William M. Branham

Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends City High School Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

Prüft aber alles und das Gute behaltet. [1. Thessalonicher 5.21]

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W-1 Used to be over to another city here, something before we held it at Grants Pass. And he just, on up somewhere else in Oregon. I just met him out there, and I... You know it thrills you to meet old friends again, it does me. And I think of him all the time. He used to be... manage in the meetings told him he ought to be in here a little before, and we’d had him say something. He said, “I can’t come in. Oh, I just had to run down and see you.” And I said, “You better come in.” W-2 Another thrill that just come W-2 Vorhin wurde mir eine große Freude a few moments ago, as Billy, mygemacht. Billy, mein Sohn, gab mir ein son, give me a little package. And I... kleines Päckchen. Und ich sage euch, es war I tell you, it was the sweetest thing das Süßeste, was ich seit einer Weile that I... I’ve had in quite a while.bekommen habe. Da war ein kleines There was a little girl here, and she Mädchen hier und ihre kleine Seele wurde got her little soul all stirred up, and sehr bewegt, und sie schickte mir ein Opfer. she sent me a... an offering. And if Nun, wenn die Finanzbeamten denken, dass the Federal agents think I’m going sie das besteuern könnten; dem ist nicht so. to turn this in, they’re wrong. And Es war eine kleine Notiz darin, die sehr it’s got a little note here that’s real niedlich war. Sie schrieb: „Ich liebe dich so cute. sehr. Ich bin 13 Jahre alt. Ich gebe dir dieses She says, that, “I love you soOpfer. Ich habe es mir vom Flaschenpfand 3 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA much. I am thirteen years old. I give verdient. Gott segne dich für immer.” 13 you this offering. I got it sellingCents. speak in the Name of the Lord. bottles. God bless you forever”: Das war wirklich süß. Sie hat gar nicht I... thirteen cents. unterschrieben, einfach nur: „Ein kleines Bless you ...?... That was really sweet. She never Mädchen, das den Herrn liebt.“ Wer du signed her name, said, “just a little auch immer bist, liebe Schwester, Gott girl that loves the Lord.” Whoever segne dich. Ihr wisst, was mir das bedeutet. you are, sister dear, God bless you. Das ist für mich genauso heilig, als wenn - Ende der Übersetzung - That’s... You don’t know what that jemand mir einen 100-Dollar-Schein gibt means to me. That’s just as sacred und so etwas. to me as somebody giving me a hundred dollar bill in there. W-3 I think it was the great Gypsy W-3 Ich denke, es war der große Smith, in reading some of theZigeunerbruder Smith, ich habe einige context of his life story. He wasAusschnitte aus seiner Lebensgeschichte asked one time what was thegelesen. Er wurde einmal gefragt, was die greatest thrill he ever had. He said, größte Freude für ihn war, die er jemals “Well, they were going to take ahatte. Er sagte: Nun, sie wollten einmal eine love offering for him one night, and Liebesgabe für ihn einsammeln, und als er as he come up the back steps,” he die hinteren Stufen heraufkam, stand dort said, “there was a little ragged gypsy ein kleines lumpig angezogenes Zigeuner- girl standing there.” mädchen. And said, “Mr. Smith?” Said,Es sagte: „Sind Sie Herr Smith? Wir “We’ve come from a poor family.” kommen aus einer armen Familie. Sie haben And said, “You have led my mother meine Mutter und meinen Vater zum Herrn and father to the Lord Jesus.” And Jesus geführt.“ Und sie sagte: „Ich weiß, she said, “I knew tonight was your dass heute Abend Ihre Liebesgabe love offering, and I didn’t havegesammelt wurde, und ich hatte nichts zu nothing to give you.” She said, “And geben. Aber eine Frau hat mir heute einen a lady today give me a... a lollipop, Lolli gegeben, und ich wollte ihn nicht and I just didn’t want to drop it in einfach so in das Opfer werfen, Herr Smith, the offering, Mr. Smith, so I... I just so habe ich ihn einfach eingewickelt und wrapped it up and thought I’d give dachte, ich gebe es Ihnen als mein Opfer you my offering personal.” persönlich.“A Einen kleinen Lutscher. lollipop, little sucker. Er sagte, dass er dieses arme, kleine, He said he looked at that poor zerlumpte Kind angeschaut hatte, und was little ragged child and whatgeschah? Wisst ihr, das bedeutet, es kommt happened. You know, that means, aus dem wahren Herzen. Wisst ihr, das ist that’s from the real heart. You know, einfach etwas Liebliches und Rührendes. that’s just something that’s sweet Und ich denke, das ist, wo wahres Leben and touching. And I think that’sliegt, wenn es von ganzem Herzen kommt. where real life lays, is when it’s from around the heart.

4 93 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA that passes all understanding. Won’t you come? W-4 I can think of a... a little I love Him, something on that order in one of the meetings up in Finland. I beg Yeah, it takes His love to take you your pardon, it was in... yes, I still there. think it was Finland; yes, it was, in I... Kuopio. I haven’t thought of it for Stand up now and come on down some time. There’d been a little boy here, will you? raised from the dead, that I’d saw in a vision two years (here in America) Because... before I went overseas. And... There might be some people here Won’t you come? There was that heard me speak of it; I come about thirty hands went up. up... Yeah, there’s many hands up. That I said, “There will be a little boy ...-vation somewhere, laying where there’s On Calvary’s tree. trees, pine trees, and it’ll be big W-133 Now, just a moment. God rocks lapped together. And the little bless you that’s standing here, you boy will be killed in an accident, and three men. I thought women led the the Lord God shall raise him up.” way. And I was coming down from the Listen! Here’s to the church! Here tower of... I’ll... been a long time; I is in the Name of the Lord! I am can’t think of the name of the tower. prophesying! That’s the reason we It was up at... it was Kuopio, Finland, cannot have revival; that’s the about twelve years ago, and we reason the Spirit of God cannot were coming down. move in the audience; that’s the W-5 A used Ford, about six or reason my ministry be-... to, seven years old in Finland, would seemingly, becomes unpopular to sell for around two thousand five the people: The Holy Spirit comes hundred dollars, maybe three and confirms everything that He thousand. And gasoline is ninety- said He would do, and people will five cents a gallon. So where there raise their hands and will remain in was at least twenty-five, thirty-five their seat. It’s not sincerity. thousand people, you’d see about Then how can you expect to have two or three automobiles. And up in a healing service? How can you there, they... they ride a little sled- expect the church to go on to its like, like a travois, an Indian wears, perfection, when thirty people will rides and, or, used to, to travel by raise their hands and three will travois, and they had a caribou that come? hauled them on this travois. And Hear it! That’s in the Name of the then down at the... Lord: America has seen its day; no I’d been up in a car at the top of more will it rise. It’s on its downfall. I the hill, and down was Kuopio,

92 5 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA Finland, the... I was there during the time about May. The sun... They only nigh. Seek ye refuge while you can, got one day in a year there, just one while the doors of mercy is open to day. Six months the sun’s up; six the Gentiles. Seek refuge; that’s months it’s down. And this was just THUS SAITH THE LORD. when the sun just skirting the edge W-131 I invite every one of you of the horizon. At midnight, we that doesn’t have that peace that could just... nice and light as it is in would take you over there, to come here, read a newspaper at midnight. here, stand here by this altar. Every Then it comes back up again. And sinner in here, every backslider, I you just go to sleep when you get want you to come and stand right sleepy; that’s about the way you here by the altar. If the Spirit of God manage the day while the sun’s up. is here that knows you, surely He’d And then it’s down for a year, or, for know what to do. six months. Then... That’s up in the God bless you, sir. Rise up and Lapland. come here; see how sincere you are. W-6 And coming down off the Would you walk from back there to mountain where we’d been singing, here, if it’d mean the difference there’d been a... a drunken between going to Heaven or losing Englishman up there. He didn’t your salvation? know what was tak-... He was a You say, “I’m a member of the lumber buyer from England, and he church. I’ve been borned again.” wanted to know what that singing Have you got that love, have you was about. And he was about as sure? Don’t take no chance on it. Let bad off as me, I... When you can us sing now. speak Finnish, you’re pretty good, I love Him, I love Him because I think they got about fifty Because He first loved or sixty letters in the alphabet, and me so they... They’re very sweet people, some of the nicest people I ever met God bless you, my brother. in my life. And they were very lovely And purchased my people. salvation So then, while I was up there, this On Calvary. Englishman was going on. And I told him it was a religious meeting. I W-132 Let every sinner come asked him if he knew the Lord Jesus now. Will you stand here? No as his personal Saviour. He said no, matter your church affiliation, your he knowed nothing about no creed, your color, whoever you are. religion. So there I had the privilege God bless you, young fellow. May of seeing the Lord Jesus sober that the Lord make a preacher out of man and give him salvation to his you. All right, come. Will you come soul, kneeling down out there in now, even before we sing the song? that mud and muck out there in the You that raised up your hand, wants to find that peace, come; the peace 6 91 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA white polka-dot dress. She’s got a lump in her left side. Have faith; yard of where this big tower, it’s don’t doubt. Don’t miss it. God... kind of a watchtower, an old ancient Mrs. Griffith, have faith in God. watchtower. And we were up there Believe with all your heart and God praising God from on high. Almighty will heal and make well. W-7 And they’d tell me how the Now, do you believe with all your Russians would come in during the heart? What do you think about it? time of the war and drop the bombs You believe God can heal, sister? on the city, and come over that Sure He does. You believe it’s going tower. And then we could look right to be gone, your... ? All right, you over across the Iron Curtain into can have what you ask for. Um-hum. Russia, about two mile away. Now, do you believe Him? Then Coming down... When we’d the Spirit that taken me over there is gathered together to have prayer the same Spirit that turns here, that after they’d seen this Englishman... the scientific world has got, the first I’d went down and just walking time a Supernatural Being was ever around at the bottom of the tower, photographed. It’s a big Pillar of Fire and... and Brother Jack Moore was like that led the children of Israel, with me, and this Englishman had here It is anointing us tonight, doing just come to Christ. They all came the same works It did when It was in down, and Something come over Jesus Christ upon earth. me real strange. Well, they took a “A little while, and the world picture of it, I have it at home. won’t see Me no more,” said Jesus, I said, “Remember, something’s “but you shall see Me, for I, ‘I’ is a fixing to happen; I just feel it. personal pronoun, I will be with you, Something’s going to take place. I even in you, to the end of the world. don’t know what.” Jesus Christ the same yesterday, So they begin to ask, “What will it today, and forever.” be?” W-130 People (Oh, God!), can’t I said, “I don’t know. It’s just you realize? Don’t pay no attention something fixing to take place.” to this little stoop-shouldered, W-8 About a mile down the hill, baldheaded man standing up here we seen where there’d been about a trying to tell you these things. Don’t five- or six-year-old American-made look at me, uneducated, uncouth; Ford... Some of the people, was up don’t notice that. Watch the nature on the hill at the tower had went of the Spirit that’s working through down, and some little school here. Believe the Lord Jesus! It isn’t children was coming from the me; I don’t know you, know nothing school. And they... their parents... about you. It’s Him, Christ fulfilling They live in the city, something like His Word to what He said He would Germany, they live in the city, and do. they farm out in the country, then Remember, the end is drawing come back into the city.

90 7 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA Two little boys, one about nine years old, and one about, oh, I’d say, wherever you are, balcony or about six years old. They was wherever you are, no matter. Keep crossing the road, and this car praying. Just say, “Lord, remember coming fast, and no cars, they... me. I’m sick.” hardly there, they wasn’t expecting Now, don’t try to make yourself a car. And the little fellows holding nervous. Just say, “Lord, I believe the one another’s hands, and they seen man is telling me the truth. I the car whirl into sight; and one believe.” started one way, and one, the other. Now see, what did the Angel tell And they was holding each other’s me? “If you can get the people to hand. Finally, they let loose of each believe you...“ Not believe me as a other’s hand, and the man, driver, man, believe the Message I’m telling got excited, and didn’t know which you. “...believe you, and be sincere way to go, because the children when you pray, nothing will stand jerking both ways, lost control of before your prayer.” That’s what the the car. Man said to me. W-9 And one of the fenders on W-128 I see a woman weeping, the left side hit one little boy right wiping tears from her eyes. If she’ll in between the eyes like that, and believe me as God’s prophet, she’s threw him over, and smashed him setting right here in front of me, into a tree and concussion of the God will make her well. I don’t know brain and broke his bones up. And you, never seen you. But you’re not the other one, it run right straight from here; you’re from Grants Pass. over the top of him, like that. Went If you’ll believe with all your heart, over, and it throwed him, where the you’ll be healed. back wheel hit him, all the way God, she’s going to miss; don’t let across the road into the grass plat. her miss it, Lord. The car run over the hill, and Mrs. Kruger? I challenge you to smashed into a bunch of rocks, and believe Him. Have faith. turned over. I don’t know the woman; I’ve We’d arrived at the scene, there’d never seen her in my life, God been a... a someone else, a carriage knows that. No way in the world for that had got there before us and me to ever know her. She’s just a take the little boy that was woman setting there. breathing, taken him to their If we’re strangers to one another, hospital. And the chief man of the lady, raise up your hand. All right. city, which is equivalent to a mayor Um-hum. Well, whatever He told of a city, he was there, the doctor you, is that true? Wave your hand had gotten there, and... back and forth like this. All right. Do But the law in Finland, that they you believe? couldn’t move this child now, until W-129 I see a woman setting way the parents come. So they’d gone back here. She’s got on a blue and

