<TITLE>11. Par 41-44</TITLE>L-41 Here not long ago, when I was standing in Durban, South Africa, after the journey down through there, thousands and thousands had been converted. We finally gathered up to that great final meeting at Durban. That day, I will never forget it. When we was all gathered there, the mayor come take me down to this city, out of the city out there. And for three city blocks, back from the race track, was seats lined up, the people setting. And I looked for a city block this side of the grand stand out in here, or more, was people lined up. And they had a little place built, plumb back the other side of the race course. Just as far as you could see this way, or that way, was people.
And there some of them sitting half naked, more than half naked. For instance this, a lady give birth to a baby setting right like that, just picked it up, and started holding it, went on, never paid any attention while the service was going on.

L-42 Now, setting there, so ignorant, hardly knowed what right hand and left. And they were packing little mud idols in their arms, many of them, sprinkled with blood. I said, "What's you got that idol for?"
"Oh..."
"Are you a Christian?"
"Yeah."
"A Christian?"
"Yes."
"Well, what are you packing the idol for?"
Said, "My daddy packed it, and a lion got after him one day, and he made a little fire and said a prayer, and the lion went away." So he was packing it.
I said, "There is no power in that idol."
But what come to find out, friends, that the missionaries that went over there... And here a few nights ago, standing with the Southern Baptist group of people at a seminary, where they was trying to sponsor a meeting, said, "Would you come over and take this meeting?"
I said, "No, sir. Not unless the Lord would tell me to." I said, "No, no." I said...

L-43 "Well," he said, well, Dr. Sandon, Billy Graham's in Wheatly stood there and autographed his books and said, "Brother Branham, the thing that you are... got," said, "you got too many holy-rollers around you." Said, "If you would let a big church sponsor your meetings..."
I said, "Would you do it, in Wheaton College would they sponsor my meeting in Minneapolis?"
Said, "Well, of course a..."
I said, "Yes, I thought so. Of course." I said, "The only people that'll sponsor it, is those people who has had a touch of God that believes in the supernatural."
"Oh," he said, "we've got the Holy Ghost."
I said, "Let me tell you, brother, if you had the Holy Ghost you'd believe that message."
He said, "Well, we preach the Blood."

L-44 I said, "Listen here. When Balak was standing there, and offered a sacrifice on seven real Hebrew sacrifices, bullock, ram, every altar bleeding. And there stood Balak with all the renown, stood out there around the smoldering sacrifice. The same sacrifice was offered over in Israel. And Balak went forth to see one part of Israel. And when he come back, instead of cursing Israel, he said, 'I have not beheld iniquity in Jacob. I've seen him from the hilltop. His strength's like the unicorn.'" Oh, my. The same bleeding sacrifice that was offered down there in the camp was offered right here.


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