<TITLE>12. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 Now, I said, "He's seventy-two years old. God promised him seventy. Now, he's seventy-two, and he's been a healthy, strong man. But now, his time's come. His doctor has been here and said he was dying. And the blood clot looks like is swelling on up in his body now. Perhaps... He's lived longer now than the doctor give him to live. But I've asked God... God's never said a word to me. So I suppose God is going to take him."
I said, "He's a Christian, ready to go. So there's nothing... He's lived his life. So I guess God will take him." That's all I knew.
So they was crying, of course. I had a farewell prayer for him, went on home (Thank you, brother.), went on home. And when I got home that night, next afternoon, I went over to the Baptist Hospital. And as soon as I got over there, their... Her--her son-in-law, the mother, the old mother, her son-in-law, he was a Catholic. And after marrying this girl, had changed churches and become a Protestant. And his mother's people were Catholic yet. So they sent for the priest to come and anoint the woman for death, just for consolation for the family.

L-39 So it happened to be, the Irish priest and I met there at the same time. I said, "Now, just a moment. I have no disregard for any man's religion, as far as I'm concerned, but if... Let me go in first. If this brother, this priest, is going in there to anoint her for death, I'm going in to anoint her for life." See? I said, "We can't get this mixed up." But I said, "If you will, let me pronounce life on her first."
So they let me go in. Then when I went in there, there was a group of people standing there. She was kind of in a coma, swollen way up to her eyes and everything, some kind of a poisoning that comes from childbirth, that they could do nothing with, so they... the medical science...

L-40 So I went in, asked to be in the room all alone with her. I stood there; I said, "Sister, do you remember me?"
And she, trying to open her eyes; she said, "Who is it?"
And I said, "Brother Branham."
And she started crying, tears washing all... swollen face, young woman, about twenty-two. And she said, "Oh, Brother Branham, shake my hand, shake my hand."
And I said, "Now, just don't be hysterically, sister dear." See? And I took hold of her hand. I said, "I come to have prayer."
She said, "Oh!" And just...
I said, "Now, be quiet, be quiet." See? "Don't get all emotional. Wait till God heals you, and then get emotional." See? And so, I said, "Come solid, sanely, listen to me now."

L-41 So I laid hands upon her and asked our dear Lord Jesus, if he would heal her. I prayed for her, walked back from the bed and was going to leave. I picked up my overcoat and hat. And when I turned around, up over that bed was that Pillar of Fire moving around and around.
I knew He was going to say something. Now, I hadn't saw a vision for about a week or ten days, since I left the Chicago meeting. And there It was moving around.
I stood still. I seen what He said. I walked over to the bed and I said, "My dear sister, though you know your condition...?"
She said, "Yes, Brother Branham." She said, "I pray that God will show you a vision."
I said, "He has. And I have THUS SAITH THE LORD."
I said, "In about six or eight hours they're going to put a...?... over here to try to bring you to 'cause you're going to go into a coma. But you're no more than going into it, just a second, till you're coming out of it."
And I said, "In the..." [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...?...


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