8 89 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA hand. Now, you have faith to believe. on horseback, or, carriage to the W-125 Does that make Him the field to find the child’s parents, to same? What did she do? She bring them in. touched the High Priest; the High W-10 And well, we stopped. Priest spoke through me and Brother Gordon Lindsay, Brother showed a vision, just exactly what Hall’s brother-in-law, was along, He said He would do. Brother Ern Baxter, and Brother Jack Jesus said, “I do nothing, just...“ Moore, and several of the brethren; Saint John 5:19. “Verily, verily I say and we stopped. And Mrs. Isaacson; unto you, The Son can do nothing in she may be right at this meeting Himself; but what He sees the tonight; she lives out in here Father doing, that doeth the Son somewhere. Are you here, Sister likewise.” Is that right? How many Isaacson? She was my Finnish knows that’s Scripture? Saint John interpreter. 5:19. Pray, just pray; humbly pray. And so, they got out of the car to W-126 Here, I seen an elderly look at the little boy and come back. woman setting right back here, right We’d seen an accident had in the line of my finger. Don’t you happened. They come back and see that Light hanging over the they said... I said, “What was?” woman right here? Looky there; just Said, “Oh, come out and look, turn your head and look right here. Brother Branham, it’s a little boy The woman raised up her head. that’s killed. There was another one She’s rather elderly; she’s got gray killed too, they think, they done hair. She’s got trouble with her eye. taken him to the hospital.” She’s had a cat-... she’s got a I said, “Oh, I don’t want to go.” I cataract on her eye, and they’re said, “I think of my own little boy, going to try to take it off. And she’s Billy Paul, then.” He was just a lad, had a cataract operation before. and I hadn’t seen him for months. That’s THUS SAITH THE LORD. And if you all know, his mother’s Now, mother, that’s right, isn’t it? dead, and I’ve been both mother If that’s right, wave your hand. If and father to him, and that’s the we’re strangers to one another, reason we chum together. She wave your hand. There you are. asked me to never leave Billy, when Now, do you believe with all your she was dying, and I... He’s... he’s heart? Now, have faith; just believe been my chum ever since. God. W-11 And I... I... I didn’t want to W-127 Now, what did she touch? look at the little boy. It’d just bring... She touched the High Priest. If you’ll He’d be about Billy’s age then, believe, all things are possible. If about nine, ten years old. And you thou canst believe; all things are all remember how I told you the possible to them that believe. I’m little boy would look: He kind of had watching; just keep praying one of those crock haircuts and

88 9 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA brown eyes. And he was a little... wearing them, what we used to call You’re the same tonight, for You’re in my days, little “pantywaist” like, the same yesterday, today, and and then his... his long stockings forever. May all unbelief be taken. and his foot would be mashed May they... If unbelief strikes me and through his stockings and his... He’d says, “It won’t work tonight,” I resent be killed in an accident. that. He promised me, and I believe Well, I didn’t go over, and Mrs. Him. Now, let the unbelief leave this Isaacson said, “I believe you should building, and let Christ prove go over.” Himself alive as He said He would Went to look at the little boy, I do. went over there and they had his Then, Father, if the end comes by coat over his face. When I seen that morning, then, Lord, they’ll go poor little fellow laying there, without an excuse. That these mashed up like that, I just... just people, who raised their hands, and started weeping. I turned around want You, might know that it’s the and Something laid It’s hand on me. true Spirit of God that’s speaking to I thought it was Brother Moore. And them in the building tonight, we I looked around, and there was commit these things to You, in Jesus nobody around me, and that hand Christ’s Name. Amen. was still laying on my shoulder. W-124 Now, I take every spirit in Well, I said, “That’s strange.” And here under my control, in the Name the hand left away from me. of Jesus Christ, or, the control of the I don’t know whether you believe Holy Spirit. Now, you pray. in, all of you believe in supernatural There’s a lady setting right back things or not, but it happened, just here, second one in, right here, got the same. And I started to move kidney trouble, praying for her again, and the hand laid back on my healing. You want to be healed, shoulder again. I thought, “Well, lady? You believe that God will wonder what this means. Maybe I’m make you well? You accept it? All supposed to pray for this little lad.” right, raise up your hand then. Go And I thought, “Well...“ home and be well. W-12 I looked back again, they’d Ask the woman if she wasn’t done covered his little face up. And praying for her kidney trouble. there was about three hundred That’s right. people standing there. And I started That right, lady? That’s right, raise to move on, the hand just held me. up your hand, so the people can Well, I said... walk back, and I started see. back towards the little boy, and the Now, she hasn’t a prayer card. I hand was all right, left me. Well, I do not know the woman; I never done that twice. And I said, “Let me seen her in my life. see the little boy again.” And they Is that right, lady? If we’re raised up the... Mrs. Isaacson talking strangers to one another, wave your

10 87 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA act the same way the Life was in the Vine. Is that right? Now, you pray; for me, to interpret it, and they you believe. raised up the... the thing for me to I pray; I believe. And upon the see his face again. And I looked. I stand that I have taken for God thought, “That’s strange. It looks like around the world; and this ministry I’ve seen that little boy.” of discernment is now leaving, and Well, Doctor Manninen, he was I’m stepping into a higher ministry the head of the Ministerial of speaking the Word. And you see Association of... of Helsinki, and so what God has done? He’s put it I... He was with me. right back into the lap of the And I said, “Dr. Manninen, has... people. Let them come with the has that little boy been in the prayer right approach and watch what line?” happens, but they’ve got to have He said, “I don’t think so.” Said, the right approach. See, see? See, “I’ll ask some of the local pastors.” no one can heal; He’s the Healer. And they were standing there. No, But I cannot say it until He speaks to they had never seen the little boy, me, see? But you can speak now didn’t know of him. with your faith and get your healing Well, I said, “It’s strange; it looks if you’ll believe. like I’ve seen the little boy.” I started You just, you go to praying in to walk away again, and that hand your heart, “Lord, let him speak to laid on my shoulder again. I looked me.” See what happens. back, and I thought, “Something’s And if He will do it, I want each str-...“ one that raised your hand, come W-13 And I noticed: little crock here and stand around the altar and haircut, little brown eyes pushed let’s make our peace right with God. out, laying back, little foot through You pray, have faith. his sock where it’d mashed through W-123 Now, Heavenly Father, like that. Oh, he was in terrible after preaching like that, this is a... condition. That car just wadded him quite a change. I pray, Father, that up like that, and the back wheel You’ll give me strength to relax after it lost control, it just flipped myself and to relax the people out him out, and he just... just froze on there, that we, together, might let the... the accelerator like that, and it Your Spirit work through us. How just went on over the hill. The man much good would it do if You never got hurt; they’d pulled him worked through me, and not out of the wreck, and he was by through them? There’d be no himself. And then I looked again, response. You came to Your Own and I... I looked up the hill. And city, where You was brought up, and there was them pine trees coming they were offended at You. And You off the hill, these laps of rock. said, “Many mighty works You could Oh, my! Christian friends, I hope not do,” because of their unbelief. that someday, if not here, we will in

86 11 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA another land, when that feeling that comes to you when you know. I come here and do the same works wish I could have that feeling all the that He did... How many believe that time. If I could... It’s something. It’s a Jesus Christ is the High Priest right love; it’s like a real deep love. And I... now? Book of Hebrews, is that right, If... if the devil would have sent all of brethren? Is that right? He’s the his imps out of torment and stood High Priest that can be touched by right there on them grounds, it the feeling of our infirmities. How would... it could not have moved many knows that’s the Bible? When that feeling at all. It’s something is He? Right now; well, if He is, the that God has told it’s going to Bible said, Hebrews 13:8, “He’s the happen and you see it right here same yesterday, today, and forever.” laying before you. It’s going to Is that right? All right. If He’s the happen. same High Priest, then the same W-14 So I said, “I know the boy.” yesterday, today, and forever, if you And Brother Moore and them touch Him, how would He act standing there. I said, “Look in your today? If He’s the same, He’d act the Bible, Brother Lindsay, on the same way. Is that right? flyleaf.” You know, I asked you Then a woman one time, pressed people, when I come through here, through the crowd and touched His it was Portland then, to write on the garment, and felt within herself that flyleaf of your Bible. I seen it on a she was healed, and went out, and train going to Florida. And I said, “I set in the crowd. wrote it there, ‘THUS SAITH THE Many people were touching Him, LORD, a little boy,’ described how saying, “Oh, hello Rabbi. We’re glad he looked, ‘would be raised from to have You here,” and so forth. And the dead.’” then this woman... And he looked on the flyleaf of Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” the Bible, and Brother Moore said, Peter rebuked Him, but He said, “I “That’s the boy.” perceive that virtue, strength, has I said, “That’s him.” I said, “Now...“ gone from Me.” He looked around And I told all the people and had over the audience until He found Mrs. Isaacson, I said, “Now, tell the little woman, told her she had a them, ‘Just be reverent.’” I said, “If blood issue and her faith had saved this little boy isn’t on his feet, alive, her. Is that right? in five minutes from now, then you W-122 Well now, if He’s the same can take me out of Finland; I’m a High Priest, wouldn’t He do the false prophet.” See? I said, “The little same thing tonight if He’d be boy is going to rise up from the touched? Now, how would He do it? dead right now,” been dead about He’s the Vine now; we are the thirty minutes. branches. Is that right? Well then, W-15 And so, they was waiting for He’d act through the branch. If it’s a the father and mother, and I was correct branch out of the Vine, it’d

12 85 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA could God have a son?” And I said, “He had a Son.” I said, thinking how they must have feel, “Do you believe Isaiah 9:6?” how they would feel to come, see Said, “Sure.” their little boy crushed and laying I said, “Who was the prophet on the road like that. Little tongue speaking of? Messiah?” was hanging, side of his mouth, Said, “Yes.” blood running out of his ears, and I said, “What... what relation will everything. So, I knelt down just the Messiah be to God?” way the vision showed, laid hands He said, “He was God. He will be on the little boy, and as soon as I God.” laid hands on him, I said, “Heavenly I said, “So was Jesus. He was God Father, in America two years ago, made flesh and... and dwelt among You promised me the life of this us. God expressed Himself through child, that it would rise again. Now, a body. He... He was God made death cannot hold it when that flesh; the Spirit of God dwelt in Him vision’s speaking.” I said, “Death, in the fulness. We have it by return his life in the Name of Jesus measure.” Christ.” W-120 And we watch His Life. Little boy jumped up and Now, the Spirit of God is in us, but screamed ...?... you know. He was what it is: we just can’t open those just as normal and well as any child little clogged-up channels to let the could ever be. Spirit flow through. Now, the Spirit W-16 Now, I’ve got that written of God, if It was in the church by the chief man of the city of tonight, would bear record of the Kuopio, Finland, in my study today. Spirit of God. Is that right? That’s right. Laying there written Is there any prayer cards in the and then translated on the other meeting? (Did he give out prayer side, of what it was. Said, “Brother cards? No?) Is there prayer cards? Branham, we’re poor in Finland. We No, there’s no prayer cards. can’t offer you nothing, the only But there’s a God: His Name is thing we got is paper, so here’s the Jesus Christ. He’s the Son of God. I book of Kuopio and a comment believe I have His anointing. The from me.” And it’s got their seal on message that I’ve preached to you, it like that, when he wrote the if it’s of God, let God vindicate His testimony himself. Own Word. I didn’t aim to do this, Someone wrote to me from but I... I just feel a urgent for this Finland here not long ago. Said, before I say something else. “That was false.” And he was going How many sick people is in here? to write a book on it; it was false. Raise up your hand, that you’re sick And I said, “Go right ahead, just and need God, raise up your hand. write the book. Then I’m going to Just raise your hand, say, “I believe.” publish this testimony of the mayor W-121 You believe? If God will of the city behind it. So now, you

84 13 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA just go ahead and write any what you want to.” truth. It's--it's--it's truth. Let these W-17 Have we got just a moment, young people pattern their life, two, longer for something? I want to standing at the crossroads tonight, finish that up. That night when we may they choose the right way that left Finland, that... We was going there be no sadness at the day of into the place; there was so many departing. Grant it, Father. I commit there; they had to have guards on them into Thy hands now, in the the street. And I going into the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. room, there, I was walking along; Amen. there was about six or seven W-118 You feel real good? You soldiers around me. Them poor little believe that the Spirit of God caused Finns had... not old enough to shave you to raise your hand? Let’s see. yet, all the other grown men had Do you believe that was? You been killed off nearly by the believe it comes from God? I told Russians. And so, they were taking you from my heart. me in. W-119 When I talked to a rabbi And when you are borned in here not long ago, he said, “Mr. Russia, if you’re forty miles from Branham, you call Him the Son of your birthplace, you have to have a God,” said, “far be it from God visa. But don’t let nobody ever tell having a son.” you there’s no Christians in Russia; I said, “He was the Son of God.” there’s millions of them. And there Said, “God having a son? He was was those Russian soldiers that... neither Jesus nor a Christ.” Said, “He They can’t broadcast stuff like we could have been a Jesus, but he have, rock-and-roll and all that stuff, wasn’t a Christ.” That’s the way it over there on... nothing but was. business and commercial on... on I said, “Sir, would you believe the radio. And here, that’d went all over prophets?” Russia. I... He said, “Yes, sure I believe the W-18 Baron von Blomberg told prophets.” He was a rabbi, Jewish me not long ago, a little fellow rabbi, Benton Harbor, Michigan. they’d brought out from behind the I said... John Rhyn had been Iron Curtain, said, “I’m surprised, healed, blind for twenty years, set Brother Branham, that your on the street. He said, “I give John ministry’s no better known in many alms.” He said, “What... what America than what it is.” It’s known power, what authority did you give better in Russia than it is here, him his sight?” where it had been behind the Iron I said, “I never give him his sight. Curtain. Said, “We all heard on... on He received his sight through faith the radio, that little boy being raised in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son from the dead up there.” And now, of God.” this... Them Russian soldiers He said, “What son of God? How

