<TITLE>10. Par 36-39</TITLE>L-36 Now, this little virgin was all excited. Notice, here's what I like about Mary. Amen. Instead of doubting like Zacharias, that preacher, she said, "Behold the handsmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to Your Word."
She didn't try to figure it all out like he did. "Why," he said, "now, look, my wife's old" and so forth like this. We have plenty of examples. Look at Hagar at the temple. And look at Sarah. Many of the old women had had children by God's blessings upon them. And he had plenty of examples. But he had--she had to believe something that had never happened.
Well, here's what I like about Mary, before she felt life, before any physical outward demonstration, before there was one thing ceased in her body, before she felt life or anything, she started out testifying that she was going to have a baby. Hallelujah. God give us some more Marys that'll take God at His Word. God had said so through His Angel, didn't make any difference what everything else took place, she was going to have a baby, because she took God at His Word. Amen.

L-37 If we had that type of people here in this audience this afternoon, there wouldn't be a sick person among us. Take God at His Word and start rejoicing.
She went around telling everybody. "Going to have a baby."
"How do you know, you are?"
"God said so."
A virgin... Hallelujah. Amen. I like that. All right. She took God at His Word and started rejoicing. She couldn't stand still; she had to go tell somebody. Everybody that ever comes in contact with God has to tell somebody else. Yes, sir.
And away she went. The Angel told her about Elisabeth. And Elisabeth was her first cousin. She had to go find Elisabeth. So way up through the streets of Nazareth and out into Judaea and up in the hilly country she went to find Elisabeth, to tell her about what was going to happen to her. So she knowed that Elisabeth was already to be mother; it was six months with her. And so they were going to have a rejoicing time together.

L-38 And now look, I can see Mary coming up to meet Elisabeth, and there come Elisabeth out to meet her. And she seen her coming, and she run out, I imagine, and throwed her arms around her and hugged her and begin to kiss her. "Oh, Elisabeth, I'm so glad to see you."
"And Mary I'm so glad to see you."
That's the way they greeted one another. They had love for one another. You don't see that no more now. It's all about faded away, love. You know, brother, isn't it awful? People don't care for one another no more. Why, it used to be when we was out in the country, had our farm, and when somebody would get sick in the neighborhood, why, we'd go over there and cut their corn or--or cut up the wood and bring it in, and do anything we could to help them.
But they don't do that no more, the only way you know, your neighbor is dead is when you read in the paper. You don't know, nothing about it. Brotherly love is ceased. Isn't that the truth?

L-39 I was riding along with somebody the other day, and there was a woman going down the street and knowed my wife. And--and so she said, "Hello."
And I said, "Did you speak to her?"
She said, "Yeah."
I said, "I didn't hear you."
She said, "Well, I turned around and smiled."
I said, "That's not it, a little silly grin. You going, 'Hi.' I don't like that."
I was coming out of a meeting here in Miami, Brother Bosworth, and there was some Duchess down there, that she was back in behind a little flap of the tent there. And Brother Bosworth said, "The Duchess that let us have this place wants to shake your hand ,Brother Branham."
I said, "Well now, she's no more than the rest of them." See? I said, "She's just a woman."
He said, "Well, I told her she--she couldn't talk to you, but if we was going through the place like that," said, "well, she could shake your hand."
I said, "Well, that's up to you."


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