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1. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS — 1964-08-23

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• ¶141–¶144a God bless you, my Brother or Sister, whoever you may be. I—I would just commit them to the Lord. I…See, because, “What all the Father has given Me will come to Me.” See? Now, the only thing for you people to do… It made my heart swell with joy the other day going up and down seeing these motel men. The…I went down to Mr. Becker. He said, “Billy, you know what? I feed your whole congregation every Sunday,” when the Blue Boar feeds three hundred nearly every Sunday! See? And I went out here and this guy over here, this gentleman over here at the— the Ranch House, very fine man. I met him. He said… I said, “Well, that was really fine.” I said, “I appreciate you keeping all that stuff away from out there, all that carrying on out there.” He said, “Yes, sir, Brother Branham.” I said, “How’d he know me?” See? I said, “How’d you know me?” He said, “I know you,” Said, “I feed your whole congregation here every Sunday by the…Well,” he said, “and I want to tell you something: they’re fine people. They’re fine people!” Now see, that made me feel good. You my children. See? When I hear my children acting nice and being nice, that makes Papa feel real good. See? So you understand. Now, now, Mother, when…My Sister, if your husband wants you go down to the Methodist church, you go ahead. You might not have a whole loaf of bread, but if they even say they believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, you believe that, ’cause we do too. Now, if they’re going to go off on other tantrums and things, just—just let them go ahead, but you eat that much of the bread. See? And in that, you just show by the sweetness of your life and your consideration for others…And if you haven’t got it, Sister dear, pray till it comes to you, that you won’t have to put on anything artificially, ’cause when you do that, it’s not real. Your husband can tell that. But you, when you really have prayed to a place till your life is full of salt of the Saviour, it’ll make a contact.

• ¶308–¶309 Are you hungry? All right. I’m hungry for more of the questions. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Now, I may be…Some of these questions, I may not have them right; I just done the best that I can. Tonight, I’ll try to begin just at seven o’clock. Well, church will open at six-thirty. And you that can stay…You that can’t, we understand; that’s all right. But I’ll try to get every one of these I possibly can tonight. God bless you till we meet. Now, let’s us stand on your feet and sing this good ol’ song, our dismissing song, Take the Name of Jesus With You. All right. Take the Name of Jesus with you, Child of sorrow and of woe; [Brother Billy Paul speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] (…?…they took the offering…?…this morning…?…) …Name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of Heaven. I want to make this announcement. Billy just said they took a love offering this morning (see?), and said they had a nice love offering. I have him to go at the back of the building and stand back there. To the people here that never come prepared, don’t have the money for your dinner, Billy will give you the money for your dinner and for to pay your hotel bill or motel bill, whatever it is. You take and pay that now. If you’re…If you can stay…Billy will meet you back there and take your name and where you’re at, and we’ll pay for your dinner and your motel bill out of the love offering that’s taken for me this morning. Till we meet! till we meet!

2. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA — 1960-07-10

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• ¶180–¶183 That little queen wanted it. But the first thing she wanted to know, “Was it Scriptural or not?” She studied all the Scriptures. Then she said, “I’m going to do another thing, I’m a queen, and if that message is right, I’m going to support it.” And she ladened camels with gold, and myrrh, and frankincense, and all kind of costly apparel, and such. She said, “If it’s right, if that God is real God, then I’m through with this thing I have been serving, and I’m going to support it with everything I got.” That’s the attitude. Listen, God is not concerned so much about your money, but He wants you to support Him with all you are, He don’t want ten percent of your money, so much as He wants your time, your talent, your testimony, and all that you are to be given into His hands, so He can control you. He wants to be your Lord, not only your Saviour, but your Lord, lordship, to govern you. And He… And she said, “I’ll support it if it’s right, if it’s not, I can bring my money back home.” That’s a good, sensible thing for a lot of Americans to listen to, I think so today, too. Every kind of a program, and support it, and condemn the very thing that you believe in. That’s right. Go out, support radio preachers and things… I’m not condemning that, I have no radio program, never intend to have. Could have been on television? Sure. Had buildings, and churches, and so forth? I condemned it, turned it away. I want to be humble, I want to stay to a place, till I can go to anywhere, under any condition, and preach wherever God leads me to go with no strings tied, no nothing at all, just be free to do and say what the Holy Spirit says say, that’s my motive. Yes, sir. Stay with that, just be led by His Spirit.

• ¶184–¶187 What if I had to make ten thousand dollars a day? What if I had to make a thousand dollars a day? You think I could be at Klamath Falls? Certainly not, I couldn’t. Course I don’t have to have anything, just enough to feed my children, God sees to that, so that’s all is necessary. So there we are, no supports and things like that. And I believe that God gives ministers radio and television programs, I believe that with all my heart, but He didn’t give it to me. Now, the thing of it is, if you’re supporting the right thing, but why would you support a thing that condemns Pentecost, and the Divine healing, and the power of the Holy Ghost, and makes fun of it, and you turn around, and let your own preacher on the radio starve, and have to cut his program off, and support such as that? I don’t understand it. And I know thousands that does it. I would support exactly what I believed in, and what I thought of, I would stay loyal to it till I died, yes, sir, with everything, not only my money, but my soul, my experience, my testimony, my presence, my…everything that I could do, I’d support it. That little queen had the same idea, no wonder she’ll stand in this last day and condemn the generation today. Yes, she was going to support it with all she had, she put her gold and things. Now, the next thing, she had to go it a long way to get to hear this man, that’s talked so much about. Now, she had to cross the Sahara Desert. You know how long it take her to do it? Take her about three months, ninety days, and she didn’t come in a air-conditioned Cadillac, no, she come on the back of a camel. That’s right.

3. WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT? — 1958-11-30

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• ¶195–¶200 He said, “But I saved up some tithings.” Oh, a little money, I forget now just exactly, I believe about fifty dollars. He said, “The Lord placed it on my heart to give it to you.” I said, “I’ll tell you what. I’ll receive it, and then you turn it back and give it to little Ricky over there, on his—on his hospital bill. Cause, you’re a preacher. I know what it is, what money means. And you, a missionary, and I know that it takes money. And you got a family, and all this doctor bills. Place it right back on little Ricky’s bill.” He said, “I don’t want to do that, Brother Branham. It ain’t to pay doctors. It’s to pay ministers.” And I said, “Yes, but I’m turning it back for you.” And I refused it. And I went on up to the house, and in the matter of a few hours, them jaws went down, and his tongue went back into its normal place. God healed the little fellow. They were removing the whistle the morning that I left, out of its throat. It alarmed the whole West Coast. Famous doctor sent his son, with his grandchild. And they cut off the road, way over, forty or fifty miles over, in Pasadena, and cut off the road where I was to pass, to pray for that baby who had spasm on the brain. They had give it a penicillin shot, and caused a cancer to come from the effects of the penicillin shot in its hip. And I’m sure the Lord healed it.

• ¶201–¶206 Just before leaving the house, the phone rang, kept ringing. Brother Arganbright, I heard him arguing with someone, said, “No, I wouldn’t do that.” Just as I was getting in the car, there was a—a little station wagon drove up. Who was it but my little Mexican brother and his wife! Both of them just crying and praising God. Said, “Brother Branham, I brought these tithes to you.” “Oh,” I said, “brother, I can’t receive that.” I said, “I just couldn’t do it.” He said, “But I brought them to you.” Said, I said, “I told you to put them on Ricky’s bill.” He said, “This morning, when I went to give the doctor these tithings, to go on Ricky’s bill, the doctor said, ‘You don’t owe me nothing.’ He said, ‘I had nothing to do with that.’ He said, ‘That’s a great phenomenon.’ He said, ‘I…You don’t owe me one penny.’” So he said, “Take this, Brother Branham. The Lord told me you was to take it.” I thought, “Oh, I can’t.” I said, “Lord, I don’t feel like doing it.” Then something come to me. Jesus standing one day, watching the rich men pitch in their great abundance of money. Oh, they had plenty, so they were giving plenty. And a little widow come by with three pennies, and it was all she had. That’s all the living she had, and she threw it in. Now what would we have done? “Oh, sister, don’t do that. Huh-uh. You know, we don’t need that. Don’t throw that in. That’s all your living.” But Jesus just let her go ahead and do it, for, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

4. SPEAK TO THE ROCK AND IT SHALL GIVE FORTH HIS WATER — 1960-07-23

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• ¶22–¶25 And over there to those people who doesn’t know, little, black boys standing like that, never had a bath in their life, don’t know which is right and left hand, would stand with their little tears running down their cheeks to hear one time of a story of a God that loves them. When you are doing that, my friend…I know we support our churches here at home, that’s exactly right. But here where we got big churches on every corner, big, fine spires, and everything, and them poor little fellows, Jesus died for them just same as He died for your child and my child. He’s just as hungry, he gets just as hungry as our children does, and it’s not fair that we have everything, even into glamour, and them poor, little fellows never heard the Gospel one time. I think it’s our duty to take it. And if you can’t do it, the offerings that you give in, in a love offering to me, I want you to know that…I don’t know… If expenses is not made, I do not take a love offering. And if the expenses is not made, I have to send and borrow the money, myself, to stand the expenses. We never leave a city owing a penny, that’s my record. And if it ever gets to a place where God doesn’t sponsor my meetings, and doesn’t—doesn’t pay it out, then it’s time for me to come home, pastor the tabernacle again. I never took a offering in my life, I’ve always depended on God. I never would in my campaign let people beg, bum, and pull. If the people love God, poor people, they’ll—they’ll support all they can, and if they can’t, then I’ll have to, I’ll borrow it some other way, from some friend of mine, or something, to pay it off.