14 83 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA privilege of seeing a few weeks ago. W-116 Father, I cannot say what it standing on the street, give that was. I do not know. You know my Russian salute when I passed by. heart, but I’m only honest in what And they’d say... and the interpreter I’m saying, You bear me record, telling me as they going by, said, Father. And I’ll…It’s such a sweet “They said, ‘We’ll receive a God like place. God, when my days are done, this.’” Certainly. I’d like to see little Joseph be a man W-19 See? What it is, is the that I could place this Bible in his weakness of the church raised up hand. Because the day of his Communism; it bred from that kind dedication, You spoke, said, of an egg. If the church taken all the “Joseph, thou art a prophet.” I pray, money there is in a country and God, that You’ll let a double portion building million-dollar gold altars, of the Spirit on my boy. If You’ll just and the people starving on the let me live to win souls for You till I street? You can see why such things get old, then place this Bible over as that will come up. But let any into the hands of my son, Joseph, human being see the real thing of and tell him to continue with the God, he will believe it, if he’s got same Gospel, it would be a full life, anything in him to believe with. Father. So he was standing there, and he Nevertheless when You’re ready said, “We’ll receive a God like that, for me, amen. What a beautiful rest; that can raise the dead. We want to I—I long to see that place again. know about that.” Lord Jesus, may every one that’s And I’ll tell you, while I’m on this here tonight, every person that’s subject, I might say this: I seen heard the message tonight, may not Russian soldiers grab Finns around a one of them be lost. But may their waist, in there on the inside of every one, I see them in there. the building, and hug and pat one Then, when we run and throw our another, like the Scandinavian arms around one another, when people do, hug and pat one there’s no difference, then, between another. Anything that’ll make a man and woman. Russian put his arm around a Finn, W-117 There's no difference; the- and a Finn around a Russian, will -the--the sin streak has gone away settle wars forever. We don’t need with. We're truly then brothers and U.N.’s; we need Jesus Christ. That’s sisters, where we can live, never sin what the world needs. See? can enter no more, no evil thoughts, W-20 Going in that night, there no nothing can ever come to that was a little girl come out. You that’s kind of a place. There can be no read the story; you... Brother defilement. We'll all be one in Christ. Gordon, never wrote it in details; he Let us appear there, Lord. Let just kind of told it. She was come these old women and old men out of the ladies’ dormitory, such as realize that I have told them the it was. And as we started out

82 15 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA walking this way and those soldiers, and that little girl, when she stepped Grant it, Father. out, she had one leg was about that May each one of them receive the much shorter than the other. And baptism of the love of God in their then she had a... a big belt around heart, that they could turn the other her, and a... a... a brace that went cheek, go the second mile, like He down, homemade, like that, and she did, with spit on His face and thorns had two crutches. She had a strap in on His brow, with heavens and earth the end of her toe run over her in His hands, walk meekly to the shoulder and hooked back here in cross to die for people who were the back of this belt. And when she killing Him. God, how... started to walk, she had, put her Make us that way, Father. Take braces out, or, crutches out, then their stony heart out of us and put a take her little shoulder and pick that real, sweet, kind heart in us; put a little leg up and set it out like that, Spirit in us like He’s got. Let the then make her step. And so, she Spirit of God rest upon each of seen me. these; there’s been thirty or forty W-21 And they’d warned them, people raise up their hand. I pray, you know. Father, that You’ll give them Eternal I like kids, and I’d get on the Life. May they never be ashamed of street with some of that old Finnish You; may they sweetly come to You. money and buy a big bunch of that W-115 May they realize now, that candy, you know. And brother, I’d Something made them raise their be giving it out to kids. I had a hands. What is it? The Holy Spirit. string from here, two city blocks, The Spirit of God, that’s upon them that followed me everywhere, ’cause now, caused them to raise their I... I love children. hands to make a decision. And so then I looked at her, she May this night be the night dropped her little head like that; she that’ll... they can say, “From that was afraid she’d done something Saturday night down there in that wrong. And I looked at that child school auditorium, I met God. and I started, walk on, and Something happened to me; I been Something said, “Speak to that changed ever since.” child; she wants to speak to you.” Grant it, Father. I commit them to I stopped. And the soldiers kept... You as the trophies of the message. They couldn’t talk English, so they And You said, “All the Father has kept going on. I could hear them given Me will come to Me, and none singing, Only Believe. And so I of them is lost.” O Lord, You told started on in that, just them soldiers them You’d give them Eternal Life just standing there. And I said, “Just and raise them up at the last day, a minute here.” Them other soldiers that Eternal Life, that love, that looked back. And I said, “Just a would bring them into the presence minute.” See? of this great Place that I had the

16 81 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA want to have that assurance, I want to raise up my hand to God, and W-22 And so, that little girl, I say, ‘Pray for me’”? looked at her, and I said, “Come on God bless you here, son. God over here, honey.” She couldn’t bless you; God bless you, you, you. understand; she looked to be about Yes, all back there, God bless you. nine, ten years old. And I said, God bless you, all over the building, “Come on over, honey.” And she balcony; we see your hands up dropped her little head down; there. “I want to have that peace ’course she didn’t understand what I that passes all understanding.” was saying. And I... I... She looked up W-113 I’m watching, praying. at me again, and put her little head Raise up your hand. Let the Holy down real quick, childlike. And I Spirit speak. If you die tonight, are motioned to her like that, “Come you going to go where there’s here.” And she put her little crutches wheeling and, wailing and gnashing out, and raised that leg up and here of teeth? Or you want to enter into she come. And I just stood still, and that blessed, sweet rest in peace? I the soldiers stood there just say it in the Name of the Lord, with watching what was going on. the anointing of the Holy Spirit. She got right up close to me, God bless you, honey. God bless where I was at, like that. She just you back there; God bless you, stopped, held her little head down, sister. Someone else? Raise up your and her little ol’ ragged skirt hand. God bless you. God bless you. hanging down, her little ol’ hair over That’s right, God bless you. her face. I learned later she was a I’m watching, just waiting a little Finnish war orphan; her mother moment. Everybody with your heads and father was killed. She was living bowed, praying. All right, just keep in a tent. And... and I looked, and on. God bless you; I see your hand. she looked at me like that. She I’m watching something. God bless looked up at me, and great big tears you; that’s fine. All right, someone running out of her little eyes, else? Just keep waiting. All right. running down her face like that. W-114 Heavenly Father, You see W-23 She reached over and got a their hands. I was watching, hold of my coat, and just kissed me watching something being done, on the pocket of my coat; then she You know all about it, Father. I pray pulled her little skirt out like this, the now that Your Spirit will be sweetly little ragged skirt. She said, “Kiitos.” upon them. Let them know that this That means “thank you.” My heart that I have said, may it be that they was just up in my mouth; you know can say, “From this time on,” their how you feel like that; that little kid. attitudes has been changed; the And I looked out this way, and I hardness that was in their hearts has seen her standing out there with no melted away; sweet peace and crutches or braces, just praising Divine love has taken its place. God.

80 17 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA I said... I believe if I’d have been the biggest hypocrite in the world, fruit. You can graft on most God would have honored that anything, grapefruit or what-more, child’s faith. He sure will; He would but it’s the grafted. But if the have honored it. original vine itself puts out a branch, And I said, “Sweetheart, uh, oh, it’ll bring the same kind of fruit that how can I tell you?” I... I said, “You the first one brought. are healed, honey. God has made W-111 Now, if Jesus Christ is the you well.” Vine, and His Life... Now remember, “Jeesus,” she said, “Kiitos, Jeesus.” His... The vine does not bear fruit; That’s “Thank you, Jesus.” the branch bears fruit, but it’s I said, “Make you...“ energized by the vine. Is that right? I couldn’t know the other words, Well, then if the Life of Christ be in you see, I said, “Make you well. us, It’ll bring His Spirit and His Kiitos Jesus make you well.” She works. Is that right? It’s got to, couldn’t understand that. And then because It’s the Vine of God. Now... they... Now, watch this Angel of the Here come Brother Baxter at the Lord. We know that that’s true. Now, door, and said, “Come on, come watch what kind of a nature It has. It on.” bears the same fruit that It did when And I... I thought, “Well, God will It was here on earth. Now, It’s back let her know sometime, so I just in the Church, bearing forth the went on in. She’d get, be all right.” same fruit, making another W-24 So I went on in, and we had Pentecostal Church, just exactly the a great prayer line. You saw it, the way It did the first time. Now, that picture in the book of them big piles Church sealed their testimony with of crutches and things, just piling their blood. They were godly around me like that. Just as soon as people; they loved God; they stayed that... with it. What happened that night? W-112 And whatever you do, There’d been about eight or ten whatever you do, friends, let me ask people come to the platform. And you, if you believe me to be a then, there was a... a kind of a servant of God, let me tell you Lapland woman setting back there, something: Don’t you miss that had a cross-eyed baby; she had it wonderful Place. Don’t miss it. Let us laying on the floor. The Holy Spirit bow our heads just a moment. moved around, and I couldn’t get I wonder just now, before we go her. I thought, “Lord, I couldn’t say further in the service: Is there one that name; let me spell it out.” here, two, dozen, how many is here And I started spelling her name, that would like to say, “Brother told her who she was, what all about Branham, remember me in prayer her, like that, and what wrong with right now, since you’ve told this, I’ve her baby. “Pick it up and look at it,” had a little fear of death, I... I... I

18 79 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA converts in the Ohio River. It was in the paper, newspaper clippings; we It said; spelling it, now, that she was have it. Got on the Associated Press; a... And how she understood it, I Canada got it; all around over the don’t know. She grabbed that baby country. “Mystic Light...“ up and looked at it, and his eyes just Now, the scientific world has as straight as they could be. She like taken It. Now, they got It three or to... She just had a spasm almost, four different times. Germany taken just up and down that floor It. They taken It down here in screaming, where thousands of California not long ago. That is real people... men with real cameras. W-25 And then Howard, just as The German camera said, Billy does now, my brother, when he “Wonder if our camera could catch touched me on the side... I just It?” pretty near unconscious under them I said, “You’re welcome to try.” vision. He touched me [Brother And when the Spirit was coming Branham pats his side.] like that, down, they took It coming down, “Time to go.” took when It was discerning, and And I started to go away, taken It ascending back up again. Something said, “Wait a minute; call Oh, my. Thousands times thousands some more.” fell to the Cross in Germany. And And I said, “Just a minute, that’s where I’m to return back as Howard.” I said, “Don’t take me soon as they... I can get loose to go now.” back into Germany again, there at He said, “Why?” Lausanne, Switzerland, It come I said, “Let’s call five more again. people.” I said to the, Mrs. Isaacson, W-110 Now, watch the nature of I said, “Call in Finnish the... the... It. If a vine... If it... If the first branch... what numbers you have to call.” Jesus said, “I am the Vine; ye are the And she called the next. And by branches.” Saint John 15, I believe. Is the grace of God, out of the room, that right? “I am the Vine.” that little girl was the next one with Now, what did the Vine put forth the prayer card; how God in His a branch? The first branch was a sovereignty. Pentecostal church. Is that right? W-26 Friends, I’m telling you: the Then the second branch comes greatest thing that I’ve ever seen in forth will be another Pentecostal my life is just submit yourself to church. Now, we don’t see God and walk in the Spirit, see, just Pentecostal in all churches, do we? day after day, how He will lead you No. Well, what is it? It’s a grafted and do things. vine. And when I seen this little girl You can take a peach tree or you come, I thought, “Praise the Lord.” can take a, I’d say, a... a orange tree, They brought her up on the and graft almost any kind of citrus platform, helped her up. And two or

78 19 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA three of the ushers brought her up to me, packed her, and set her that’ll... that’ll be reward enough for down. I said, “Now, Mrs. Isaacson, me, if I can just rest at that Place, till watch this.” I said, “Now, you just I see Him come. say just the words I say.” W-108 Then was revealed to me, And she said, “I will.” “If this earthly tabernacle be I said, “Sweetheart, Jesus Christ dissolved, we have one already honored your faith out there when waiting”; we’ve got one waiting. you kissed my pocket a while ago. Brother, sister, that’s true. Now, I You was giving respects to things think I have the Spirit of God. If the that you thought was of God.” I Spirit that’s on me isn’t, I don’t said, “God has healed you. Now, you know. go over there and set down and Look, let’s take the nature of it. have some of the ministers or some Let’s take the Pillar of Fire that to take those braces off you. And followed the children of Israel, the you hold your hand on your hip like One they got the picture of. No this.” And give her something to do doubt many of you have it; if it isn’t, to keep her courage, you see? pick it up when you go through. So I said, “When you come... Where it was examined by the When you’re... When they move the Federal Government, the FBI agents brace, and the big iron hook from of Fingerprint and Document; it’s under your foot here, when they there in the hall. One hangs in the move that, you let your hand move Religious Hall of Art in Washington, down your limb just as far as you DC as the only Supernatural Being think that that brace is, shortness of was ever photographed. It’s been your leg.” seen on the platform. The saints W-27 And so I said, “Bring the know it; they’ve watched It. Millions next person, now.” And they times millions around the world has brought the next one. The ministers watched It move, seen It personally took her over there. Mrs. Isaacson to appear on the platform. translate it, and they took her over W-109 My wife, about six months there and begin unbuckling the ago, saw It for her first time. She thing. was on the river that day when It So, the first thing you know, I appeared down there. When the heared her scream. Here she come article went all over the... the across the platform, both legs just English-speaking world on the as normal as they could be, them Associated Press: Mystic Light crutches over the top of her head, Appears Over Local Baptist Minister screaming and carrying on. Oh, my. While Baptizing. Stood there, It It was just one thing after another, talked; people heard It talking back after another, after another. and forth. Thousands of people I went home that night, looked standing there watching me baptize down across there, seeing those from my first revival, five hundred

