<TITLE>03. Par 7-9</TITLE>L-7 The meetings usually... I was talking to Jack Shuler a few nights ago. Many of you know him. It's a brother; he has great campaigns along with Billy Graham and them. And Brother Shuler said when he went to Fort Wayne, he said, "Brother Branham," said, "the first thing when I got there," said, "the Methodist people had kinda jumped on you for... about having a healing campaign." and said, "I went right down with Mr. Billings and got a girl that had been in the insane institution for about five years." (A maniac, would jump through windows and everything. Well acquainted in the city. And she was brought to the meetings, put in her right mind by the Lord Jesus.)
Said, "I brought her up on the platform and said, 'Now looky here, how many knows this girl?' He said, "Now, I want you every one to shut your mouth about Divine healing from now on." So that kinda cut it out. Then the... He said, "Well,"
I said, "I'm trying to preach out here, Brother Shuler."
He said, "You can't do that, Brother Branham." Said, "Everywhere you go, they expect you to pray for them." Said, "A lot of people said to me," said, "'Jack, why don't you quit doing so much dramatizing?" (Everything he does, he... It's in a drama, you know. "The Return Of The Prodigal" and everything.) said the fellow was talking to him, he said, "Well, are you a fisherman?"
He said,"Yes."
He said, "What do you use for fish-bait? T-bone steaks?"
He said, "Why, no."
Said, "What do you use for fish-bait?"
He said, "Worms."
Said, "You don't like them, do you?"
He said, "No, but the fish does."
He said, "That's what I thought." What the--what the people wanted. That's what the Lord wanted him to do, and that's what we have to do (Isn't that right?), just whatever the Lord calls us to do.

L-8 Now, as praying for the sick... But... So these... There's some strangers with us, not strangers; they're fellow citizens of the Kingdom. You all are. And we're of--all of one Kingdom.
Now, I'll just tell you a little religious background, and then, an experience of how preaching, why I'm praying for the sick. And we'll talk a little, a few moments, on the Gospel, and then pray for the sick tonight.
And I trust that while these few nights of being here, that it'll be a very pleasant stay. I trust to God. And I believe it will. And I know if there's anything that you people (as I've always seen amongst God's people, since I got among them), that they always try to make me welcome. And--and everything that can be done to make the pleasant stay, they always make it. And God's people, wherever they are around the world, you find them the same way. And I know they're no different in Ohio, because I've been here before.

L-9 And now, as... I've... Well, as doctrine, I don't have very much about that. I--I don't know the Book too well, but I know the Author real well, and that's the main thing. I--I--I don't try to preach doctrine. I let the... That's up to those who like to do that. I have... Christ is my Head. The Bible is my Textbook. And the world's my church. So that's about all I have, so...
I believe that Christ died to save sinners, and I believe He-- His death at Calvary was for a compound purpose. He was wounded for our transgressions, and with His stripes we were healed. And I believe that as far as in doctrine, of that... That many of you... I'd say tonight, "When did you get saved? When did Christ save you?"
You'd say, "Last year." "Last week." "Forty years ago." But He never did that. Christ saved you nineteen hundred years ago. You just accepted it last week and forty years ago. See? The--the price was already paid. He saved you. And now, the only thing you have to do is just accept it, is that right?


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