEW,
I RECKON I PRAYED
ABOUT $100 WORTH.
WATCH OUT.
DON'T FORGET, REV,
YOU MEAN HERE:
IN THIS ROOM?
AND DIDN'T GET AROUND
TO PRAYIN' FOR IT.
THIS IS THE MOST UPSETTIN'ES MIRACLE I EVER HEARD OF.
AS A CHRISTMAS PRESEN TO ALL FOLKS
WHAT THEY PRAYIN' FOR!
I'LL SURE WELCOME
THAT TRACTOR.
MATTHEW 21:
22.HEY, REVEREND,
DON'T THAT SAY,
IN SPIRIT"?
COMES TO:
THE SAME THING.
WHEN YOU'S POOR,
THAT SURE ME,
ALL OVER.
OUR PRESENTS!
DEFINITE!
YOU RIGHT,
SISTER ESTHER,
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
EVERYBODY ACCORDING
TO HIS PRAYING,
AND WE'S
HEY, AIN'T THAT SOMETHING?
HALLELUJAH.
SISTER ESTHER?
OH, I PRAYED FOR
THAT BRINDLE COW.
ABOUT $60 FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, LORD.
OLD BROTHER LUKE?
I WANTS A TRACTOR,
A RED ONE,
SO MIGHTY BAD:
STAND BETWEEN US.
MAYBE LUKE DON'T PRAY
OFFICIAL-LIKE,
I AGREES. I BEEN WISHING
FOR A TRACTOR MY-
I SAID WISHING, NO PRAYING, SISTER ESTHER.
IN A CATALOG,
IS $798.
HERE YOU ARE, LUKE.
I PRAYED FOR:
A SLINGSHOT.
THAT'S A WEAPON
OF THE DEVIL.
HE GETS IT.
WELL... HERE'S $1.00 FOR A SLINGSHOT.
MAY THE LORD:
GUIDE YOUR HAND.
I PRAYED:
FOR NEW SHOES.
HERE'S $2.00 FOR SHOES. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I PRAYED FOR A BLANKET WITH NO HOLES.
$3.00 FOR A BLANKE FOR CHRISTMAS.
I PRAYED FOR SHOES AND STOCKINGS.
HERE'S $4.00 FOR
SHOES AND STOCKINGS.
I PRAYED FOR:
A NEW WAGON.
WE PRAYED FOR:
GOOD VITTLES.
HERE'S $2.00 APIECE
FOR GOOD VITTLES.
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
MY PAPPY PRAYED:
FOR A NEW PLOW.
MY PAPPY NEED:
HE DONE PRAYED:
AND HOLLERED.
TELL YOUR PAPPY:
THE LORD'S WAITING
SHH! SHH! SHH!
THAT LORD HAS SENT DOWN A MIGHTY
TELL PEOPLE:
TO COME A-RUNNIN'.
PRAISE THE LORD!
I GOT SHOES,
YOU GOT SHOES:
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
GOT SHOES:
GONNA PUT ON:
YOUR SHOES...
PA, LOOK!
MA, LOOK!
EVERYBODY, LOOK!
MORE MONEY:
BEFORE.
PA! MA!
GRANDPA! YOU KNOW
THAT FINE COFFIN
YOU WAS WANTING:
WHAT Y'ALL MEAN?
I AIN'T DEAD YET.
BUT THAT COFFIN'S WAITING
TRYING TO MAKE:
IN JUDGMENT:
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN JUDGMENT:
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
THERE'S A GREAT DAY
A- COMIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
BEFORE YOU'S DEAD.
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN THAT GREA GETTIN'- UP MORNIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN THAT GREA GETTIN'- UP MORNIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN THAT GREA GETTIN'- UP MORNIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
OH, THE PREACHER
HOLD THAT BIBLE:
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL...
WHAT FOR?
I NTNTS $32.
CARPENTER TOOLS.
YOU GETS 'EM.
THANK YOU,
REVEREND.
WHAT FOR?
I WANTS $9.75.
WELL, HERE'S $10.
FOR CHRISTMAS:
AND DON'T FORGE REVEREND LAZARUS.
I WANTS $25, SIR.
WHAT FOR?
MY COFFIN.
A MAHOGANY ONE,
WITH WHEELS ON I SO I CAN ROLL RIGH THROUGH THE PEARLY GATES.
FOR $5.00 EXTRA
MAYBE WHEN:
THAT TIME COMES,
YOU WON'T BE HERE.
HEH HEH HEH!
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN THAT GREA GETTIN'- UP MORNIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN THAT GREA GETTIN'- UP MORNIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL:
IN THAT GREA GETTIN'- UP MORNIN'
FARE THEE WELL,
FARE THEE WELL...
BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
BROTHERS...
BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
BROTHERS:
AND SISTERS...
THIS HERE PAPER:
SISTER ESTHER DONE
FURTHERMORE AND WHEREAS,
WE HAVE PAID OU TO TRUE BELIEVERS-
AND 50 CENTS,
LEAVING A TOTAL OF...
$41,545
AND 50 CENTS,
HALLELUJAH!
A MIGHTY AMOUN OF MONEY, FOLKS,
I SEE:
AND A HOSPITAL!
YOU HEAR?
AND TOOLS:
TO MEET THEM.
WE'LL WORK THAT GROUND SIDE BY
SIDE, RAISING CORN AND COTTON.
WE SHARES.
YES, FOLKS,
STOP!
STOP, Y'ALL!
WE DONE FORGO POOR OLD CHRISTOPHER.
THAT'S SOMETHING
NOBODY KNOWS:
BUT THE LORD:
HE AIN'T GOT NOTHIN',
NEVER HAD NOTHIN'.
MAYBE HE PRAYED:
FOR EVERYTHING.
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