20 77 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA I’ve been more determined to do everything that I can to persuade Finns walk across there, their hands men and women, please be sure of up in the air, praising God. That’s this: If God’s love doesn’t anchor in when the Angel appeared about the your heart supremely, don’t you other little boy. You read the story take any sensation or emotion; you of that in the... in the book. And be sure that you... you can turn the how that that little boy, laying there other cheek, that... that God... that... dying, doctors had give him up, he that Christ is all in all to you. Don’t was healed the next evening just you miss it, my brother. exactly when the Holy Spirit said he W-107 Just remember. I’ll say this, would be healed. And he left and with the faith that I have in that was normally well, living today; still vision, whatever it was, I’ll speak it in getting letters from them, that the the Name of the Lord: Except you Lord made them well. He still have that perfect love, you’ll never remains Jesus Christ. be there, ’cause nothing could ever W-28 It’s sweet: Thank you, my be there without it. Your spirit little sister, for this tithing. As a would be out of place there. It minister, I’m supposed to receive couldn’t come; there’d be no way tithing. So, I thank you very kindly, for it to come. No more than it my little girlfriend. And may God would be for a grain of corn to raise ever bless you. And don’t you let up out of the ground without a your mommy tell you you’re fat. germ of life in it. No matter how You’re not. See? All right. She said in natural it would look, it could not here, I didn’t read that; she said, raise. “Mommy says I’m fat, but I’m not.” I My friend, you old people, you don’t believe you are either. So, if young people, you don’t know what you are, God give you the desire of time you’re going to leave. We don’t your heart, honey, is my prayer, if it know that. But let me persuade you, means anything to God to you. as a Christian brother, that... one W-29 Now, tonight I was going to that loves you: Except you are give an experience that happened. borned again, and the Spirit of God And first, I want to read the... the of love comes into your heart, you’ll Word. Now, tomorrow afternoon... certainly miss that Place. Let me ask (What time is the services start, you: If God has given me... given Brother? Two-thirty.) Now, favor between us, and you believe tomorrow at one-thirty, all that me, I’m honest. What happened? I wants to be... come in the prayer don’t know. line to be prayed for, we’ll be giving But God in Heaven, Who’s... out prayer cards, bringing the entire Who’s omnipresent and is here now, group like we did last night. That’s when I leave this world, Heavenly the way I think my ministry will Father, please let me rest in there begin and move on from last night. until Jesus comes. That’s... that... All of you that want prayer card

76 21 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA come at one-thirty tomorrow afternoon, not later than... than... be Said, “Yes.” And that Voice here no later than two or a quarter speaking to me said it. after, because all the cards probably I said, “Well, will Saint Paul be given out by that time, and it won’t questioned too?” interrupt the rest of the meeting. Said, “Certainly, with his Now, if some of the messages congregation.” while I was preaching, if you care for I said, “Then if Saint Paul passes it, them, the boys has got them here, I will too.” I said, “I’ve preached it Brother Goad and Brother Mercier. just exactly the way he did, not Where they at, Gene? On the stand moved one word.” in the back of the building, they got And then those millions screamed records and tapes. These boys, out, “We know that, and are resting they’re... they belong to them, and assured.” they’re... they’ll be glad to let you And about that time, I heard the have them. And I have searched it Voice say, “Keep pressing on.” over in their sales and so forth. And I felt myself slip. I said, “I W-30 I told you the story how the don’t have to go back, do I?” boys got connected with me last “Keep pressing on.” I turned and night. And I sent to a minister not looked at my body; I seen it move. I long ago to get a tape. He charged was coming to; in just a moment I me nine dollars for it. And I checked was in the room again. these boys, and I think it’s about W-106 Friends, from that time, two dollars and a half, or, something I’ve been a changed person. I don’t like that; they make about thirty- know what you’ll think about this, five, forty, maybe, fifty cents off a but with my hand on the Bible, that tape, buying the best of tape, is true. That... Wherever it is, I don’t Scotch Tape, and make the best. If know whether it was here, whether they put a big price on them, I’d tell it was a vision. I never had one like them right now: “No more tape it. And let’s say it was a little selling!” No, sir. translation (I don’t say it was), say, Now, they’ve got to have my spirit went out, and went there (I something for their handling, ’cause don’t know what it was), if... if that’s they break up a lot of tapes, and glorious under that first Heaven, everything, and then they... they got what must have Paul saw when he to live. One of them is a married went to the third Heaven and come man, and so we... They got to live, back and said, “Eye has not seen, and they have a right to make a ear has not heard, neither has it little off of them. And then entered the hearts of man, what sometimes, they get them damaged God has for them in store that love and broke, and send them out and Him.” don’t get paid for them, and, you I’ve been more determined. I’ve... know how it goes. Just like our This is my second revival since then.

22 75 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA and they said, “An animal being in Heaven.” books back there: I buy those from Absolutely there’s animals in the Voice of Healing on a forty Heaven. I want to ask you percent less. And with, when we something. Knock the criticism out have to pay for selling them, and right quick. Tell me what happened handling charges... to that horses and chariots that And I’ve always said, “If anybody come down and got Elijah and went wants a book...“ Give the order to up. Where’s that horse at that Jesus the boys at all time: come in, riding, with His vesture If anybody wants a book, and a dipped in Blood, riding on a white poor old man walk up, and reach charger? Uh-huh? Where is that down in his pocket, “How much are wolf and lamb going to feed they?” together, and the lion eat straw like “Well, they’re seventy-five cents,” the bullock? Where’s that coming or, whatever they... dollar, or, from? whatever they’re worth. W-105 And I looked, coming And he said, he, “got sixty cents.” down across the hill, and here come Tell him, “Dad, take the book and ol’ Fritz. He looked at me and come go on; forget about it.” up and licked me on the hand, I W-31 See? Let it go. That way, the patted him. Just then ol’ Prince, my books don’t even support horse, come put his neck around my themselves. The church has to help shoulder and begin to nicker. me with the books. We... Time we I said, “Oh, God.” I looked up. pay for them, and the printing, and And He said, “All that you ever the... the wreckage, and tear-up, and loved, and all that ever loved you is everything on them, and what we gathered here.” have to give away and things, why, And I said, “I want to see Jesus. I they... they don’t... they’re not sup-... want to see the One that I’ve loved don’t support themselves. And so and... and worked for.” therefore, we have nothing that we And they said, “You can’t see Him make money out of. Everything that right now; He’s higher than this. But we do... someday He will come back, and And myself: My love offering goes when He comes, He will come to to the mission fields. I don’t see it. It you first. And you’ll be questioned goes for a good thing. I get one on the Gospel that you preached. hundred dollars a week from my And then, if you pass the test, then church, whether in America, out of we will go with you, back, and Him, America, wherever it is, I get fifty- back to earth and live together two hundred dollars a year. That’s forever in a body, a fleshly body what I live on, and we have to live where we’ll eat and drink.” close, with a big family like I got. And I said, “You mean, He will And I have to live in the church question me on the Word I preach?” parsonage.

74 23 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA W-32 And we never come here for money; that’s not our intention. “Yes.” I turned and looked back. The only reason we let the... buy the There I was still laying on the bed. books and sell them again, and sell And He said, “This is after death.” the tapes and that, is because we And I said, “Oh, then I’ve died. think that it will further the cause of Well, this is wonderful; this is good Jesus Christ. There’s no money in it for me to be here. I like this.” at all. But I will not permit the books And then this woman, real pretty or tapes or anything else to be sold girl that just put her arms around on the Sabbath day. That’s me like that. And said, “Just keep tomorrow. We will not sell them on pressing on.” Sunday; we’ve never did it, and we And I said, “Well, why... I can’t never intend to do it. And so if you understand.” I says, “All these want some of the books, some of Branhams?” Looked like millions of the tapes or records, they’ll be at them. I said, “All these Branhams?” the back of the building tonight. That Voice said, “They are your And if you get it, and you don’t converts.” think... If you haven’t got any I said, “Converts?” money, it’s yours anyhow. You get Said, “You see that woman you’re it, it ain’t worth the fifty cents, or admiring?” Said, “She was past whatever you paid for it, send it ninety when you led her to Christ. right on back, or throw it away and Look at her now. No wonder she tell us, or give it to somebody else. screamed, ‘My precious brother.’” Give it to somebody else, and send I said, “Oh, if I could only go back, and tell us it wasn’t worth it; the if I could only have a chance. I money will be refunded back to you. would grab them; I’d pull them; I’d So we don’t want nothing that... Any persuade them. See? Don’t let no expenses, anything like that at all. one miss this. This is... this is It’s nothing. perfection.” W-33 But the... the love offering is W-104 And just then, I looked. I for the foreign field. I do not receive had an ol’ dog. We used to hunt; he it myself; it’s taken by my field clothed me, put me to school, secretary; counted by the ministers, opossum hunting, coon hunting and given to him, deposited in the bank. things. And when we moved into And when I go overseas and so the city, a policeman poisoned him. forth, it supports me in foreign When I patted his grave, when I fields to bring this same message of buried him in our back yard, I said, deliverance to people that don’t “Fritz, if there is a place...“ I was a even know which is right and left sinner, about seventeen years old. I hand. That’s where it goes. I never said, “If there is a place called know, even, what the offerings is, Heaven, you’ll be there.” Later on, I unless somebody tell me. When I got converted. I always thought... get home, I’ll be gone a month, so Now some... I told somebody this,

24 73 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA three thousand volt line when I was working as a electrician, you know I’ll get four hundred dollars when I my story. And the first thing I know, get back home to pay off my debts I was on the ground, setting there, and things. Now, that’s way we live, sweating, not knowing what had so that you’ll understand that we happened. That meant God don’t have any... no, no... we’re not reserving this ministry for you for money, or anything like that. people; I’d have went right then. And what we have, I want to make it And so, she had her arm around real clear so that you’ll understand me. I said, “Hope, you’re still here.” it. Was dark in the room. Now, tonight bef-... I want to take She said, “Promise me?” a little text, if I should call it that, to I said, “I promise you, Hope.” speak from for a few moments. And when she did, she left me; Before we approach It, let us bow she patted me, kind of hugged me, our heads, just a moment, for and left me. prayer. I said, “You’re still here, Hope, W-34 Heavenly Father, we thank somewhere, aren’t you?” I felt Thee from the very depths of our around for her. I turned on the light, heart. How the experiences, Lord, I I went to every chair and reached have seen You do in my little around. meetings, let alone those great men I said, “Where are you, honey? who are on the field, like our Don’t leave me; don’t leave me.” Brother Roberts, and Tommy Went around through the room, Osborn, and those. I’ve seen You do feeling for her like that; just a boy, enough in my own services to write just been married a little bit, and many Bibles of great things, of Billy and Sharon had been born. raising dead. Let the doctors sign a W-103 And I seen her. When I statement to it. Making the blind, seen her this time, she looked the deaf, dumb; foretelling, telling what same way. And I was setting there exactly, watch it happen every time on this place. And I said, “I don’t exactly right. You’re God, and we understand this. Why you put me up know that Thou art God. here?” Please, Father, if there be in our Said, “You was a leader. You were midst tonight, one who does not born a leader, to lead people.” believe, may something be done or And I said, “Oh, my.” I said, said tonight, would cause he or she “Well...“ to surrender their unbelief to Thee He said, “Well, this is perfection.” and exchange it for a real gallant Said, “This is like the patriarchs Spirit of belief from God, the Holy when they gathered with their Spirit. Grant it, Lord. You’re ready to people.” take away their evil and to give I said, “Is this... ? I... I... I... I... This is them good. Oh, You’re so good, after death?” Father; we love You for it.