• ¶26–¶29 And then I, if they have it all paid up, and then free, I get a love offering, I don’t even see it, my secretary takes it, and gets it ready, and it’s banked, and put into the bank under the name of the Branham Tabernacle at New Albany, Indiana, and there that money cannot be used for nothing else, but for the Kingdom of God, to support foreign missions as I go over to preach. And when I get enough built in there to go, then I take off and go. Now, I believe that’s just making the people know that, what it is. These books that we got, they belong to Brother Gordon Lindsay, they’re his, he writes them. We buy them from him at forty percent less than what he resells them for. These boys are paid to sell these books, they’re paid to transport them. Many of them are lost, many of them are give away, we always in a hole on the books. The boys sell the tapes for the tabernacle. Now, the tapes is a copyrighted article, and they’ve got to be put on the very best of tape. Like the books, if it isn’t satisfactory, send it back, get your money back. See? We…And then the—the tapes are sold real cheap. The records, and anything that you buy, is not mine, it belongs to others, we just put them in the meeting. And if I didn’t think it wouldn’t help you, or help the cause, I certainly wouldn’t let them be sold. And I search through it, see if there’s anything wrong with the prices, compare them with others, and if there’s anything seems to be overcharging, right there, I’d stop that right now. Yes, sir. I don’t have that.

5. A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE — 1961-05-15

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• ¶228–¶230 “Mother’s or not Mother’s, there is something in my heart telling me to go find out for myself, I’m not going to stand out here and criticize it with you, I’m going to find out for myself.” God bless her little heart. That’s the way. “Going to buy every Hebrew Scroll of every prophet that ever spoke. I’m going see what their God was like, and if their God is real and put Himself, what He was to those prophets, upon that man, I’ll say, ‘He’s God.’” Amen. That’s the way to do it. Search the Scripture, see if They’re right or not. Amen. I’m not amening myself, but amen means “so be it.” I—I believe it with all my heart. Here, now, she had a lot to confront. I can see her get her little camels together, and her bunch of little maids together, her bunch of eunuchs and—and now she said, “You know what? I’m going up there, and I’m going to find out. And if it’s true, I’m going to support it.” So she loaded her camels with gold, and frankincense, and silver, rich stuff. Now, she says, “If I get up there, and if it’s so, I’m going to support it. If it isn’t so, I can bring my money back.” That would be a good thing for Pentecostal people to learn, supporting programs on tele-…on—on these here radio, and stand around, laugh, and call you a holy-roller afterwards. That’s right. Support your pastor, support your church, support the cause that stands for the right thing. That’s right.

6. THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH — 1960-11-27

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• ¶150–¶154 I can see her turn, go out of the church. Now, remember, she was a woman to begin with, a little lady that had to go. Now remember, she said this, too, she said, “Now, I’m going up there to see about it. The first thing I better do would buy a lot of Jewish Scrolls, and see what kind of a God Jehovah is.” It’s a good idea. “Search the Scriptures, for in Them, They are They that testify of Me.” All right. Then she searched the Scrolls, and found out all was on the Scrolls how Jehovah was, what His nature was, what He did. That’s a good thing for every Bible reader. When you come to a meeting, you can’t understand it, see if it’s with the Scripture, if it ain’t Scriptural throw the thing away, if it’s the Scripture, receive it. That’s right. What… Do what Jesus said do. Then she bought the Scrolls, and she read Them over, she said, “Well, I know the Scrolls speak it, He’s that kind of, the prophets all say that He’s that kind of a—a God, and He is the God of that type. So I’m going up there, and I’m going to take a lot of money with me, if it is the truth, I’ll support it, if it isn’t the truth, then I’m not going to support it, I’ll bring my money back.” That would be a good lesson for a lot of Americans. If—if the American people would support that which is right, that which proves to be God! But they support everything else but that, nearly. I guess it just has to be that way.

7. AT THY WORD — 1953-06-08

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• ¶5–¶6 Pretty near every night in the week, walked right along on the high lines with my uniform on. And find somebody got repented and take them down the creek and baptize them and go on back with wet clothes on. That’s right. Farmers and everything out in the field get talking about—about the Lord and they get to crying and give their heart to God, I’d take them, pull the straw hat off and we’d go down the creek and settle it right there, go on our road rejoicing. I’ve done it when I had to break the ice. Go right on in, and clothes froze to me and never took a bad cold over it in my life. So I remember one time…Now, my wife’s setting present too, so I will probably hear from this after church. So we got to a place where we couldn’t make the ends meet, so I said to her, “I’m going to take up an offering.” She said, “I’m going over to watch you.” So I went over to the Tabernacle, I said, “You think I can’t do it?” Now, not because they wouldn’t, them dear people would—would be willing to cut their arm off for me. But I just didn’t want them to do it. So I always know that that’s one weakness of ministers that usually takes them out of the harness of God, is money. So “Love of money is the root of all evil.” So we come here, all the Branhams is vagabonds and as poor as they can be. I want to be like the rest of them. Here some time ago a fellow was going to give me a Cadillac car, way out in California. His wife had been healed with a cancer, and he said, “Well, Brother Branham, we give Avak a Cadillac.” Said, “We will just go right over and buy you one.” I said, “Thank you, brother. My old Chevrolet truck’s pretty good shape yet,” I said. They give me a Pontiac, and I just kept swapping it back each time, and so they…He said, “I…We want you to have a Cadillac.”

8. TESTIMONY (RAISING DEAD BOY) — 1953-12-03

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• ¶4b–¶5 Said, “Brother Branham,” said, “we will guarantee you a thousand dollars every night if you’ll come, but our church alone produces eight hundred dollars every love offering.” And said, “We can assure you a thousand dollars a night for as long as you want to stay here two or three weeks, if you’ll come.” Said, “Oh, what great faith they had and what all they could do and everything.” Said, “That’s just our church alone,” said, “besides all the rest of the churches throughout the country here will cooperate.” The next letter I took a hold of was a poor old brother down here in Arkansas, at El Dorado, Arkansas. He said, “Brother Branham, I couldn’t even give you a bed to lay down in. I couldn’t bring you to a church.” Said, “I preach under two pine trees.” He said, “I—I live in three rooms. I got eleven children.” He said, “And not even a church, but God has sent me here, and God knows I need your help bad.” And I said, “Looky here, wife, one to the other. It was plumb the con…Talk about contrast.” I laid over to one side. I said, “Well…” Started to open up the mail. Something begin to dig down here. I said, “Where was that letter from El Dorado?” So we opened it up again. I read it again. Wired him word I was coming right down. TESTIMON Y (RAISING DEAD BOY) We went down there with…I had my first suit and seventeen dollars, mud all over my shoes. It was all right. I was at home there. So I went on down, and we started off. Had to pay my own hotel bill and everything. We had a two weeks meeting there and all the remunerations was put in, and out of it now sets a nice big tabernacle there, the glory of God in the church. It’d be a lot better to follow the leadings of the Spirit than it would be the leadings of your head sometimes. Don’t you think so?

9. THINGS THAT ARE TO BE — 1965-12-05

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• ¶73–¶74 Someone got after me; a great, noted minister, not long ago. Said, “Brother Branham, come. I want to lay hands on you.” Said, “You’re going to ruin your ministry.” I said, “What?” Said, “Bawling them people out like that.” I said, “I’m telling the…” Said, “I believe that.” Said, “I’m a Pentecostal, too. I believe that women shouldn’t wear short hair, shouldn’t wear paints, and these things like that the way they do, paint their faces up.” Said, “They shouldn’t do that. But,” said, “God called you to pray for the sick.” I said, “He called me to preach the Gospel.” Yeah. And he said, “I believe in that. But,” said, “you think that?” I said, “Yeah. Look what you got, all these big programs, televisions, and everything else. I ain’t got nothing but God to answer to.” That’s right. I said, “I don’t have nothing but God to answer to.” He said, “I—I—I…You’re going to ruin your ministry.” I said, “Any ministry that the Word of God will ruin, ought to be ruined.” That’s right. Certainly. That’s exactly. He said, “Well, you’re going to ruin it.” I said, “Who is going to tell It then? See? Somebody has got to say It. Somebody has got to stand for that what’s Truth, no matter what It hurts.” And friends, as Christian, as people that believe we’re going to Heaven, the Holy Spirit Itself will type us in the Word of God. He said, “You know what you ought to do?” Said, “People believe you to be a prophet.” Said, “You ought to be teaching these women how to get gifts of prophecy and things like that, and great, higher things instead of little thing.”

