The Blood of Jesus (1941)

Juanita Riley: Sister Jenkins

Quotes 

• Sister Jenkins : Brother Jackson, I know how you feel. But it taint no need of you goin' yourself like that. If its the Lawd's will for her to stay, she'll stay. And if it's the Lawd's will for her to go, she'll go.

• Sister Ellerby : Sister Jenkins, that gal don't act like she got nuthin'.

  Sister Jenkins : She sure don't, Sister Ellerby. But, I think she's a little worried because Razz didn't come see her get baptized.

  Sister Ellerby : Why idn't he here?

  Sister Jenkins : No. He came past my house early this mornin' with a gun on his shoulder. Said he was goin' huntin'.

  Sister Ellerby : Um-um-um. And on a Sunday, too.

• Sister Ellerby : I jes thought I'd come by to tell ya, Luke Williams almost broke up the baptizin' after you left.

  Sister Jenkins : What? Again?

  Sister Ellerby : Yes, last year he saw a alligator. This year it was a snake.

  Sister Jenkins : I say it was the devil both times.

  Sister Ellerby : I do too.

• Sister Jenkins : Lawd, we know that you and only you, can move the misery from this pain wracked body. We know, *Lawd*, that you and only you, can come down and drive the miseries away. We know, Lawd, that you and only you, can drive the sin from Brother Razz Jackson's heart and - and make him see the light.

• Sister Jenkins : Lawd, Sister Martha Ann is a brand new soldier of the cross. She ain't had time to buckle on a sword and go out into battlefield and fight.

• Sister Jenkins : Our Heavenly Father, we bow down before your Thorne of Grace, asking you to come down into this vail of sorrows.