72 25 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA W-35 We pray that You’ll inspire Your ministers everywhere. May Death’s on your track right then. But they become burning torches to this you’re growing till you get up that dark hour that we live in, as we see age. From about... You’re your best that so-called civilization smothers from about fifteen till about twenty- out the very Light of God, if it is two. That’s right. possible. But yet, that torch will burn W-101 These people looked to be in the hearts of people until Jesus just at their peak, just at their best. comes. Father, add more to the And I, looking at them there and ranks tonight, we pray. Heal all the how they were looking. So that, I sick people, all that’s afflicted, we thought, “Isn’t that wonderful?” pray that Your grace and mercy will And when I seen my little girl, rest upon them. Give them Eternal eight years old, when... You Life in the world that is to come, remember the night, and you’ve and give them good health in this read it in my story. When I met her, world. For it is written in the Bible, “I she was a young woman. She said, would above all things, that you “Hello, Dad.” prosper in health.” And I said, “Dad? Why, you’re as Inspire the churches throughout old as me. I don’t understand it.” the valley and everywhere that... She said, “Dad, in earth, I was that’s represented in this great, Holy your little Sharon.” Ghost revival, that’s swept the I said, “Where’s your mother?” world. We pray, Father, that You’ll Said, “She’s up at your home revive it again in a great way. Let it waiting for you.” She said, “I’ll wait start here in Oregon again, a great here for Billy Paul, my brother.” revival in every church. W-102 And when I come out of W-36 Tomorrow, the Sabbath, the vision... Hope had her arm may the churches be filled, may the around me There, and when I come ministers be on fire, may souls be out of the vision, standing in the brought in, may many come room, she still had her arm around confessing their sins and require me. And I wasn’t in no vision, no water baptism. Grant it, Father. And coma; I was standing like I am now. may You fill every one with the Holy And she was patting me on this Ghost, that follows Your shoulder. God is my Judge. prescription, as we taught it the And I said, “Hope, you’re still here, other night. I pray, Father, that You’ll aren’t you?” let them know that the promise is She said, “Billy, promise me you unto every generation, and won’t worry about me and Sharon.” “whosoever will; as many as the I was just about to... I had a pistol Lord our God shall call.” That’s what in my hand a few minutes before. I’d Your prescription said; we believe snapped it all the way around, trying every Word of it. I pray, Father, that to commit suicide. The same day, I You’ll grant this to every one. tried to lay my hand on a thirty-

26 71 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA And a real beautiful woman run up and she said, “Oh, my precious Forgive us of our sin. Take the brother,” she said, “I’m so happy service into Your hands and get you’ve arrived.” glory to Thyself, in Jesus’ Name we And she turned off, and I looked pray. Amen. at her, and I thought, “My, how W-37 Now, I wish to read just a everybody’s so pretty, and so line out of the 4th chapter and 17th young, and so...“ And I said, “What is verse of Saint Matthew: this?” And from that time Jesus And that Voice said, “In here all began... preach, and to resemblance of old age and say, the kingdom... everything is brought back to Repent: for the kingdom perfection.” of heaven is at hand. W-100 See, we eat food till we get Now, I want to take the subject, to a certain age. When I was sixteen, those three first word: From That I’d eat the sa-... Let science answer Time. Now, there’s all here that can this from me: I eat the same food call back to such-and-such a time. when I was sixteen years old, I eat “From that time,” we say. Like the now: beans, bread, potatoes, meat. little boy, little girl, we can say we And every time I eat, I renew my life. were doing a certain thing and Anybody knows that makes blood such-a-thing happened, and “from cells, and that’s how we come to the that time” things changed for us. earth. And now, the doctor setting And we could go, tonight, into here would know the same. Then I the city, here, and find the most got stronger, bigger all the time. degraded and immoral woman that And when I got about twenty-two, walks the streets of your lovely little you also, I still eat the same food, city, here in the valley. And I would and getting older and weaker all the set down by her, and I’d say, “Lady, I time, putting new life in my body. wish you to tell me your story.” Explain to me, scientists: If I’m And she would start off; she pouring water out of a jug into a might say something like this: glass, and when it gets half full, I “Brother Branham, there was a day keep pouring more and it keeps when I was as pure as a lily. And I going down. Scientifically, tell me could hold my head up amongst the about that. What it is, it’s an people of renown status; and I could appointment that God made. When go to church, and feel just fine. But you get that age, He’s got you just there come a time that one night I where He wants you, say, “Come on was out with a certain boy, and he death; set in.” Ask science if you spiked the... the Coke for me, and don’t start dying after you’re about from that time...“ twenty-two years old. No matter Or it might be that some other how good you eat, you’re dying, girl friend that was not a believer, walking right away. It will finally... that got with her and persuaded her 70 27 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA off to a certain dance. And she got in the arms of some boy, and from I said, “I... I... I can’t unders-...“ that time. It’s always marking from a W-98 And these men picked me time. up, and set me up on a great big W-38 Or I might go out here into high place, and set me down. And your city tonight, and find the worst they were praising God, none of alcoholic that you have. And I would them kissing me, just embracing me, set down by the side of that man, and saying, “Brother, our precious young or old, and I would say to brother.” him, “Friend, I would like to ask you And I looked, and people was something: Why do you throw your coming from everywhere. And I said, life away like this? What makes you “What is this?” drink and do the way you do? when And that Voice now, from no one, you could be a... a great worker here the same Voice that spoke in the in the city. You could be a worker in room was still with me, He said, some church, or you could be a real “This is perfect love.” husband to some woman, a father And I’ve always taught: The to some children;” or, some drunken evidence of the Holy Ghost is woman that could be a... a real perfect love. See? I believe in mother to some children, a sweet, speaking in tongues, sure. “But loving wife to some husband. though I speak with tongue in men And they’d start like this, and say, and Angels and have not charity, I “Well, from... I once was a am nothing, become a sounding prohibitionist. I had a lovely mother brass and tinkle cymbal.” So, when and father who taught against the you speak with tongues and got drinking. And one time I got into a love with it, that’ll show you. fellowship with a certain boy that W-99 And the love that we would was very popular amongst the girls, have here would be like starting and I... I... I wanted to be popular here from a shadow, of the shadow, too, so I thought with joining his of the shadow into the shadow; and ranks. And I went against the from the shadow to a mist, and to a teaching of my mother and father. little moisture, and into a creek, into And he persuaded me, ‘Tonight if a river, and then into the ocean. you want to have a good time, you That’s where it arrive at there, just want to get some spirits in you.’ perfect, everything. You couldn’t And I took my first drink, and from die; you couldn’t be any sin. Oh, I that time...“ never... I... I’d never be able to W-39 That’s the way it starts. Here explain what that Place was. See? some time ago in New York, Dr. It... it... it just... It was just perfect, Berg, he’s a pastor now at Sister beyond perfect. And just then, there Brown tabernacle, Bethany was a... Tabernacle, in New York City, one of I said, “I... I don’t understand what the old Pentecostal establishments, this is.”

28 69 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA turned around, I looked, and there I was laying on the bed. Now one of the oldest in the world; I wherever it is, it ain’t very far from guess our brethren know of them here. If it’s another dimension or well. what, I can’t say. But I looked back, And there, while I was there, I got and I seen myself laying on the bed; to meet Sophia, the wash-woman, I looked this way, and here were the Swedish woman that went and these people. And that... worked the bowery with her. I had If I’d say “perfect,” that wouldn’t to lay over two days to get a yellow make it. If I’d say “superb”; I can’t fever shot; I thought I’d get into find the English word. There was no Africa without taking it, but they yesterday, no tomorrow, it was all wouldn’t even let me pass, or, get now; no sickness, no sorrow, no sin, into the airship. And I had to wait no tiredness; they didn’t eat nor two days to go to the Navy yards to drink; they didn’t sleep, they didn’t take a yellow fever shot. have to; but yet they were beings. And Brother Berg said, “What And they’d put their arms around would you like to do?” me, I feel it just the same as I feel I said, “I’d like to visit the bowery.” my own hands like this. [Brother Said, “All right, we’ll go down.” Branham pats his arm.] Said, “I have several missions down W-97 And I looked pressing there.” through the crowd, and here come W-40 And we went down, and if my own darling wife. She died when I... I think that it would be a good she was twenty-two and here she thing for any man to take his son to come, Billy’s mother. And she come the bowery and let him see. I think if right... I said, “She’ll call me her you was ever in France, take your husband.” daughter to Pigalle; let her see how She was making her way through degraded human life can get. the women, waving at me like that. I So when I went down to... by the could see those black eyes just bowery, men laying helpless, flies shining. She was a German girl. She blowing their face from vomit, and run up and threw her arms around oh, dope fiends, alcoholics. me. She said, “My darling brother.” And I said, “Oh, Brother Berg,” I And there’d been a real pretty said, “perhaps these men here was woman standing there, just put her raised in homes that... that did not arms around me and said, “Our care what they do; they was just let precious brother.” loose to run on the street.” And then Hope, she put her arm He laid his hand across my (That was my wife.) she put her arm shoulder, said, “You’d be surprised.” around this other woman; she said, He said, “Right in the mission here “Isn’t it wonderful? He’s with us we’re going to, we got out a now.” hundred and eighty that died in I said, “I... I don’t understand this.” there last year. Taken off the streets,

68 29 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA feeding them and so forth, and they finally died; there’s no hope for when I was a boy, you read my them outside of Christ.” story, when I was seven years old, W-41 And then, the cure, they’re the Angel of the Lord met me as a too far for that. He said, “Here, this whirlwind in that bush that day and man here.” Said, “I know him. Raise said, “Don’t never smoke, drink, or him up.” defile your body.” I never smoked in And I went over to him, and I said, my life, never drank in my life, and “Sir, could I speak to you?” I’ve got... I knowed no woman but He said, “Well, he may not be able my wife. And so then, I didn’t live to speak.” immoral when I was a sinner. And... Oh, I just can’t say the condition But I... Since I’ve been a Christian, the man was in. He had gotten to a I’ve tried to live as straight as I know place his clothes from his waist how to live, and God knows that’s down was in a terrible condition, the truth. wet all over. And he was just in a... And... and let me say this: I don’t an awful shape, smelling. And I said, care how saintly a man is, as long as “Sir, could I speak to you?” he’s human, he cannot take the And Brother Berg shook him. I... other sex in his arm, a female, He raised up. And he said, “I’m without having a human sensation. Brother Berg.” Well, he didn’t know And I don’t care; you tell me that, nothing about Brother Berg. He was and I’ll tell you you’re telling a story. still on the drunk. And if you’re a red-blooded man, if And I said, “I would like to ask you you’re really a... a man, it’s that way; a question.” I said, “What type of you can’t help it. You’re a human. I home was you raised in?” don’t say you’d do anything wrong, He said, “Will you give me now; but the sensation’s there just enough money for a drink?” exactly the same. W-42 And I said, “I’m a minister of But in this, it was gone. Praise be the Gospel. I would not give the to God, it was gone. It was like... like money of the Lord to a man to not when I take my own sister, drink.” I said, “I... The money that I Delores, in my arms. It wasn’t like a have comes from the children of mother taking her baby. I... I don’t God, and it’s be spent for the know. It was perfect. Kingdom of God. I’ll tell you what I’ll W-96 And I looked, here come a do: I’ll buy you a sandwich; I’ll buy bunch of men, looked like millions you your dinner or... if you’ll go with of them coming from this way. And me. But I would just like, as a they was all had on white robes and minister, to ask you.” they had like, shaggy hair hanging He said, “Excuse me, Reverend.” around their neck. And they was And I said, “Well, how did you grabbing me and screaming, “Our ever come to be this way?” precious brother.” He said, “Sir, I doubt whether I said, “I... I don’t know.” And I

30 67 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA Not you, sisters, but I was always a little rough with them like that. you’ll believe my story.” And maybe I... I thought a little too “Well,” I said, “I take you as a man rough, maybe, sometimes. But how of honor. I... I’ll believe your story, can I? If you... if you’re spiritual, you tell me; tell me from your you’ll catch it right now. See? How heart.” many of you thinks you understand And he said, “Sir,” he said, “I was what I mean? [Audience says, raised in a Christian home.” “Amen."] Good. And I said, “And then fall into W-94 Look at Elijah. What did he this?” call? He couldn’t help it. He’s cried He said, “Yes, sir.” Said, “I had the out against that Jezebel; did he? most lovely family: three children, How... Here come John the Baptist two boys and a girl, and the with his same spirit. How could he sweetest wife that ever lived.” And have help crying out about it? “It’s his big tears begin to run through not lawful for you to have your his old, gray beard. He said, “I was brother’s wife.” It cost him his head. the president of this bank over here See? See? God takes His man, but on a certain corner.” never His spirit. See? It keeps And I said, “Is that so?” moving on down. The forerunning He said, “Go to the bank and ask of the Coming of the Lord Jesus, as them.” He spoke down there at the river And he... I said, “Well, what in... in 1933 when I was baptizing caused you to do this?” there, and you see what happened He said, “Sir, reverend sir,” he to it. See? Just exactly what He said said, “one evening I’d come home it would take place. So you can’t and there was a ‘Dear John’ letter help it. laying on the table. My wife had left And when I looked, coming me.” He said, “And I... I never drank, running to me, it was, looked like to and but I thought, ‘I got to do me, a million of young women, something, or I’ll take a pistol and about twenty years old. I never seen blow my brains out.’ And I started such pretty women in all my life. drinking, and here I am.” Their eyes looked like stars, their Thought, “God have mercy.” See? teeth as white as pearl, long hair On... “From that time...“ That’s hanging to their waist, with white what started it. We can always think robes on down to their feet, and from a time. was barefooted. And they were each W-43 Then like the young couple one... Now, I... Excuse me now, you that gets married. Oh, they’re as women. Each one of them was lovely as they can be. The first thing running up and throwing their arms you know, I’d go to this woman who around me, and hollering, “Our had left her family, and I’d say, precious brother.” “Lady, what made you leave your W-95 Now look, God knows, family? You had a nice husband.”