10. WHY? — 1960-03-09

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• ¶147–¶151 “My physician told you that it was for you, and for your children, and for them that was far off, even as many as got sick.” Even as many as got sick, the healing Balm is for them. There is a Balm in Gilead, it’s for the sin-sick soul. Listen, friends, we’re scattered about. You’ll join the Assemblies, then you’ll join the Oneness, and then you’ll join the Church of God, then you’ll go at the Independents, then to the Methodist, back to the Baptist, back again around, and around, around, packing you a letter. Forget it. The thing you need is inoculation, then don’t make any difference what church you’re in, you’re inoculated, you’re borned into the Church of the living God. The Pentecostal has a lot scavengers, that’s exactly right; they all do. Jesus had one out of twelve, so we won’t do as good as He did, I’m sure. We, sure we got them, impersonators, actors trying to act like something they haven’t got. But just the same, there’s some that’s got it. That’s right. If you see a counterfeit dollar, it shows it was made off of a real one. Search the Scriptures, friend, join the church ain’t enough. Now, joining the church is fine, I believe that every person should join the church. I absolutely believe that every person should stand at their post of duty, when their pastor is there preaching, or evangelist, or something, I think they ought to stand at their post of duty. They ought to support that church with everything they got in them, with their tithes, with their offerings, with anything that they’re called on to do, be willing and happy. If your pastor ask you to do something in your church, you should do it. That’s good. But don’t let that just be the only thing, get inoculated first. That’s what I’m trying to tell you: Get the Holy Spirit first, then the rest of it comes on all right. Then you go get into whatever you wish to, whatever church that you…of your choice.

11. THE KINSMAN REDEEMER — 1960-10-02

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• ¶1–¶2 Thank you, Brother Neville. The Lord bless you. So good to be back again, this morning, back in the house of the Lord. I believe it was said, one time, “I was happy when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’” Charlie, come out behind that post, and come up here and get you a chair. Come on up here. Sister, is there a chair back in there, somewhere, we could squeeze in? Here’s a place right up here, lady. Come right up here. Here, Charlie, come here and sit down by Banks up here, so you won’t have to stand up. Every time that boy comes from way down in Kentucky, gets up here, he stands up every morning. And we’ll get him right up here. Here’s a place here, on the end of the seat here, for someone else. [Brother Neville says, “There’s a lady back here, too.”—Ed.] There’s a lady standing up in the back, back there. Come right up here. Here’s a seat right here, sister, right up close. Come right ahead. And I suppose somebody is in the wheel chair there. Are they? [A sister says, “Brother Branham?”] Yes. [“There’s a seat right here.”] There’s another seat right over here. If someone wants one, back there in the back, right here is a seat right here. [A brother says, “And here is one, Brother Branham.”] Here’s one right up here, also, just suit yourself. [“Another one, over here.”] Yes. You can have one right here. Now, come right on, take your seats. And just feel real…

12. DISCERNMENT OF SPIRIT — 1960-03-08

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• ¶17–¶19 But what is he trying to do, the purpose of his heart that he’s trying to get? Then you can see what’s in the man’s life, whether his motives is for his—his denomination, whether it’s for hisself, whether it’s for worldly fame, whether it’s for big names, to say, “I predicted that, come just exactly to pass.” Now, you see that’s wrong right there, to begin with. But if he’s trying to use what God’s give him, as a teacher, as a prophet, as a seer… A New Testament prophet is a preacher. We all know that. Just any minister that’s a preacher is a prophet, a New Testament prophet, if he’s prophesying, preaching, not to try to edify himself to make a big name, or to edify his organization. Which, he should be in an organization. Here I am without one, but yet preaching you should be. That’s right. Every man ought to have a church home. You ought to have a place, not just to float about from pillar to post, but have somewhere that you go to church and you call it your church, somewhere you pay your tithes, and somewhere that you help support the Cause. Take your choice, but then don’t never disfellowship the other man because he don’t belong with your group. See? Discern his spirit and see if he’s got the same purpose in heart, then you got fellowship one with another. You’re working for one great Cause. That’s the cause of Christ. I think that that is absolutely true. Now, if we will notice the motives and objectives of the Old Testament prophets, them men had one objective, and that was Jesus Christ. They had one thing that their whole theme of the Old Testament was built around, the coming Messiah. They—they did not go out and do things just for money or for fame. They had one thing, they were anointed with the Spirit of God, and they predicted the coming Messiah. And those men were so anointed with the Spirit until they sometimes acted like the Spirit that was within them, they spoke seemingly of themselves. Watch how the Spirit of God made them men act.

13. SHOW US THE FATHER — 1961-05-21

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• ¶26–¶31 Well, the Blood, of course, being applied, we apply It by faith. And faith is common, just like hyssop, just common weeds, just believe it and it’s all over. Now, if any of you would desire to have a little prayer cloth and you do not have it up here, if you’ll just write to me any time, I’ll be glad to send it to you. Just: William Branham, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and it’ll come to me. And if you want one just to keep in your Bible on Acts 19, case of something happens, why, just send. There’s no charges to nothing, just, we don’t charge for anything, everything is free. So just send and get it, we’ll be happy to send it to you, most happy. And it’s a little cloth that I have prayed over and asked God to heal you and to help you. Oh, I could spend the afternoon just telling outstanding things that He has did through that, mighty things, but we know the people has to have their building here tonight. And we don’t want to keep you too long, and it’s kind of a little tight in the building, and you’re pretty well packed in. And so now, we want to also thank our ministering brethren, with all of our heart, to all you laity, and to your fine cooperation. And I want to thank the—the city, the policeman and so forth. I’ll have to say this on my southern friend here, Mr. Evans, I ought to have him come up and speak a little bit, so you could hear where… how southerners really talk. You think that I say it bad! You… Come into a filling station, he said, “Could you tell me where there’s a motel?” That Englishman looked at him real strange, he said, “Yes, I’ve got some old tires over here.” Old tires. He went down and said, “I want some ice cream.” The man said, “Sure.” Reached over and got him a box of aspirin and give to him. So we are very grateful.

14. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA — 1960-04-01

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• ¶75–¶78 Now, I can imagine before she started, that she had some thoughts in her mind like this: “What if it isn’t right? Or what if it is right? Now, if it is right, and there is a living God, that’s moving, alive among people, and showing Himself alive, not a stone, but a living God, if it is, I’m going to support it with everything I got, it’s worthwhile.” She saddled up her camels, and—and took great loads of silver, gold, myrrh, frankincense, she’s got ready to make her start. Now, she might have thought this: “If it’s true, I’ll support it. But if it isn’t true, I’ll bring my money back home.” That’s a good thought for America. Maybe I oughtn’t to have said that. I’ll just wait a minute, let it soak way down. If it’s God, support it with prayer, with all that you got. Do everything that you can to press it forward, not so much with money, little money now and then helps it, of course, but, when it’s needed, help, but the main thing is keep the money as far out of it as you can, put yourself in there instead of your money. God wants you on the altar, not your money. It’s better for you to…And this…I… This Easter coming on always just makes me kind of halfway, spiritually sick, my spiritual gastronomics can’t dissolve that when they go up and put a big pot of lilies on the altar. God don’t want lilies on the altar, He wants you on the altar, altars wasn’t built for lilies. Cain thought so, and you see what happened. The altar was built for you, you are the gift that wants to be on the altar.

15. DOYOU NOW BELIEVE? — 1955-06-10

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• ¶21–¶22a And I haven’t covet money. I don’t take money. I was a Baptist preacher for several years, twelve years pastor of Tabernacle there at Jeffersonville, and never one time took an offering in my life, never one time. I worked for a living. I remember one night, I was going to take an offering, and I… Well, you know how poor people get: you get to a place where you can’t make ends meet. Did you ever have that ever happen to you? Yes. Where you can’t make the ends meet…Then, and when I got in that shape, I said to the wife, I said, “Honey, I—I’m going to take up an offering tonight.” Now, they’d have done it, bless their heart there at the tabernacle, they’d have sold their homes to give to me. But I didn’t make very much, and I was a game warden during the time; and I wasn’t going to arrest nobody like that. I never…I was on seven years and never made one arrest, so…But I believe I made some good fisherman. That’s one thing. I’d talk to them and told them about the Lord. So that’s better. I wasn’t fired; I just quit to serve the Lord. So I didn’t have much money, and we had a debt coming up, and I just needed five dollars so bad. And the brethren work and them making quite a bit of money, and I just got a little bitty salary, and then commission, on what I took otherwise; and I didn’t make any of that, so I said, “Well, I need some money, honey. I just got to have it.” And I said, “I’m going to take up an offering.” She said, “I’m going to watch you do it.” Over she goes and sets down right in front of the church; I said, “Well, brethren [Brother Branham clears his throat—Ed.] tonight,” I said, “I kinda hate to ask you this.” I said, “But I’m kind of in a little DO YOU NOW BELIEVE?

