<TITLE>15. Par 55-56</TITLE>L-55 Just a beautiful morning, the sun up high upon...?... fragrance of roses. Oh, my, the flowers blooming like spring.
She was hanging out over the fence, like this. She just looked at me; tears was streaking down her cheeks. She said, "Good morning, parson." Parson, that's what they call ministers...?... Said, "Good morning, parson."
I looked up, and I said, "Good morning, auntie." And I said, "How'd you know I was a parson?"
And she said, "I prayed my prayers for you."
I said, "Yes, ma'am."
She said, "Parson, did you ever hear about that woman, that Shunammite in the Bible?" Said, "The Lord give her a child when she was past the age of bearing?"
I said, "Yes, ma'am. I've read that many times."
She said, "I's is one of them kind of women too." Said, "The Lord give me a child, and I promised the Lord I'd raise him a Christian...?..." Said, "Parson, he took the road that's wrong...?..." And said, "Here he lays in here now, dying with venereal disease, syphilitic. The doctors had give him up. They'd give him...?... everything that could be done. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] And said, "The doctor was here last night, and said--said, 'He won't live till morning.'" [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
"... been like that?"
She said, "I got up at day and I said, "But Lord where is Your Elijah." She said, "And I begin to pray." And said, "I prayed and prayed." And said, "This morning while I was praying, I fell asleep." Said, "I dreamed that I'd be standing here the next morning." Said, "Then I heard you coming, singing that song, I said, 'Lord I thank you.'" See, see? They that are sons and daughters of God are led by the... She was expecting.

L-56 She said, "I was expecting you along. When I seen you coming the Holy Spirit said, 'There he is.'" I said, 'Oh, I...?...'"
I said, "Auntie, my name is Branham. Did you ever hear of me?"
She said, "No, sir. I never heard of you, Parson Branham."
I said, "Well, auntie," I said, "the Lord has sent me forth to pray for the sick. I got down and...?... campaigns. And I said, "Auntie, this morning I was going to the post office, and the Holy Spirit told come this way...?..."
And she said, "Come in, parson." Opened up the gate. I walked in and looked in there, there was a great big fine looking colored boy laying there, had that blanket...?... him, going, "Umm, umm."...?... told me to do...?...
Said, "Oh, my." And she said, "Parson Branham, praise the Lord...?..." ...?... pray with all my heart for him. I said, "I believe the Lord...?... now." So we knelt down, started praying. I said, "You pray."
And wanted to see how she prayed. And oh, you talk about a prayer; you ought to have heard that old saint call out to God. Said, "I cried like a baby." I said, "Mother..." And I stood crying as she said, "Lord, surely, You haven't...?... Hear me, Lord." Said, "Here is Parson Branham standing here this morning...?... Holy Spirit, He told me to go stand at the gate. Lord, here he is...?... my Father." She'd been crying like that.
When she raised up, and he was going, "Umm." And she took her apron and wrapped--wiped the tears out of her eyes. She said, "Honey child, don't you know mammy...?..."
I said... No matter how old he was, he was still mama's baby. A mother will never forget, a real mother. She patted him like that on the cheek.
Said, "Umm. Is that your voice, mammy? Umm, said, "...?... it gets dark. See, I'm cold, mammy, so cold. I don't know where I'm going, mammy. Umm, mammy, mammy. Pray for me. Pray for me. (Like that.) Umm." He started going out again like that.
She said, "Won't you pray, Parson Branham?"


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