66 31 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA “Oh,” she’d say to me; she’d say, “Brother Branham, I... I... I was as They asked me, “Haven’t you all pure as the dew from heaven. I got any decent women over there?” married my husband and came to I said, “Oh, sure we have. That’s him a virtuous woman. And he was just the... That’s that other crowd.” a grand man; he worked and See? sweated and taken care of me. And But they know just as American, the children would, my little chumpy that’s what it was. boy, when he was born, I can see W-92 And so, this... I... I won’t hubby now with the little boy on his have time in this meeting to tell you. back, piggybacking riding up and In 1933... This is a woman’s nation. down the floor. And oh, if I could It’s the number thirteen. It appears only call back again.” in the thirteenth chapter of I’d say, “Well, what happened?” Revelation: thirteen stars, thirteen She’d say something like this: stripes, thirteen... Everything’s a “Well, it was all right. And one day, a thirteen. Everything is woman. And salesman knocked on the door with remember, THUS SAITH THE LORD pretty, wavy hair, and big, brown there will be a woman rule before eyes, and from that time...“ See? the end time. She’ll either be That’s the way it starts; mark a time. President, Vice President, or it’ll be That’s just the starting of it. the Catholic Church as a woman. Don’t you never think that sin lays I’ve seen her: A great woman, the in the street, always in the gutter; nation bowed to her. It’ll be one sin’s dressed up and beautiful. before the end time. THUS SAITH Certainly does. I’ve always said, THE LORD. Write it down and find “Satan wears a tuxedo suit, and a out, you young people. See if it stovepipe hat, and carries a cane on happens. If it isn’t, I’m a false his arm.” Watch that slick greaser. prophet. That’s exactly. Satan’s no fool, you W-93 Now, just remember; that’s know. He... he... he knows how to the end. This America is a woman’s dress up; he makes it attractive, see? nation. It’s a place where she’s god W-44 And it ain’t always old at freelance, and man says nothing Charlie Barleycorn out there with his to her. She bossy; she runs hat pulled down; sometime that’s a everything, businesses and real honest heart. If he had a... a everything, even got into church on good start or something to help him the platform, the pulpit, and along, he’d go right; but not always. running it now. So there... there you I’ve seen many times, and I’ve go, you see, it’s... And that’s walked to people as ragged as they absolutely as unscriptural as... as could be; I look at them, and I have Cain and Abel... or Abel would be a way by God to know who likes me the... like Cain. Certainly, all these and who doesn’t. You know that. things, she’s ruler. And she’s... she’s So, see a man all dirty and a goddess. That’s true in America.

32 65 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA pressing on.” I said, “I will press on.” everything; I’d rather have him with He said, “Would you like to see me many a time, than someone apast the curtain?” dressed up with their, maybe, collar I said, “It would help me.” turned around, and pat me on back, And just then, I felt something say, “Oh, Brother Branham, we’re for happen to me. And I thought, you.” And know right then he’s “What’s the matter here?” And I lying. See, you see? That’s it. I’ve got looked back, and I could see myself no use for a liar. My, you can hide laying on the bed. from a thief, but you can’t from a W-91 Now, if this... if this hinders liar. So, that... that’s right. you, God forgive me for telling it. W-45 But when we hit those See? I’ve never told it before, only spots, “From that time...“ Then New to my church, my own church. And I Year’s comes along. You all go out looked back, and I hope by the and write up a resolution. “Tonight, grace of God, that you don’t class wife, I’ll give you the promise. I’ll me a fanatic. I... I... If I am, I don’t turn a new page, and I... I’ll never know it. I... I don’t want to be. No, drink no more.” sir. But I... God in Heaven knows that And the woman smoked so many this is true, as I hold my Bible over cigarettes, till she can’t nurse her it, just as I told you last night about baby no more, give it nicotine the squirrels. This happened just poison, kill it; and she’s going to recently. stop smoking on New Year’s. The I looked back, and I seen myself, drunk’s going to quit drinking on and I wasn’t moving. And I turned, New Year’s; the immoral person’s looked this way; it looked like a little going to stop their immorality on place coming down like this. New Year’s; so forth like that. What And I... I... I say this not as do you do? Just turn a new page to apology, but I’ve been pretty hard turn it back the next day again. See? on women. I’ve been called a You... It... You don’t get started right. woman hater, but I’m not; I... I’m All these things are fine; I have not. I... I like my sisters, but I don’t nothing against them. But there... like to see women acting the way W-46 Just like in the war... after these modern American women are. the First World War, many of you When I went to Saint Angelo, the middle-aged men, and about my catacomb in Rome, in Italy, there age, I think I was eight or nine years was a sign up there by the old when the war ended. And I catacomb said, “Please, American remember when that they declared women, put on your clothes before war: 1914, I was a little baby boy entering this place and honor the setting on a spring wagon. My dead.” Hmm. Notice to the father had a sack of beans; that’s American women, why, it’s a what we lived on, beans and corn disgrace. bread: still like it. And so, they... Pop

64 33 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA was talking about war, and he might have to go to war. be just what I am. See? Just... I can’t I said, “If them fellows come after be Saint Paul, but I serve the same you, I’ll take this sack of beans and God he did. And so... hit them with it.” And so, now that’s W-90 I said... It just kept saying, when I was so little. “Press on.” And then, I remember that when And I... I... I spoke back, I said, he got me my first pair of shoes, “Well, I’m pressing on.” he... he said he was going down, He said, “The great reward is at him and mama, to pick them out. I’d the end of the road.” been barefooted. You know, the I said, “I realize...“ I said, “Who... little boys down in the mountains That must have been my wife.” I where I was raised just had what said, “What did you say, honey?” you call the old hickory, a little I shook her; I said, “Meda? What apron-like, or, a little shirt when did you say?” they was a little boy. I wore that till I She said, “Huh?” She was asleep. was about six years old, I guess. And And I said, “Well it wasn’t her.” I my first pair of shoes, they had the said, “Maybe that was the Holy cap across them, that’s got them Spirit.” I said, “Kind Heavenly Father, little holes in them. was You speaking to Your servant? And I’d always, when I’d get a What would You have me to know?” splinter in my hand, I’d run to Nothing spoke. I waited a little Mama, and she’d pick it out like while. I heard It again, saying... that. And I thought them little holes Seemed like I could hear someone in my shoes was where they’d took singing that song, “Lord, let me look a needle and picked them out of apast the curtain of time.” Did you somewhere, ’cause Mama said she ever hear it? You know? had to go down and “pick me out” a Lord, let me look apast pair of shoes. I thought she did it the curtain of shadow, of with a needle. So... sorrows and fears, W-47 But after the world’s war, I Let me hear the sweet remember the message come out: harbor bells chime; “We will never have no more war. War is over.” That was good It would brighten my intentions; they meant that. And path and would banish then, they formed what we know as all fear; the League of Nations, taking so Lord, let me look apast many men, soldiers, out of each the curtain of time. nation, and they would police the Seemed like I could hear whole earth. That was good somebody singing that. I thought, intentions, but it didn’t work, “Wonder what that is?” I was just as, because it wasn’t God’s program. like I am now. Now, we’ve got what’s called the And I heard Something say, “Keep 34 63 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA “Keep pressing on.” Well, I... I... first I... It comes in such U.N. and what it is: setting in the a way, just like these visions here: U.N. with the guns on one another You say it, and you don’t know you almost. It’ll never work. said it. You’re speaking, talking; you But there is something that, one don’t know you’re talking. When I time you can meet some a-certain- see a vision before somebody, I time and everything will be don’t know what I said. Only the changed. That’s when you meet way I know it’s go back to the tape God, and “from that time” you’re a here and find it. See? I don’t know changed person. A man can meet what I said, ’cause you’re God and say, “From that time...“ You somewhere else in another place, will never be the same after you maybe forty, fifty years back down meet Jesus Christ. Let me assure you somebody’s life, or way yonder that: you’ll never, never be the same ahead in somebody’s life. See? You after you meet Jesus. Then you can don’t know; you just don’t know you always refer back, “From that time...“ say it. W-48 Let us interview, tonight, And I... I said, “I am pressing on.” some people who met God. Let’s Said, “Keep pressing on; keep think of father Abraham. He was just pressing on.” Said, “The great an ordinary man. He came down reward is at the end of the road.” with his father from Babylon, and W-89 Now, I asked permission of dwelt in the valley of the Shinar, in the... the chairmen and so forth to the city of... of Ur, the land of the say this. I believe it was a vision, but Chaldeans. He was nothing special; if it was, I’ve never seen anything he wasn’t any sainted person. He like it. I’ve seen visions since I was was just an ordinary man like you or about three years old, maybe I. younger than that. And I’ve never And one day, perhaps he was a seen anything like this, never had farmer, out in the fields farming, such an experience to happen to and he... or something, and one day, me. I’m reading a book that the he met God. He never had no more pastor here gave me, of someone faith than any other man, but when else who had a similar experience. I he met God, at the age of seventy- read it, for in it said Brother (What five years old, it changed his entire was that? Wigglesworth? Or... ) being; because he met God. God Price, Brother Price had an told him, him being seventy-five experience something like that; I years old, and he had married his wanted to get his book and see half-sister, Sarai; and, that time, she what it was. I... I want to find out. was sixty-five years old. And God I do not want to say “translation,” told Abraham that he was going to because it would look like, if you have a baby by Sarai. would, it was trying to copy the W-49 Now, that would’ve been... Saint Paul. No, I want to... I want to If it would’ve been somebody

62 35 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA would’ve walked up and told him, some of his associates, and said, Brother Leo and them, many times, “Abram, you are going to have a and Brother Fred, many of my baby by Sarai, and she’s going to friends, I’d say, “Oh, I hope I live to bear a child of you.” see Jesus come, ’cause when He Abraham would’ve laughed, and comes, I’ll be changed, and I won’t held his sides, and said, “Me, an old have to be that spook. I don’t want man like me, and my wife thirty to be that. No, sir.” I... I said, “I’d be, years nearly, or, twenty years apast I guess all right, but I... I want to menopause? And I’ve lived with her shake hands. I love human beings. I since she was seventeen years old; don’t know nothing but human she’s barren, and I’m sterile. And beings, so I... I’d like to be that.” how could we ever have a baby, and And the other morning, about five me seventy-five and her sixty-five?” weeks ago now, I’d been out on a He’d have laughed in the face of his meeting, come in. I was tired, and I friend. woke up in the room about seven But he met God. And from that o’clock. And I said, “We’ll go down time, he called anything contrary to to the tabernacle this morning, or in it as though it wasn’t. Amen. He’d the morning,” to my wife. And she met God. was still sleeping, and I kind of W-50 If the sick person can ever raised up, the head of the bed, and meet God, no matter how crippled put my hands back like this. And I you remain, how sick you remain, was just laying there, thinking. I said, how blind you remain, you meet “Hey, I’m fifty years old. I haven’t God, there’s something sinks into done nothing for the Lord, yet. I got you, and you don’t see anymore of to hurry up and do something.” And these circumstances. You look at I said, “I got... I... I’ll be old after a what God said. God could ever say... while.” And I said, “I... I got to hurry get a way down through the cares and do something; I ain’t done of life into your heart, and instill a nothing for the Lord.” faith there, there’s nothing in the I said, “But you know, I’d sure world will ever shake you from it. hate to... I hate the idea of having to When a man meets God, from that die before He comes.” I said, “If He’d time on, he’s a changed person. just come...“ I said, “I... I dread that A hundred years old Abraham thought, if I have to go if He tarries was, and he was still calling for a few years yet, and maybe I anything contrary to it as though it don’t live to see it, and I’ll have to was not. The evidence got greater die and become a spirit.” Mmm, I and greater, piled up against him; didn’t like that at all. Sarah was ninety and he was a W-88 And while I was laying there hundred. He was still giving praise thinking that, I heard Something to God, strong, not staggering just as plain as you hear my voice, through unbelief, but was giving as I was telling you last night, said,

36 61 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA been a Christian. But what scared me, or, worried me, was the time, if I praise to God every day that he’d died before Jesus come, I didn’t have the baby. Why? God had met want to be a... a spirit. I... I’m always him; God was merciful. God afraid of anything that looks like a confirmed the covenant to him. spook; I... I’m... I’m scared of it. So, W-51 Would we have time to take I... I... I thought when I... I... I know that confirmation, the 16th chapter this body. I thought I’d go to be of Genesis? Or could we take also, with the Lord, but maybe I would over the 17th chapter? when He met see one of my brothers. And there him in the Name of Almighty God, they’d go by like a little white cloud, which means El Shaddai, meaning a spirit, the soul of that person. the... the Hebrew word, “the breast I’d say, “Oh, there... there’s my of a woman,” El Shaddai: “The brother. Oh, if I could just shake his strong One, the... the Satisfier, the hand. He hasn’t got any hand; it’s Nourisher,” when an old man, a rotted down in the grave. If I could hundred years old, and God met say, ‘Hello,’ but he ain’t got... I can’t him, and said, “I am El Shaddai.” got... I ain’t got no tongue; my Now, shad means “woman’s tongue’s rotted down in the grave. breast” but shaddai means If I could embrace him, but I “breasted,” plural. Now, He’s not haven’t... I... I’m a spirit.” only a “breast” God, but He’s a Oh, that scared me to death. I... I “breasted” God: “He was wounded just didn’t like that. And I... I... I’m an for our transgressions; with His illiterate person, and I... I can just stripes we were healed.” If you need barely read, got a seventh-grade salvation, hold on and nurse from education. And so then I thought, that breast of God, His Word, His “Well, my, if I could just... I hope I promise. You’ll come bring yourself live to the Lord comes.” from them ruts of sin and W-86 Now, I know when He come immorality, to a godly, sainted back, my body would be person. If you’re sick, “by His stripes resurrected. I know that I’ll have a we were healed.” Just take a hold of body; all the old age will be gone the other promise of God and nurse. away. You’ll never be old there. No, W-52 What does the baby have to sir. Every symbol of sin will be taken do? The baby... We are God’s away, and old age is symbol of sin. babies. I want you to get this, sister, So, everything that represented sin you all there. We’re God’s babies. will be taken away, because from And what does the baby do when the curse. Not that you sinned, but it’s sick and fretting? It’s real fretty you’re one of Adam’s race, and and sick. Now, the only thing it has you... you turning back to the dust. to do, the only thing that’ll pacify it, And I thought, “If I could just live is for the mother to pick it up, hold to see Jesus coming.” it to her bosom, and nurse it. Now, W-87 I said to Brother Gene here, what does the mother do? The