16. GOD’S PROVIDED WAY — 1953-05-13

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• ¶8b–¶9 Stand by your pastor; help him out with everything you got. Give him spiritual support. Fast and pray for him. And have faith in him, and God will lead the church on to that glorious day that we’re looking forward to come. No matter, you say, “Well,” some, “our church, don’t believe…” Well, now, just as long as you believe the main fundamentals and are borned again of the Spirit of the God, well, you might believe Christ coming on a white horse, and some believes He’s coming on a white cloud. But that won’t stop Him from coming. He—He will come anyhow. So just—just… You—you just believe Him (You see?), and He will be here. And now, I appreciate all. Brother Reed said they taken a love offering for me, which I—I did…And I—I mean a missionary offering tonight, too. Now, I… What I do with money, the reason that I don’t own a big tent, or have places like that: I spend every penny of money, God Who is my solemn Judge knows that everything that I don’t have to have to live on, I put it in foreign missions, and go over to the heathen lands to preach the Gospel to the heathens, to bring them the same type of ministry that you see right here. And then when that day comes, I’ll…I want to be counted a steward that did just exactly what God would have me to do. And if I know I take it myself, and go over there and do, well, it won’t be altogether…I won’t receive the reward. It’ll be you people that sent me. Cause I couldn’t go without you sending me, that’s—that’s right, without you making a way, God put on your heart. And I will use every bit of it, the best of my knowledge for the outgoing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

17. WHO DOYOU SAY THIS IS? — 1964-12-27

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• ¶235–¶237 That makes me feel that way to Brother Outlaw here. Say, “Well, Brother Branham, I just…” Go up here to some…just get someplace till you just get to love you, and talk to you, and talk about Jesus. And—and of people of…Well, you know, “Birds of a feather.” You know, they kinda like to get together and talk about things, fellowship together. And I—I appreciate that, but I—I didn’t want the offering, brother, sister. I…my church gives me a little salary of a hundred dollars a week and I do fine on that. So I—I appreciate it. Now if any of you wants to get your dinner, well, someone will be back there at the door and you get your dinner on me. You see, it’ll be just fine. Some of you, I’ve kept you away from your dinner. You love Him? Then you got to love me ’cause I’m part of Him. See? Amen. That’s the reason I love you. Lord bless you. Let’s stand up now. Don’t forget our coming meetings. Anytime you’re around, just remember, come in. You’re always welcome. Will you pray for me? I—I’m the person that needs prayer. Will you pray? How many can realize the burden, what I got to do, and the things that lays before me? And I know what’s coming, right out yonder. You see? I can see it just the same as I see other things coming. I know what’s coming. See? But no time to talk about that. Let’s talk about what’s going on right now. Tomorrow will take care for itself. See? Do you… will you pray for me? Now, did you raise your hands you’ll pray for me? All right.

18. A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE — 1961-04-12

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• ¶179–¶183 And if, tonight, we’re here hungering for Divine healing, there’s a Fountain open somewhere. You’re hungering for more of God, there’s more of God somewhere, or you wouldn’t have had the hunger. That’s only the law of it, of God, one of His laws, like sowing and reaping, and so forth. Notice now, she got ready, she said, “Now, wait a minute, it might not be true, I don’t know, but I believe it is. So, you know, if it is true, I’m going to take a lot of money, I’m going to support it, and if it isn’t true, I can bring my money back.” It, you know, it would do Pentecostal people good to take her advice. So many people support things on radio that laugh, and call you a holy-roller, make fun of you, and yet you support radio programs with such stuff as that, with your good, hard-earned money. I’d put it where it really done good. That is right. Ministers never told me to say that, I don’t talk to no one during the meetings, I’m alone in the rooms. But that’s true, if it’s right, it’s worth not only your money, it’s worth your life, it’s worth everything. If it isn’t right, leave it alone. So, I imagine she bought up all the Scrolls, and tried to read what Jehovah was. That’s a good way, find out what He is, then you see whether it is Him or not. That’s the way people ought to do today, read what Jesus was yesterday, then see if it’s Him today. That’s right. See if He acts the same today as He did yesterday, see if it’s the same Spirit, same God all the way through the Bible, see if it’s Him, see if He shows the same things, then if your theology is contrary to that, get rid of your theology and get God. That’s right.

19. QUEEN OF SHEBA — 1961-01-19

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• ¶122–¶127 “Let me go and see for myself whether it’s right or not, let me look it over. I’ll—I’ll compare it with these Scrolls that I read. If the Spirit that’s on that man compares with the Scrolls on here, I’m going to say Jehovah is with him then, and He’s a real God. But if it just, Jehovah says one thing and it don’t come to pass, and these things are not right, then they’re no more than our idols here. So I’ll go up and find out for myself.” “Now,” she said, “wait a minute, I’ve been a great tithe payer down here, so,” now, I’m not plugging for ministers, and so forth, but she said, “if it’s so—if it’s so, I’m going to support it. I’m going to take some gold, and frankincense, and silver. If it’s right, it’s worth supporting, if it isn’t right, then I’ll bring my money back.” She ought to come and preach to the Americans sometimes, support things that laugh at you and call you a holy-roller, and yet you support it. That’s right. But there you are. She said, “I’ll find out for myself, and if it’s right, it’s worth everything that I can do to support it.” And that’s the truth, it’s worth…not more…not ten percent of your money, it’s worth your whole life, it’s worth all the things of the world to you, if it’s right, it’s that Pearl of great price. If the God still lives, if Jesus Christ is the Son of God living today, and living tonight, He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever, then it’s worth every bit of our time, our talent, our everything, we should sell out to everything, say good-bye to everything, and serve it. If it ain’t, well, let’s just go join something, and go ahead, get with a good crowd, and live a pretty decent life and go on, but if it’s right, let’s—let’s get with it. So that’s what she thought.

20. THE SIGN OF THE MESSIAH — 1959-03-29

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• ¶30–¶33 Billy Paul said, said a few minutes ago, standing here, you took a love offering for me. I didn’t want for this to happen. That was…But, thank you, just the same. I need it now on my California trip. I’ll put it to the Gospel. Them little offerings that you give me, you know what happens to them? I went to Puerto Rico and Jamaica a few weeks ago, where they registered forty thousand converts in nine nights. What did it? Your tithings. When I left, the mayor of the…the judge of the island stood up, he said, “We have evangelists come in here and take up great offerings, and cost great money. But,” said, “when Brother Branham come, he didn’t even ask for a penny of money, never asked us to pay his hotel bill. And he paid his own fare, back and forth.” What did it? Your money. I want to be sure that I spend it right. So, at the Judgment Bar, when I stand before you and God, have to give an account for it, it’s done right. I took it myself, as long as I’m able to go, to do the best I can for His glory. Now we can’t bring all the prayer cards up at once, so I’ll just bring them up, just a few at a time. Who has prayer card number one? Would you raise up your hand, if you can get up? Way back in the back, it’s a colored lady. Come right down this a-way, lady. Make your way down and come here at the side of the platform. Now who has prayer card number two? If you can get up, raise your hand, prayer card number two. A white lady here. All right, lady, you come right up and follow this colored lady up here, right up here. Now get them around that way, Doc, soon as this gets filled up here.

21. THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH — 1958-06-13

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• ¶101–¶105 That’s still the same God that we have. “I am the Vine, ye are the branches.” See? Notice, and then she said, “Well…” She just couldn’t rest. And another fellow come by: “Oh, Queen, glad to see you. Say, I just passed through Israel, you ought to see that Spirit of discernment, it’s far beyond any man that ever walked on the earth, it comes from their God.” Well, her heart hungered and wanted to go. Now, the little queen had a lot to—to confront, to go, she had a lot of things, first thing, she was a woman. And then she had all these things to confront: The first place was, she had to give up her church if she went. Well, God was calling, so she started making ready. And now remember, she said, “You know what? I’ve served these old, dead creeds so long, if that really is a God that’s alive and proving Hisself alive, I’m going to support it.” So she packed up a few camels full of gold and silver. I’m not pulling for offerings now, but see, if it’s worth anything, it’s worth everything. And she said, “If it is the truth, I’m going to support it; if it isn’t the truth, then I’m going to bring my money back with me.” That’s a good idea. That’s right. If He’s God, be for Him; if He’s not, then keep away from it. I want to know where the real God is, I want to know where the One that answers, the One that keeps His Word. I want to deal and have my associates with men that’ll keep their word to me, I want my neighbors to be the same way. And I want God, He will keep His Word.

22. O LORD, JUST ONCE MORE — 1963-06-28

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• ¶103–¶109 Some man come to me, not long ago, and said, “Brother Branham,” a very…one of the best known Pentecostal ministers in the land. He took me up in his room, he said, “I want to pray for you.” I said, “I’m not sick.” He said, “I—I love you.” I said, “That’s mutually felt.” He said, told me, said, “Why don’t you leave off of telling them women about their bobbed hair and all this kind of stuff, and about the church?” Said, “That’s not your business.” I said, “Whose is it then?” He said, “It’ll come to pass that you won’t have nothing but a bunch of posts to preach to.” I said, “I’d rather do that and preach the Truth, than compromise with the devil.” See? See? He said—said—said—said, “Brother Branham, didn’t God call you to pray for the sick?” And I said, “Yes, sir.” He said, “The people believe you to be a prophet.” And I said, “Well, that—that, I never said that.” He said, “But they believe you that way.” And said, “If you’re a prophet, why don’t you spend your time to teaching people how spiritual gifts, and how to heal the sick, and—and how to do these, get these spiritual gifts, and help the church instead of standing constantly, bawling the women out, and bawling the man out, and things like that?” Said, “Well, why don’t you leave them alone?” Said, “Why don’t you teach them something greater than bobbed hair and stuff, and let that alone?” I said, “How can I teach them algebra when they don’t even know their ABC’s? That’s right. Let them learn their ABC’s first.”

