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to make a long story short, on the second
night, the other preacher quit before it was
over. I met him at the door, and he shook
my hand and said, "I've got to rethink some
things,” and a preacher from Mississippi
shook my hand and said, "I've got to go
back and restudy my doctrine.” But that
night I experienced the presence of God in
such a way that I can hardly even explain it
to you, and without God’s presence, I
couldn't have gone through the debate —
and God didn't give me a sense of His
presence until I walked on that stage. He
didn't give it to me the night before. He
didn't give it to me a week before when I
was worried about this. He gave it to me
when I stepped on the stage, and I knew
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