60 37 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA mother produces the milk, and the baby (nursing the baby) nurses the at the gate, begging for alms. And strength from the mother to the he met God, and from that time on, baby. Then the baby is strengthened he could see. There was a maniac by the mother’s strength. And when over in Gadara, who’s tear his we take a hold of God’s promise clothes off of him, wanted to live in into our heart, we are nursing God’s a graveyard. That’s a good place for strength, the strong One. We’re demons. So he lay out there, and nursing, constantly. they’d put chains around him. He And think of a little baby laying was so powerful. Look at a man... on the mother... bosom of its W-84 Did you ever see an insane mother, it’ll... it stops its fretting. As person? Why, he’s tw-... three times soon as it gets a hold of its mother’s his strength, or four. And if the, so breast, it stops fretting. It don’t fret surrendered to the devil would give anymore; it’s satisfied. It quits its you four times your strength, what fretting. Then when we get a hold of would you be to surrender yourself God’s promise, when God reveals it to the Holy Ghost? How many to us: “I’m the Lord Who heals all thousand times your strength it thy diseases. Whosoever will, let him would be. Don’t be scared. Why? come.” I’ve kept His hope, then I’m You walk in the Name of the Lord satisfied, as I’m nursing my strength Jesus; that’s the anointing. Meet back again from Jehovah, Almighty God and find out what takes place. God, the strength Giver. This maniac run out there. The W-53 What an encouragement to devil said, “Go get that little ol’ an old man, a hundred years old, as skinny-looking guy coming up good as dead, and the womb’s of there, his shoulders stooped down.” Sarah, already closed when she was Said, “Go get that little ol’ fellow born sterile. And what a... a down there. Look at all them people message: “I am your strength Giver; looking around him.” Said, “Go I am El Shaddai. You’re a hundred down and get him.” years old, but you’re just a baby to Here he run out, and when he did, Me. Lay up here in My arms, and he met God. And from that time on, take a hold of My promise; and just he put on his clothes and was in his don’t see nothing else but the right mind. What? When he met promise. Then what can you do? As God! Friends, there’s times when the whiskers get old, as the hair you meets God, it changes every turns gray, you can still nurse and man. be satisfied that I’ll keep My Word.” W-85 For just a moment, I’m The doctor can say, “You’re going to make a confession now. I getting worse and worse.” That want you to listen to this. I have don’t have one faze to you. You’re been a minister thirty-one years. I’m still nursing from the... the breast of closing after this testimony. I’ve El Shaddai. “God, You spoke into my never been afraid of death since I

38 59 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA vision that he saw, and he received his sight, took him down to the heart; You give me the promise. All Damascus river and baptized him. devils out of hell can’t take it away He become the... a saint to the from me. I’m satisfied I’ll be well. I’m Gentile church. God... nursing from El Shaddai.” Amen. Now, look here. How... What if I tell you, brother, that takes the they said, when Paul got converted, wishbone out and puts a backbone perhaps the church said, “Oh, look in there, certainly does, when you what we got now. We got this great get a hold of God. big Paul. We know that that man set W-54 When Abraham, when He under Gamaliel; he’s one of the was confirming the oath, you notice greatest teachers in the land. And He said, “Take Me a sheep, a ram; he’s a Pharisee; he’s... oh, he’s a give Me a ram, and also give Me a great man. We’ll put him up at heifer of three years. And take Jerusalem, and we’ll make him the these...“ And he split them in half, head of the church up there. And laid them on the side. He said, “Take we’ll take Peter, course the one Me a turtledove and a young that’s got the keys; he’s ignorant, he pigeon.” can’t...“ The Bible said he was But did you notice... ? I wish we ignorant and unlearned. “And he’s had time to go into it. I’m watching got the keys, so we’ll just send him that clock. And I’m, don’t want to out to the poor, dumb Gentiles. get away from my subject, but That’s... that’s the one we’ll send Abraham took... him too. Because he does a lot of Said, “Take the two, or, a miracles, but this great intellectual turtledove and a pigeon.” man; we’ll bring up here with the W-55 Now, turtledove was always, intellectual crowd.” represented, or, was an atonement W-83 Huh, the Holy Ghost sent for sickness. See, the doves was not Paul out to the dumb ones, and separated; the others was separated, made him forget all he ever because the... the covenant with the knowed, and took Peter, the dumb Gospel was changed from law to one, and sent him up to the grace, but Divine healing has always educated ones. What was the remained the same. For a leprosy matter? They met God, and from cure, they took a pigeon, or, a dove, that time on the intellectuals didn’t and cut its head off, and poured the count, right. From that time on, the blood over on the other one, and it record was changed. How God does went forth for the cleansing of things just contrary to man’s leprosy, sprinkling, crying, “Holy.” thinking. Oh, my. It... He’s so... He Now, notice in this, the doves does things so simple. Yes, Paul was wasn’t separated. Now, notice this a changed man. symbol. Oh, my. I hope you get this. There was a blind man, we On... When it got... Abraham preached on the other night, setting watched all the birds off of it, the

58 39 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA fowls of the air, until it... the sun begin to go down. And when the and let another take his bishopric.’” sun went down, meaning time shall And said they cast lots, and it fell be no more. Then a deep sleep fell upon Matthias; he never done a upon Abraham, as does every thing. That was man’s choice. And mortal that’s born in the earth: We God went down and got the go into the sleep of death. You do meanest little ol’ guy there was in not die; you just go, you just change the city to take his place, a little ol’ your dwelling places. Jew. W-56 Now, a deep sleep fell upon He said, “I’ll just show him what Abraham, and he looked, and I’ll make him do for Me.” before him went a... a smoking And he watched Stephen when he furnace. Every sinner that dies, and died, that kind of got on to him. every man that’s born in this world, Then the next thing you know, he comes through sexual birth, is was on his road down. He had a subject to death. We’re all sinned letter in his pocket, said, “I’ll get all and come short of the glory of God, them holy-rollers. I got the letter and every man is born in this world, right here from the high priest. I’ll a sinner. I don’t care how holy your go down to Damascus, and I’ll throw parents was, you come to this world them in jail; I’ll do everything I can. the same way a sinner or anybody I’ll stop that screaming, and else come. We are... You are sinful. shouting, and all that carrying on, “We are borned in sin, shaped in speaking in tongues, and things. I’ll iniquity, come to the world speaking get orders; I’ll do it.” That little nose lies,” says the Word. You’re... hanging down like that. you’re... you’re whipped to begin God said, “I’ll just meet him in the with. road and change him.” And then, every mortal that dies, About midday, he was coming hell is his resting place. That’s all the along the middle of the road, and rest he get; that come before the first thing you know, that Pillar Abraham. Notice, then beyond that, of Fire appeared before him, and after death comes hell, but beyond said, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest hell come a little white Light. Oh, thou Me?” my. Blessed be the Name of the He fell onto the ground. He said, Lord. That little white Light passed “Lord, Who is it that I’m up and down between those persecuting? What’s Your Name?” sacrifices. He said, “I’m Jesus, and it’s hard He said, “You see, Abraham, what for you to kick against the pricks.” I’m going to do?” He was W-82 And from that time, he got confirming the covenant with rid of his letter and became one of Abraham. Now, maybe I’ll explain them; from that time. Yes, it that quickly. changed him. W-57 Now today, we Americans, Ananias laid hands on him by a

40 57 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA Spirit’s among us. From that time, the men of the how do we do when we confirm a city believed on God because, the covenant? We’re going to make a woman’s testimony. Jesus never did business deal, the first thing you it again down there; He just went know, I’ll reach out and grab a hold down, done it that one time, and all of the fellow’s hand, say, “Shake on Samaria believed on Him. He never it.” That’s the way we make a had one healing service; He was covenant: “Shake. Shake hands. We saving that for Philip. But from that confirmed it; that’s right; we’ll agree time on, that woman was changed; upon that.” That’s a covenant. that city was changed. Now, in Japan, you know how W-80 One time an old fisherman, they make a covenant there? They an old greasy apron around him, his talk it all over, and then get a little brother, Andrew, brought him up saucer full of salt, and throw salt on before Jesus. And as soon as he one another. That’s a covenant in come before Jesus, Jesus said, “Your Japan. name is Simon; you’re the son of W-58 But in the days of Abraham Jonas.” And from that time, from in the Orient, the way they made a that time, that was a different man. covenant was to take a beast, like a Philip went and found Nathanael sheep or something, and kill it and and brought him to Him, and He cut it apart; and each one went in said, “Behold an Israelite in whom between these two pieces of the there’s no guile.” beast. Now, see what the little white He said, “Rabbi, when did You Light was doing? And they wrote know me?” this covenant: “I do agree to do He said, “Before Philip called you, such-and-such, and such-and-such.” when you were under the tree, I saw Now, when they held this you.” And from that time, from that covenant between them, they said, time, he was a changed man. “If we break this covenant... if we Anyone is changed that ever comes break this covenant, let our bodies in contact with God. be as this dead beast that we take it W-81 There was a little old hook- over.” Then they took the covenant, nosed Jew. The church with the keys and they tore it apart like that; one, had made a great big blunder. taking one piece, and one, another. They’d went around and said, “Now, They could never be duplicated. let us all come together.” (We’ll see You can never duplicate that what good the keys did.) Went piece of paper, no matter what you around and said, “Let’s all come do. It’s got to come right back and together and select one man who’s coincide, the pieces of letter that’s went in and out from among us tore between. You’d never be able from the beginning to take Judas’ to do it. One, carries one, and one, place, because it’s written in the the other. And when this covenant is Scripture, ‘Let his place be desolate confirmed and brought, the oath is

56 41 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA confirmed, then they bring these two pieces back together, and they Watch that woman. Quickly, she match piece by piece. had met Something, the same One W-59 Now, what was the Oriental that you meet nightly. Would it covenant God was giving to change you like it did her? She said, Abraham? That through the seed of “Sir, I perceive that Thou art a Abraham would come the Lord Prophet.” What difference it was to Jesus, the blessed One. God took that, to the priest that said He was Him up to Calvary and He tore Him Beelzebub. She was better trained apart, He separated His Soul from than half of the preachers; yet a His body. And His body, God raised prostitute. up on the third day, and took up Said, “Sir, I perceive that Thou art and set on His right hand. And on a Prophet. Now, we know, we the day of Pentecost, He sent down Samaritans are looking for a the Spirit that was in Jesus Christ, Messiah to come; He will be a God- the Covenant with the Church. Prophet. He will be the Messiah, but And when the Church comes He will tell us these things. He will together in the resurrection, the do these same kinds of works when same Spirit, was in Jesus Christ, that He come.” was tore out of Him, will have to be Is that the sign of the Messiah? It in the Church. You can’t copy was then. See? anything like It; you can’t make Said, “We know... I know that nothing different from It. It’s got to You’re a Prophet; I perceive You are. be the same Holy Spirit that dwelt in We know when the Messiah Christ. And when the rapture comes, cometh, He will tell us these things. when that Body come, His Bride that But Who art Thou?” was tore from Him, or, the Holy Jesus said, “I am He that speaketh Ghost will bring that Bride just with you.” exactly dovetail right into the Body W-79 Now, I want the infidel to of Jesus Christ. tell me one time that Jesus said... And can you see from the days of Many infidels tell you, “Jesus never Luther, to Wesley, to Pentecost, and did claim to be the Son of God.” He now at the end time, how that did there; yeah. He said, “I am He Spirit’s shaping up? The same signs that speaks with you.” and wonders that He did on earth is And quickly she left that bucket, being done in the Church today. It’s and from that time, from that time, that covenant that God made with she knowed that the Messiah was Abraham, and we are Abraham’s on earth. Oh, my, if we could only children. “Being dead in Christ, we do the same thing tonight. If we take on Abraham’s seed and are could realize that He’s not dead. heirs according to the promise.” He’s alive for evermore; He lives to From that time, the Church had a make intercession. “Because I live, covenant. Yes, it was different. you live also.” His Spirit is in us; His