23. WHAT IS THAT IN YOUR HAND? — 1955-11-20

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• ¶9b–¶10 I had enough to get back home and I could pay my bill, and so forth, while I was here. It’d be all right. And now, this meeting…striking that. Not your cost, but it just somehow…We may be out of section or something another; they didn’t have the audience enough to take care of the expenses. I’ve missed it two times, and both of it was in California, one down at the other place, and one up here. And I promised the Lord that when my meetings got to a place they didn’t financially support itself…And I never will let them beg. If anyone ever begs for money, or who’s going to give fifty dollars, and so forth, that’s the time that we stop. Yes, sir. I don’t believe in that. No, sir. God is able. And I said, “Now, Lord, when You don’t support me, then it’s time for me to come in home.” So, now—now, I don’t believe in begging money. But anyhow, we have a way, then God has made a way for us now, that through our efforts we—we can pay off everything, and it’ll be taken care of fine. Now, this is not saying now…Remember, you dear people that just put in money and done all you could, if—if you—if you need something and—and there’s not enough to make it up, and everybody, you—you can’t do it, you know, I know what it is. What if somebody come and ask me this afternoon and say, “Brother Branham, I wish you’d let me have five thousand dollars.” “Oh, brother. I wished I could.” But I couldn’t do it, so that’s… you get the measure I’m talking in.

24. SPEAK TO THIS MOUNTAIN — 1959-11-23

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• ¶189–¶192 And we was talking about building the new church up there, the tabernacle, and—and Mr. Wright said to me, “How is the pledges coming on up at the tabernacle?” I said, “Brother Wright, I’m not there enough to know.” And said, “You know what?” Said, “Hattie wanted to pledge fifty dollars towards that church, and Brother Roberson,” the—the trustee of the church, one of them, the chairman, “wouldn’t let her give it,” said, “because that would take her about six months to dig fifty dollars out of them hills over there.” And said, “But she give twenty, and, Brother Branham, she wants…” I thought, “You know what? I—I got twenty dollars here in my pocket. Meda give it to me to pick up some eggs.” I said, “I’ll just give her that twenty before I leave back.” And just…She’s away from here, and you’ll never know it. So I’d—I’d bought her ice boxes and things, ’cause I felt so sorry for her up there, that little ol’ mother trying to work away on that hill. And so, I thought, “I’ll just give her these… this twenty dollars, is what I’ll do. When I leave I’ll just slip it so she’ll get it, and that’s her twenty dollars she paid in on the church up there.” So I thought, “I’ll just give her that.” So, when I said…Something said to me, “But your Lord stood one day by the side of a—a wall and seen rich men putting thousands of dollars into a treasury, and a little widow come by and she only had three pennies, all her living. And now, what would you have done if you would have stood there? You would seen that little widow put them three pennies in, you would run, said, ‘Oh no, sister, don’t do that, don’t do that, because we got plenty in here, we don’t need that.’ But Jesus never told her not to do it.” He let her go ahead and do it, because He knowed He had something for her down the road, see, little something better, you see, so He just let her. God loves a cheerful giver.

25. THE SIGN OF THE TIME — 1958-05-20

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• ¶6–¶11 I’d like to make a…What was his name? Har-…? Harbaugh. I’d like to make an appointment with you to catch some of those someday, yes, sir. It was certainly fine, and we appreciate. First time I ever see any brook trout, pink, but it was really, they were fine. We thank you all. And I didn’t get a chance, because I didn’t know that they had did it, till it was too late, the other night, they taken a love offering for me, I certainly appreciate that; I’ve tried to keep my record clear of offerings. I’ve been in the ministry twenty-seven years and never took a offering in my life. I pastored the Baptist Tabernacle at Jeffersonville for seventeen years without one penny salary, or taking a offering of any kind. I was the State Game Warden of Indiana, and I worked for my living, and I… Money is kind of an odd thing to me. I don’t…It’s all right, we have to have it. And my expenses at home, it’s not much, I—I’ve tried to keep my services into a place to where they wouldn’t run heavy. You take…If I’d just let it go, why, I might have been under a big obligation. My obligation is about, well, my office is about a, I imagine a hundred dollars a day will clear me up. Well, you say, “That sounds like a whole lot, Brother Branham.” What do you think Brother Roberts runs each day? About ten thousand. What do you think Billy Graham runs? I’ve seen him run twenty-five thousand a hour. So you see, it takes a lot of money. And I can’t obligate myself like that, my ministry doesn’t call for it, I want to just keep it humble so that if the Lord would call me to a church of four or five people, I could go.

26. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA — 1958-03-13

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• ¶24–¶25 And we notice then, they had begin to create a desire, till finally, she said, “All this that I’ve been hearing, I believe I’ll go up and find out for myself.” That’s a good way. Don’t set across and say, “Well, my church isn’t cooperating.” Go anyhow. She did. She was on her road, whether they were Pentecostal or—or Presbyterian, it didn’t make any difference to her. Her heart was hungry, because God was a leading her. And sons and daughters of God are led by the Spirit of God. Notice, this little woman. Now, being a woman, she had a lot of difficult before her. Now, she said, “I’m going to take enough food and so forth to stay, and I’m not going up there just for one night and hear the preacher preach, and if I don’t like what he says tomorrow night, I won’t go back.” She was going to stay till she was convinced. That’s the way to do it, stay till she was satisfied. She was going to examine it by the Scriptures, and see whether that gift was right or not. And notice, she said, “If it is right, I’m going to support it.” She took a lot of gold and frankincense. She was going to do something about it. If it was real, it was worth something. If it wasn’t, she was going to bring her gold back. That’s the way to do it. It’s the truth. Now, I’m not plugging for offerings for churches and things, I’m just telling you that it’s not only worth—it’s not only worth your money, it’s worth your time, and your life, and your devotion, and everything that you are, if it’s right. Your testimony, all that you are, it’s worth every bit of it, because it costs what He had to bring it to you.

27. HEAR YE HIM — 1960-03-13

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• ¶19–¶22 This great “Onward, Christian Soldiers!” that’s it, that’s what we’re looking for, the Coming of the Lord Jesus. Now I want to thank you all for, they just told me just now, Brother David and—and my field secretary, Mr. Mercier, just told me that you had given two love offerings of this meeting to me. Thank you, my precious friends. That love offering will be placed in the foundation of the Branham Tabernacle, and will be used to sponsor meetings. I’m paid a salary: hundred dollars a week. And so then, that will go for the Kingdom of God. At each of those churches, at Brother Outlaw’s church this morning and down to Brother Fuller’s church Sunday a week, I tried to not let them do it, but they had…by the time I enter the door, Brother Fuller had hand a check in my hand of, I forget just what it was, around a hundred dollars for missionary. And this morning, Brother Outlaw’s church gave a hundred and one dollars and fifty cents, missionary offering. Secretary has it, goes right into the foundation to send us overseas to preach the Gospel. Someday, I pray in Heaven that that’ll be mortar to your Eternal Home on the other Side. We thank you for all your fine cooperation, for your buying of the tapes, for the books and everything. And they just about take care of theirself. Sometimes we have to let the campaign catch up the books, because if no one has any money and they want the book, they can have it, anyhow, it’s free. That’s right. It’s not the idea…Just so I can get enough back to have them printed again to take them out. And we… The boys work on a very small salary on selling those things, they work all through the foundation of the church.

28. THE PRESENCE OF GOD UNRECOGNIZED — 1964-06-18

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• ¶157–¶162 So she got ready to go. Now when she come to this spot where she must go, now, remember, she had a great difficulty. It wasn’t as easy as it would be to you. Now notice what she had to do. Here is another thing I want, don’t want to leave out. She said this, “I’m going up there, and I’m going to take some money. I’m going to take some gifts. And if it is the truth, I’m going to support it. If it isn’t the truth, then I can bring my money back.” That woman could teach Pentecostals. Yes, sir. Support things out there that laugh and make fun of Divine healing, and yet you support the radio programs instead of your own church, that’s right, and laugh and make fun of the very things you believe in. But she said, “I’ll take it. And if it isn’t right, I can bring it back.” Now remember, with all this wealth on there, on these camels. And now remember, the fleet riders of Ishmael was desert robbers, was out there. What an easy thing would have been for them to fall in on—on this prey, and, why, they would have killed them few eunuchs was with her, and took that money and been gone. But there is something about it, when you are really determined, and God is revealing Himself, you’re determined to see Christ, there is no danger before you. You don’t even pay any attention! The doctor says you’re going to die, you don’t even notice it. When you are pressing, you know there is something there.

29. GO, TELL MY DISCIPLES — 1953-04-05

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• ¶267–¶271 Some poor old preacher come by here, said, “Brother Branham, I’m out of money.” Said, “I—I’m broke. I’ve got to go to Texas.” Said, “I—I’ll pay you someday when I can.” Said, “Will you help me, help me?” Said, “I want fifty dollars.” I went down to the bank, see if I had it. Well, I had just—just about a hundred, so I went over and gave him fifty dollars of it. He took it and went on. The little things coming up, you know how it is. Wife said, “Billy, I got to have a check this morning, about twenty dollars, got to go get some groceries.” We went down and got the groceries. Come back. She forgot eggs. We wasn’t getting any. So I thought, “Oh, my, well,” thought, “maybe somebody will do something.” So I went over, and I was helping Mr. May, was kind of…Wasn’t nobody at the house yet, and I was shoveling some dirt over there. I happened to look, and I seen an old car come in, drove into the side, and set down. An old preacher got out of there, kind of crippled up; and come walking up, sit on the porch, leaned back. I thought, “That poor, old broke-down preacher; I—I got to go over and see him.” I went over. I said, “Good morning.” He said, “How do you do, Rev. Branham?” Said, “I don’t guess you know me.” And he told me who he was. Said, “I’m one of these poor preachers.” He said, “I was up in Cleveland, they give me enough gasoline, get this far.” And said, “My old car is about dry out there.” Said, “Something told me to come by here.” Said, “Maybe you would help me a little.”

30. THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH — 1957-06-14

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• ¶25–¶26 And she took her offerings, and she placed them on her camels, and she set there, that little woman, going across the desert, day and night, day and night, determined to see if this great gift of God really operated. She thought, “I’ve never heard such in my day. But I’ll go and see if it’s right.” She finally arrived at the gates. She didn’t come just to stay for one night of the revival. She was going to stay until she was convinced. Oh, God, I pray that people will get that attitude: stay till it’s over; be sure that you know. Don’t walk up to the altar, say, “Lord, if You want me to have the Holy Ghost, give It to me. Well, You didn’t do it. I will go back. There’s nothing to it.” That’s the reason you don’t receive it. When you’re prayed for, “I don’t look any different. I guess there’s nothing to healing.” Stay till you’re convinced. She unloaded the camels. She put her soldiers away. And when she walked over to the palace seat, and she stood at the door, and she seen this great gift of God begin to move upon Solomon, when she seen that discerning of Spirit, till there wasn’t no one come before him that could match his wisdom…He had a discerning spirit. And she stayed for many days and she watched. And after she was convinced, she went and unlabeled—ladened her camels. Give the great offerings for support. And not only that, she said, “All that I have heard has been right and more than I have heard.” Oh, if the church of the living God could only come to the place that they would stay at the foot of the cross, humbling themselves until they were convinced that Jesus Christ lives and reigns.

31. THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH — 1958-06-20

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• ¶100–¶103 There you are! If the people of the United States would just be that sincere to find out whether God promised He’d pour out the Holy Ghost in the last days upon His people, upon His Church, and that signs and wonders and miracles, and He would call a people from the Gentiles for His Name! But they take some old, dead creed instead, that’s right, some historical something. Then history…If He isn’t the same God today, then He isn’t God, He died. But thank God, He is still the same God. So she was going to find out. Now, she had a lot to confront her, to get ready to go. And when she did, she made up her mind, she said, “Now, I’m excommunicated, anyhow, from this, so then if I go, I been supporting this so far, I’m going to take some gold along with me, and if that’s the truth, I’m going to support it; if it isn’t the truth, I’m going to let it alone.” If people only thought that level today, instead of putting all their money on some kind of a dead ritual or creed that’s building million- dollar churches instead of supporting missionaries and getting the Gospel to the people, a living God, a resurrected Christ, you’d be a better-thinking people, friends. Don’t stick your money on something that’s nothing but a bunch of fanaticism, don’t support something that’s dead and smelling, support Christ, the living God, put your, not only your money, but your time, your prayers, your efforts, your talents, everything you’ve got, give it to Him.

32. I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE — 1952-08-10

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• ¶1g–¶1g I was out there just a preaching away (You know?), and I come back behind the curtains after the service was go to rest up; I was too weak to walk back. And there was a fine scholar walked up to me, said, “Brother Branham”, said, “your grammar’s terrible.” I said, “Yes, sir. I know that.” I said, “I just had a seventh grade education. My father had died and I had to take care of ten…” “Oh, that’s no excuse.” He said, “My,” said, “the mistakes that you made tonight.” Said, “You should—you should know better grammar than that. The crowd that you’re speaking for,” said, “why, it’s a disgrace.” I guess he was part of Mr. Webster you know, so I said, “Well, sir,” I said, “I know that’s right.” I said, “But…” He said, “Well, you could take a—a correspondence course.” I said, “Yes, sir. But you see other times,” I said, “I was…I had to take care of a big family and everything, and now to make ends meet,” and I said, “And now,” I said, “the Lord’s work is so—keeps me so busy,” I said, “I don’t have time to—to take it.” He said, “Oh, that’s no excuse.” He said, “I heard you tonight out there saying, ‘All to you people that come by this polepit tonight, believing will get healed.’” I said, “Yes, sir. What was wrong with that?” I don’t know the difference. And he said, “Why, you should not say, ‘polepit’”; said, “you should say ‘pulpit.’” He said, “Those people would appreciate you more if you said ‘pulpit.’” But he pinched me a little too hard. You know? So I put my hand over on his shoulder; I said, “Brother, I don’t mean to hurt your feelings (See?), but them people out there don’t care whether I say, ‘polepit’ or ‘pulpit.’ They want me to preach the Gospel and produce what I’m talking about. They see Jesus Christ; that’s all they care about.” That’s right…?…Well now, I…That’s the reason I don’t say I’m a minister or a preacher. When I was a little boy, my father was a—a rider, and he used to follow rodeos and so forth, and ride fancy riding.

33. THE SIGN OF THIS TIME — 1963-11-13

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• ¶165–¶169 Oh, may the world hunger for that! Where is He? If He ever was God, He’s got to still be God. If He didn’t, He died. See? “He is the same,” the Bible said, “yesterday, today, and forever.” Now notice, her heart begin to hunger now, so she had a good idea. She said, “I’m going to take quite a bit of money, and some frankincense and stuff, myrrh. And if that thing is right, I’m going to support it. If it isn’t right, I’ll leave it alone.” She could sure teach Pentecostals! Support something that calls you a holy-roller and everything else, see, and you still support it. See? Oh, my! And the gift of wisdom is supposed to be in the church. Now notice. That’s for the pastors to say. Now notice. Then she says this, “I’ll take my gifts with me. And if it isn’t the truth, I can bring my gifts back.” That’s good. Now the little lady got ready to go. She taken a few eunuchs, all this money, and her maids. Now just think the distance she had to travel, to find out whether this was right or not. See? Measure it on your map, from Palestine down to Sheba. It’s exactly ninety days, three months on the back of a camel. She didn’t…She had difficults. She couldn’t come in an air- conditioned Cadillac like we do. But, she, she come all the way from the uttermost part of civilization, the world at that time, to hear the wisdom of Solomon.

34. BALM IN GILEAD — 1961-02-18

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• ¶135–¶137 Hadn’t been but a little while, I went out and got some more orders and come up. And I had a place up there where somebody had went up and pushed the wires on a meter, and just running it without that, and somebody in there ironing. Why, if they had cut a wire across it, twenty-three hundred had come through there, it would kill a woman dead with a iron in her hand. So I had to go up and cut them nips off, so they couldn’t put it in straight like that. So, I just cutting it off like that, come down, and Doctor Brown was coming down the street. He said, “Hello, Billy!” And I said, “Hello there, Dr. Brown.” My, he’s a mighty fine man, Methodist preacher. And he said, “How you doing this morning?” I said, “Fine, fine.” He said, “You Baptists are really having a time up there, aren’t you?” I said, “Oh, yes, sir. We just having…” He said, “How you get that there crowd you have up there every Sunday night, Billy?” I said, “I give them pills.” And he said, “What kind of pills?” I said, “Gos-pills.” Uh-huh. And he said, and so, “Oh,” he said, “you haven’t lost any of your southern idea.” I said, “Nope, nope, that’s right.” He said, “You know what, Billy?” He said, “The other day…I’ve got five hundred members to that church down there,” and he said, “I’ve sent out five hundred cards to get those people to pledge that they would come six months out of the year to Sunday school. Within the year they would register six times in—in…they would register six months in the year, they would come.” And said, “You know how many answered?”