42 55 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA couldn’t come out with the decent women. They segregated them W-60 Now, when Moses, a then; they don’t now. So they just... runaway prophet back on the That’s society. So they just put the backside of the desert... That man well... bucket down and started was born to be a prophet. And he bringing it up like that. was a great man; he studied military And when she did, she heard achievement. But he tried to work Someone say, “Bring Me a drink, that with all of his intellectuals. Why, woman.” Or, “Woman, bring Me a he was so smart, he could teach drink.” That’s the way He said, those Egyptian teachers. He was a ’cause the verb’s always before the smart man. Now, back on the adverb in that country. But He said, backside of the desert, what if he “Bring Me a drink.” said, “I failed, so my people are still And so, she said, “It’s not in bondage. Perhaps I better study customary for you Jews to ask up a little bit on my mathematics, or Samaritans such. We have no on my strategy of army strategy, or customs to one another.” something another. I’ll go down, He said, “But if you knew Who take two more years of school, and you were talking to, you’d ask Me maybe I’ll be able to deliver my for a drink. I’d give you water you people.” don’t come here to draw.” W-61 That’s just as much “Why,” she said, “the well’s deep intelligence of him doing that as it and how do You... How You going would be to send a man away to to draw with anyhow?” learn to be a preacher. God calls He said, “The water I give is Life, men if he don’t know beans from Eternal Life bubbling up in the soul.” split coffee. What difference does it “Why,” she said, “our... our fathers make? As long he knows Christ, worshipped in this mountain, You that’s the main thing, if he ever met say at Jerusalem...“ Him. W-78 And He went on with the... I’d rather have somebody with with the conversation until He one of my children out yonder in a... caught her spirit. When He caught in a sagebrush field, somewhere her spirit, He said, “Well, you go get down by an old stump, that didn’t your husband and come here.” even know his ABC’s or know which She, remember, she was a was right or left hand, if he knows immoral woman. So said, “Go get Jesus Christ, I’d like to have him by your husband and come here.” side of my child, before I would any “Why,” she said, “I don’t have any professor that knows a lot of husband.” theology, and knows no more about He said, “You’ve said the truth. God than a rabbit knows about Cause you’ve got five, and the one snowshoes. I’d want... you’re living with now is not your I tell you, brother, what we need husband. In that thou saidst well.” today is back to the Bible and the

54 43 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA old-fashion baptizing of the Holy Ghost back into the church, and so sincere. You got to meet God, not much of this other stuff cut out. go to church and make some cold, I’m not trying to support dry-eyed confession; go down there ignorance. I mean, if you’ve got the and stay down there. education plus that, amen. But the I was raised in a Baptist church; educational covenant will fall one of you know that. And we wasn’t these days, but the covenant with Baptist like you all Baptist here: God will last forever, and forever, Walk up and shake hands, and take and forever. It’ll go on through the the right-hand of fellowship, and aeons of times into Eternity. put your name on a book, and be W-62 Now, Moses, he didn’t have baptized. We got down at the altar to polish up on nothing; only thing and beat one another on the back he had do is meet God. And one till we come through; we got day, God come down and got a something, brother. I mean, you bush out there, and said, “Come need more... You need some over here, Moses. I want to talk to Kentucky Baptists, old Missionary you.” You know, it’s some strange Baptists out here. I tell you they... thing about, Moses could say, “From The only difference I seen between that time, something happened.” them and the Pentecostal people, Look at him. He’d settled down they didn’t accept speaking in back in behind the mount, beneath tongues; that’s all I knowed. They... the foot of the mountain. And when We come through; we stayed he did, he married a beautiful there at the altar, and old mammies Ethiopian woman, and she was around us crying and praying, pretty; and he’d had a little son, beating us on the back until named Gershom. And oh, he was something happened. We stayed just faring all right. He’d married a there until we died, and was borned priest... a priest of Midian, Jethro’s again, and become a new creature daughter, Zipporah, and they were in Christ Jesus. Yes, sir. Too bad we getting along fine, had a lovely little got away. We got to meet God. family, had plenty of sheep. And he When man meets God, it’s different. was just going along fine, so he let He’s a... he’s a different person from the people go on. then on. But when God met him, He W-77 There was a leper one time, changed him. Look at him there, this just full of leprosy. And when he great sheepherder back there, but met God, from that time on, he had the morning... no leprosy. There was a immoral W-63 You know, some things... woman come up to the well one One thing about it, when a man time to get some water, and she meets God, you can always tell it. He seen a... a Jew setting across on the will do the foolishest things to what other side. And she let down the he used to do. Look at Moses. Now, pitcher; she was so immoral, she

44 53 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA and turned around at the gate, waved back, and said she was Moses, the next morning after he’d standing at the door, crying. He met God in this burning bush and said, “Bye.” God told him to go down to Egypt... And she said, “Bye.” He said, “First, show me Your Went on down the street and said glory.” And He showed him Divine it begin to work on his heart, the healing, how He could heal his hand Holy Spirit got a hold of him, you with leprosy. know, got to work on his heart. And And he was going down to Egypt. he said, “Oh, what if she’d die while Now look, the next morning, here I was gone? What if she’d drop he was on his road down. Now, he dead? What if I’d die? What if I’d get was eighty years old. You know, it hit on the street here in Fort Wayne taken him forty years to school ’fore I ever get back? What could I theology into him; it taken God do?” Like that, talking about it like forty years to beat it out of him. that. Oh, my. Said, he said, “Oh, I That’s right, to take out of him what got so convicted; I didn’t know what the world had put in him. But God to do.” He said, “I run back real can do it for you in forty seconds, if quick, jerked open the gate, and run you’ll just let Him do it. But then... in, and shoved the door open, and W-64 Now, here he was the next said... looked around and I said, morning. One day a polished ‘Helen, where are you? Where are scholar, all the wisdom of the you?’” Egyptians, and the next morning, Said, “I heard a [Brother Branham look at this scholar. He’s got his wife sniffs.]” Said, “She was standing setting astraddle of a mule; he’s got behind the door.” Said, “I looked at that young’n on her hip. And here her like that.” Said, “I never said a he’s got a big, long, set of beard like word.” Said, “I just reached over and this, his bald head shining, a stick in grabbed my arms, and kissed her. his hand, going down, limping And I said, [Brother Branham makes along, “Glory, glory.” a kissing noise.] ‘Bye.’ She said, “Where are you going, Moses?” ‘Bye.’” “What did you say? Huh?” So he run on out the gate and “Where you going?” turned around, looked back. And “Going down to Egypt to take said, “She was standing in, door, over”: one man invasion. But he and I said, ‘Bye,’ and she said, ‘Bye.’” done it. He did it. Why? He met Said, “She waved like she did the God. And when the troubles got first time, but the second time she hard, and the... and the... everything had a feeling in it.” So that’s just going wrong, he remembered he how... had met God in that burning bush. W-76 That’s about the way That burned in his heart, no matter serving the Lord, you know. You got how bad the Egyptians got, and to put your heart in it; you got to be how much they wouldn’t let the

52 45 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA children go, how many times they squalled in the desert, and said, “We Brother Branham.” would to God...“ and wanted to “Oh,” she said, “I am charmed.” stone him, and, “We want the flesh And she held that big hand up like pots of Egypt.” That didn’t bother this. him a bit. He pressed on toward the Now, I’d like that, I reached up promised land, for he had met God and got her by the big fat hand and in a burning bush. Yes, sir. pulled it down. I said, “I’m glad to W-65 It was the little virgin Mary, know you.” I said, “Hang it down just an ordinary little girl, in a here so I’ll know you next time I see meaner city than this is. But she still you.” See? didn’t smoke or drink; she was a That’s right. I like a good, old- virgin. And she, one day, she was on fashion, pump-handle handshake. her road with a, probably, a little I... I... I like people to be just what bucket under her arm, going down they are. Quit putting on a lot of to the public well to get... get some this “American dog” as we call it. We water, the daily supply of water. are Christians. Let’s live like Let’s just imagine her going along Christians and be men and women, side of the road, walking along, soldiers of the cross. All this here talking, or, singing to herself, maybe nonsense; little grin. Huh, I like that some good hymn: “The Lord is my good ol’ handshake, where you feel Shepherd; I shall not want. He it. maketh me to lie down in green W-75 Paul Rader said one time, pastures; He restoreth my soul.” he’d left his wife just setting at the W-66 [Blank spot on tape.] ...a table, and they got a little dispute pitcher it was in them days, instead about somewhere he wanted to of a bucket. And all at once a big take her. Great Paul Rader, you Pillar of Fire pulled down in front of know, and him a good friend of her. Out of that fire stepped Gabriel, mine, and he had said he... he got the Archangel, said, “Hail, Mary.” kind of angry, so he... he went to the (That means, “stop; wait a minute.”) door, and his wife would always wait “Stop, Mary. Blessed art thou there and kiss him good-bye. And among women. You’ve found favor he’d go on out the steps, and go with God, and you’re going to have out to the end of the... and wave a Baby, knowing no man.” back at her like that, and go on to Said, “How will this be?” work. Said, “The Holy Ghost will Said they’d had a little spat at the overshadow you. And that holy table about something. And she Thing which will be born of you will stood at the door, said he said be called the Son of God.” Amen. [Brother Branham makes kissing From that time on, Mary was a noise.] “Bye.” different woman. That little timid She said, “Bye.” virgin was going around everywhere Went on out and went out there

46 51 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA you over there on the street, and I’m setting right by you and didn’t testifying, “I’m going to have a Baby, hear?” knowing no man.” “Oh,” she said, “I smiled.” W-67 She didn’t wait till she was I said, “A little ol’ silly grin, that positive; she didn’t wait till she felt ain’t nothing. My goodness, why life; she didn’t wait for no positive. didn’t you speak to the sister?” The Angel’s word was enough for W-73 I hate to see that stuff. her. She’d met God. Now, that... If Some time ago, I was down in you could do that now, if we had Florida, and there was a... a... We more Marys here tonight, if we had was having a meeting out there on Marys that didn’t, “Wait till I see if some kind of ground that’s owned I’m just a little bit better, before I by a duchess. And they said... One say anything.” Before she felt of the managers come up and said, anything, or anything else, she just “The duchess wants to see you.” took God at His Word and started “Well,” I said, “who’s she?” praising Him for it. Oh, my. Let’s And said, “Why, she... she’s a follow her a few minutes. Let’s see great woman here. She’s a duchess.” her right quick. I said, “Well, she’s just a woman, She had a... a cousin named isn’t she?” Elisabeth. And Elisabeth... The Angel Said, “Yes.” told her, said, “Your cousin, Well, I said, “Well now, if you’re Elisabeth’s old...“ going to give me time to talk to her, Zacharias was a priest, met him in what about some of these poor sick the temple, standing at the right- people out here that needs it hand of the altar, and told him that worse?” See? And I said, “What he was going to have a son by about some of their time?” See? Elisabeth. And she was going to “Oh,” said, “but she... she’ll... I’ll conceive after the days of his just have her at the back of the ministrations there at the temple. platform.” And she... W-74 And I walked off. She was W-68 Why, he doubted. That... standing there with a pair of specs just think then, that old priest had a in her hand on a stick, holding out lot of examples: like Hannah at the like that. Now, anybody with sense temple; and... and Sarah, we just knows you couldn’t see on... on talked about; old and having babies. glasses holding out like that, see. Said, “Oh, this can’t be. My wife’s Great big woman with enough too old.” jewelry on her wrist to send a He said, “I’m Gabriel that come missionary around the world five from God. You’ll be dumb till the times. Yes, sir. Hang on... day the baby is born. You’ll call his And she said, “Are you Doctor name ‘John.’” Branham?” And he was dumb. And he went I said, “No, ma’am; no.” I said, “I’m up there to his wife. She conceived,

50 47 William M. Branham • Samstag, 16.07.1960, abends • Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA and she... it was six months with her without any life in the baby, and she right on down to that baby in there. was very much worried. But there... So Mary had heard about this. So But women was different in them I see her little cheeks just as red; she days. She went in and hid herself, was going along, just happy as she keep away from the sight of men, could be; no feeling yet. and she went in and hid herself. And Jesus never did say, “Did you feel she was in there for... for six months; it?” He said, “Did you believe it?” little John had never moved; he was You want to believe it, the time you formed in his mother’s womb; we believe. know that’s altogether subnormal. W-69 “How precious did that W-71 So she might have raised grace appear, the hour I first felt”: up the window and looked out like that don’t sound right, does it? “The this, the curtain, and she seen a hour I first believed; when I believed beautifully woman coming, about God.” That’s how the precious, it eighteen years old. She looked did. Oh, God making His again. appearance night after night in the “Oh,” she said, “that’s Mary; oh, meetings and showing the great my.” And she took her little shawl signs and wonders; oh, it ought to and throwed around her, run out just stir our hearts. Certainly. “How there real quick. precious that faith appeared, grace, And her husband was dumb at the hour I believed.” that time; he couldn’t speak. Run Here went Mary, her little cheeks out and took this... took the little just as rosy, her little eyes just shawl and wrapped around her, run sparkling, bright, girded her little out. She was setting back there, self up, and up over the hills of knitting little booties and things, Judaea she went, up into where you know, getting ready, you know, her... her cousin lived. And I can see the little blanket, little needlework. Sarah... And so she run out, and she said, W-70 I see women out on the “Oh, Mary.” street... Eating dinner today, I’d... W-72 In them days, you know, I’d... They’d throwed me out of the they hugged one another; they had restaurant if I hadn’t have turned my love one for another. Nowadays, back. A woman come in there (to be you don’t get it no more. See? mother any time) with these little I was downtown. (My wife ain’t old shorts on, a great big old thing, here tonight. I’ve told it and her oh, and smoking a cigarette; and being here.) Well, I went downtown, the doctor says it’s one of the here not long ago, and some sister killingest things. Listen, brother, said, “Hello, Sister Branham.” that’s a sabotage. Certainly it is. And I said, “You didn’t speak to her.” doctors’ warning that cancer of the She said, “Yes, I did.” throat and lungs; and smoking that “Well,” I said, “how did she hear

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