35. COUNTDOWN — 1964-02-09

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• ¶1a–¶1a Thank you, congregation. Let us pray. Lord Jesus, we are always blessed when You’re in our, or, we’re in Your Presence. And we pray this afternoon that You’ll meet with us again in a great way, and do the—the unexpected for us again, today. This day is given to pray for the sick; we set this aside. I pray, Lord Jesus, that there’ll not be any feeble among us when we leave. I thank You for letting me have favor with these people. May the things that I’ve said, Lord, may they ring true to the people, for It’s Thy Word. Now, we’re expecting You to meet with us now, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. May be seated. I want to thank Brother Winners, and for this fine group of ministers that’s cooperated, sponsored in this meeting, for all the ministers who cooperated, for every person that’s come, and for your great support in the spiritual side. It’s been easy to speak; it’s been hard to get off the platform for me; I could just stay for hours. And—and for all that you have done, we thank the people, the fairground here, the trustees, or however it’s controlled, for giving us the privilege of having this place. For every church: I pray that God will multiply your members and will raise you up in the Spirit and just do the exceedingly abundantly above all that you’ve been expecting; may He do more than that. I thank the Christian Businessmen, the Full Gospel Businessmen, for their fine support, too, for helping us here. Brother Paul Cain, he was here with us today, I suppose he’s been fasting. Well, here, setting right behind me. My, he’s young’d up a whole lot. I hardly know him anymore. He used to be kind of fat, but he’s thinned up a little, and I hardly can tell him anymore. Seen him the other night in a vision at the…down at the Ramada Inn; to a lady he had prayed for and he’d been pray-…she’d been prayed for by him before, and I couldn’t make him out, for a while. I was watching the vision. I said, “There’s some man.” At when he… I…Oh, the vision was closer, and I seen, then I said, “It’s Paul Cain.

36. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — 1958-09-28

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• ¶71c–¶71c And you give that three thousand dollars to them people, to build a church.” I said, “That’s right.” Said, “But you owe income tax on it.” Said, “You gave it to the church.” Said, “See, it was yours before it was the church’s.” He said, “Isn’t it the truth, that a certain man…” And I won’t call his name, ’cause many of you know him. “His house burnt down, here in the country, and you had come in, off your meeting, and you had fifteen hundred dollars.” Now, that may sound a whole lot of money, to one of you all. But that’s just fifteen days for me to loaf, or rest. Cost me over a hundred dollars a day, whether I preach or whether I don’t, to take care of the office and things. And said, “You had fifteen hundred dollars. And that man was…house burnt down. He had about six children, and you gave him that fifteen hundred dollars.” Sure, they had my check laying here. I said, “That’s right.” I said, “What would you do, a man with five children living in a tent, and it zero weather and snow on the ground? You think I could set in a decent house and know that that man and them little children out there, freezing, and coats stuffed around them, and with money could have helped him?” He said, “Isn’t it true that a man died in an alley up here? And he come from Kentucky. He didn’t even have money for his funeral service, and you buried the man. And you and your wife took money and went down to J. C. Penney’s.” Folded out the checks. Said, “You spent over two hundred dollars just for clothes for those children.” I said, “That’s right.” He said, “Isn’t it a fact that an old woman right here in this certain city…” That lives in, then, New Albany. And said, “You gave her three hundred and something dollars, to pay a back grocery bill, that, they had cut her off, on. And you paid nearly five hundred dollars for her rent, that they was going to set her out in the winter.

37. THE TIME IS AT HAND — 1956-04-08

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• ¶11–¶12 Now, in the reading of the Gospel. I was telling Pastor Boze just a few moments ago…And I’m…want to express again outwardly I— my gratitude and appreciations to Pastor Boze. I…You know we are all, we are…We have our ups-and-downs, and there’s sometimes that we have our ins-and-outs, as we call it. But Brother Joseph has proven to be my friend in all kinds of weather. And I—I love that all weather friend, don’t you? Whether you are right or wrong…And I appreciate Brother Joseph. I—I… He didn’t know I was going to say that, and probably would’ve stopped me if I was going to say it. But I would rather give him a—a little rosebud now, then a whole wreath after he’s gone. And I appreciate Brother Joseph Boze. And his relative, Mrs. Michen Roby, the great work that she’s doing in Germany for those poor little children…In Shreveport the other day, when I met her down there, and she was out soliciting and doing everything she could to support them poor little refugees in Germany, and she give me some papers. And I happened to put them in my pocket and at home, you know when you go home how your little kiddies are, they want to search your pocket, “Daddy, did you bring me something?” And no matter what it is, they are expecting something. And they picked up these papers, and I seen little Rebekah in there a reading it. And she come back. She said, “Daddy, did you see these little fellows when you was overseas?” She said, “Maybe I could give them one pair of my shoes.” And I said, “Honey, daddy will just give some of his love offerings and things like that to help it, so that we can send over to help those people.”

38. THIRSTING FOR LIFE — 1957-07-28

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• ¶47–¶48a Someone else would say, “Remember me, Brother Branham, in prayer. God, I’m a—I want to accept You just now, accept Your Son as my personal Saviour.” Would you put up your hand, someone else on the bottom floor? God bless you back there, my brother. Somebody… God bless you over here, my brother. God bless you down here, brother. God bless you back there, brother. That’s good. Back over to my right, the Lord bless you, back here. Somebody else now would raise your hand and say, “Brother Branham, remember me in prayer just now”? As we’re just about to close the service, say, “Remember me, I want to here accept Christ as my personal Saviour.” Would you raise your hand, saying, “Remember me, Brother Branham”? That’s right. God bless you, sister. God bless you, sister. I know there’s plenty of them in here. Would you just put up your hand? You can do that much. On the bottom floor now, will you do it before we go to the balconies? Been about fifteen. God bless you back there. I see your hand. God bless you. God bless you, my brother back there. That’s good. “Oh, Brother Branham, I know I go to church, but I—I…” God bless you, sister here. God bless you here, lady. “I go to church, but I—I know—I know I’m not right. And I want to be right. God knows I want to be right.” Will you put up your hand? The balconies to my right, someone up there say, “Brother Branham, remember me”? God bless you, young man. God bless you, lady. Someone else say…God—God bless you, lady. That’s good. “Remember me, Brother Branham, just now in prayer, as you go to prayer. I believe in you.” God bless you, brother. I now want to raise my hand and say, “I believe in Jesus Christ, and, Brother Branham, remember me in prayer. Just before you leave this building tonight, won’t you do it?” Put up your hand, and I’ll certainly do it, that God will see you. Won’t you do it? Up here’s the balcony to the right. Just one more time across. God bless you, sir, right here. I see your hand.

39. THIS GREAT WARRIOR, JOSHUA — 1955-01-19

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• ¶26b–¶27 And said, “One day I was over there with someone else, and while setting in the room Brother Branham told me within in twenty four hours my baby’s feet would be straightened.” Said, “The next morning the wife and I jumped up at the same time and run at the cradle” and said, “both feet was just as normal as they could be.” And said, “If Brother Branham says ‘THUS SAITH THE LORD,’ that my wife is going home in twenty-four hours, good-bye, I’m going home to straighten up the house to get her home.” That’s right. And away he went, straightened up the house; in twenty four hours she was home, been there ever since. That’s been two years ago. And this woman, the grandmother of…Well, it was the grandmother of the child, the mother of the girl, when she told that to an institution that was sending her so much money each month to support the Jewish people, when she’d accepted Divine healing and saw that, they cut off her support, and said, “We have…We don’t disregard Brother Branham; we have nothing against the man, but we cannot entangle Divine healing in our program.” Well then, you’re out of God’s program if that…?…remember that. I’d rather be a fanatic to the world and be right before God, than to—anything that I know of. Yes, sir. That’s right. When God proves His doings and actions by vindicates them by signs and wonders… He’s always done it, and He will always do it. As long as there’s a world there’ll be a supernatural God here to control things. And He will always have somebody He can put His hands on.

40. SPEAK TO THIS ROCK — 1960-06-12

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• ¶5–¶8 We cordially invite you, that if any time that you have any troubles, or anything that we could help you, why, the night never gets too dark, and the rain never falls too hard, you could call us…I used to say I could come to you, but there’s so many now, I couldn’t do it, ’cause it runs into, well, I guess millions, not only just like here, but around the whole world, you see. And it makes it too hard, I—I can’t say that, I’d love to do it, but I can’t say it with all my heart, because I wouldn’t be able to do it. But if you have a prayer request, just mail it to me any time, just: William Branham, Jeffersonville, Indiana. You don’t…Post Office 325, but you don’t have to have that, it’ll come, anyhow. And we’ll be glad to minister to you, send you prayer cloths, any help, anything that we can, absolutely free, nothing, there’s no charges to nothing. We got books, they sell them, and they belong to someone else. Brother Lindsay owns one of them, and Brother Julius Stadsklev owns the other. And we buy them at forty cents less on the book, then we have to pay for bringing them, pay for selling them, stand the loss, and you see what we are? It’s always in the red, the books are. Every time we take an inventory on that, we’re always behind. Because I’ve told the boys, and all, if they find any person that wants a book, and they haven’t got the money to pay for it, take it, anyhow, take the book, anyhow. And I seen the first night when we started on books, a little ol’ mother standing back there with, fumbling in her pocketbook, trying to get out sixty cents, she didn’t have but forty.

41. BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE — 1962-06-12

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• ¶22–¶24 I was in a—a Lutheran college, Bethany, where I’d been called on the carpet, oh, my, just digging me up, he’s the one, called me a polished-up soothsayer, and then the Lord kind of got after him about it a little bit, you know, and so he called me up to apologize. We went down into a basement where they set a nice big dinner, and he said to me, he said, “Brother Branham, I just want to ask you some questions. First, I’m sorry I said what I said in that letter.” I said, “That’s all right, I never even thought no more about it.” He said, “I want you to tell me, what in the world…? Are we Lutherans in the race?” I said, “Sure.” He said, “What—what—what have we got?” I said, “You got the Spirit of God.” And I said, “You know…” They, for the students who couldn’t pay their way through, so, they had about a thousand acres there of corn, so they just worked their way through. So they…He said…I said, “A man one time planted a corn crop, and he went out, and the next morning there was two little leaves sticking up, he said, ‘Praise the Lord for my crop of corn!’” I said, “Now, Brother Hegre, did he have a crop of corn?” He said, “Well, not yet.” I said, “Potentially he did, didn’t he?” He said, “Yes.” I said, “That was you Lutherans.” I said, “By and by, them two little blades growed up, and after while it made a tassel, that was the Methodist. They looked back down and said, ‘There’s no more use for you, you’re just a leaf, I’m a tassel.’

42. AS THE EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST — 1959-08-15

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• ¶27–¶30 Little boy in the wheelchair, the little, colored lad; a fine-looking, young fellow setting here, looking at me on a pillow, the little white, boy setting there; this young man laying here on this stretcher; to you out there that’s dying with heart trouble, may not live through the night if God don’t help you, tuberculars, cancer eaten, whatever you may be, if the doctor has given you up, don’t lose courage, God is still on the throne. If you can believe that, and accept that, I’ve never seen it fail. I’m fifty years old, been in the ministry thirty years, prayed for millions of people, and I’ve never seen it fail. When a true heart comes to God, and believes with all that’s in you, having faith that He’ll do it, He’ll do it. Thank you for your kindness, for the offerings, and for all you’ve done, and the…I don’t know how to say any more than, “God bless you.” And to me, that’s the greatest word there is. If God will bless me, everything else will be all right, just long as God blesses me. Now, we got to leave in a few moments to Jeffersonville. Tomorrow’s services is down at the tabernacle; I don’t guess I’ll get to be there. And to you, my…We got many here from Jeffersonville, and I don’t guess I’ll get to be there, but next Sunday, the Lord willing, I’ll be there. And now, you…Just as soon as I can, I’m leaving for overseas, for Sydney, Australia, and New Zealand, Siam, into Africa. I want to meet my good friend, Brother Thom here, that spoke to you this afternoon. Thank you for your kindness to him, and your support. I love little Tommy here, and he—he’s my brother. And I aim to be with him this coming spring in South Africa.

43. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA — 1958-01-07

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• ¶38–¶39 And if God’s gifts are right, you don’t have to support it so much financially, but you ought to support it with the praises of God, with testimony, with leading people to Christ, and doing something for the glory of God. Not only your money or so forth, but everything that’s in you, you should support the work of the Lord. She ladened the camel. And as she went, remember, with all that gold on those camels, thousands times thousands of dollars’ worth of gold, and precious jewels, and myrrh, and frankincense, smelling perfumes that was very costly. And when she went to see that if it was right, she was going to support it. Now, look what a chance she had to take, all them robbers in the desert just waiting for her. But if God has called your heart, there isn’t enough in the world to keep you away from Christ. All the threats that you’ll be excommunicated from your church, all the threats that they’ll lay you off at your work, there is nothing that will separate us, or stop us from reaching our goal, when we really in our heart, get right and our objective is right that we’re going for the sincere part as to find out if God has did this. If Jesus is raised from the dead, let’s support it. If He’s the same, yesterday, today, and forever, let’s stay by it. Let’s do everything that we can to make the people see the Kingdom of God. She had to cross the desert. So away she took. Now, if you are determined, and it’s for the right thing, God will make a way. After a while, we see the camels across the desert, the poor little woman sets up there, and the desert winds blowing, and her lips parching, but her eyes were set toward God. Though camels stumbling along the road with a little bitty army of a guard she had, which the great desert full of Ishmaelites could’ve took them in a moment, but her heart was set. “If there is a Jehovah God and He’s making Hisself known, I want to be His servant.”

44. GOD COMMISSIONING MOSES — 1953-05-08

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• ¶1c–¶1c Webster; at least he thought he did; he said, “Brother Branham,” said, “your grammar’s very poor.” I said, “Yes, sir, I know that.” He said, “Oh, at the—at the mistakes you made tonight.” And I said, “Yes, sir,” I said, “that’s—that’s right.” I said, “I’m sorry.” I said, “I was raised a big family and I didn’t get an education.” And I said, “I…My father died and I had to work—have to take care of ten children.” I said, “It…Didn’t get a chance to get any education.” He said, “Oh, but that’s no excuse now.” And I said, “Well, that’s right,” I said, “but since this ministry’s come on,” I said, “I can’t even get a chance to eat my dinner at home, let alone study grammar.” I said, “I’m just…people…praying for the sick.” He said, “Oh,” but said, “you could take a correspondence; you could do something.” Said, “I noticed one—one mistake that you certainly made that you ought to correct.” And I said, “What?” “You said, ‘The people coming by this ‘polepit.’” He said, “Your congregation would appreciate you more if you said, ‘Pulpit’ and not ‘polepit.’” He just kinda pull me a little hard. I said, “Look, brother, I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but them people out there don’t care whether I say ‘polepit’ or ‘pulpit.’ The only thing they want me to do is to preach the Gospel good and clear in everyday language, and live what I preach. And then if God performs the signs and wonders and takes care of the rest of it…” So that’s right. Isn’t that right? That’s right. So the main thing is produce what you’re talking about. That’s right. If God will back up your word, if the word is “pulpit” or “polepit,” it will be just the same. Tonight, for a few moments, if you will spare the time, I like to read some Scripture out of two places in the Bible, and just talk to you a few moments, and then we will go right in and have prayer for the sick. And I want to read out of Acts, the 1st chapter of Acts, the 8th verse.

45. THE GOD OF THIS EVIL AGE — 1965-08-01

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• ¶1a–¶1a [Brother Orman Neville says:] [This report, after the joint meeting of the Deacon and the Trustee Board of the Tabernacle of Friday night, we are reading these resolutions which will pertain to every man, every woman, that as an endorsed follower of this ministry, would like to know the mind of the Board, the Pastor, and the Associate Pastor, I read these resolutions this morning. Everyone give as earnest heed and attention to it as you can.] [THESE RESOLUTIONS WERE MADE AND PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DEACONS IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE PASTOR AND THE ASSISTANT PASTOR.] [I: All tapes of Rev. William Branham’s sermons are to be made by Fred Sothmann only, until further notified by the Board. We do not at this time recognize any Free Tape Ministry. These tapes are franchised, and cannot be reproduced by any person other than Fred Sothmann without his written permission.] [II: No person holding meetings, selling books or tapes, writing tracts, giving out prayer cloths or cards of any kind, or soliciting any gifts, are not recognized by this church or its pastor. They are doing this under false pretense, and have not been given the authority to do so.] [III: This church does not send out any ministers other than its pastor, Rev. William Branham, to hold services elsewhere.] [The reasons for these resolutions are as follows:] [It has been brought to our attention that ministers are crossing the country entering into other fellowships, saying they are associated with, and are sent out by this church to hold these meetings.] [It has also been brought to our attention that people are printing cards and tracts, sending out prayer cloths etc. as though they were authorized to do so by this church and its Pastor, which is not true. It will be appreciated if you will notify the church of any person found doing this.] [These resolutions have been read and approved by the Pastor, Rev. William Branham, Associate Pastor, Rev. Orman Neville, and the Trustee and Deacon Board.] [“May the Lord bless you.”—Ed.] [In the evening service, 65-0801E, Brother Branham tells how the church board made these decisions.

46. THE UNCERTAIN SOUND — 1960-12-18

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• ¶483–¶486 How many has ever seen the discernment, raise your hand. All right, all of you. That’s right, so you know what it is. Now do you believe, this morning, that you’ve heard the Voice of God? Now I’m going to ask for Brother Wood, Brother Fred Sothmann, and some of the trustees, to come here just a moment. Some of you trustee brothers, or deacons, or whatever, come here just a moment. Now it’s going to be rather congested here, and I want you to help. Now to you, you people on this, my right side, that’s going to be prayed for, I want you to come on this side here. And brother, Brother Collins, stand right down in there, if you will. And come right down here, so they can come by and be prayed for. I’m going to ask you little children on this side of the altar, if you’ll go over on this side just for a few minutes, for Brother Branham; not for me, but for the Lord Jesus. Now you brethren stand here so that the people can come right through, and then—then we’ll take all on this other side. Now from this first row right here…Brother Charlie, I wonder if you brethren, David and you, if you want to come up here, or move kind of back towards the back? All right. Now the first ones here in this row, just raise up like that; just start from that side, over and against the wall, as we pray, now, when we get ready to start. Now, not yet. Then when this side over here, we’ll have you all to go back to this side; and then, and then come on out to that side, and then come down. Now the trustees and them will get you in the right position.