<TITLE>03. Par 10-12</TITLE>L-10 But, so... He said... I said, "Well, I come just to preach, Brother Shuler." I said, "But it looks like it's going to turn to be a healing service...?... One night we tried it and didn't get by, there's so many cases, the ambulance cases and things there."
He said, "Brother Branham, don't you never try to get by with that." He said, "You have to pray for the sick wherever you go." Said, "You know I followed you in Fort Wayne?" How many knows Mr. Billings of the Temple? Most all of you do. Mr. Billings was one of his sponsors. And he said, "As soon as I got there," said, "our Methodist brethren begin to complain about you being down there, and this big crowd of people gathered in there." Nothing but healings, that's all it was, and so forth.
I said, "Oh, that was wrong, Brother Shuler, you know that." I said...
He said, "Well," said (called the lady's name), said, "the woman had been in the insane institution for ten years. And she..." Many of you that knows Romaine Rediger, was the same thing. And she was brought down at the house there, and she was delivered right there. The Lord Jesus healed her right there, and she's--she's the mother of two children now. And that was Mother Romaine.

L-11 So this other lady had been in the institution many... I believe, if I'm not mistaken, it was ten years. She had a phobia; when she'd get in her room, they'd turn her loose, she'd run jump through her windows, like that. She jumped out of a two story window and almost taken her life. So all of them knew her around there, so Mr. Shuler said (or Brother Shuler, rather) said, "I went down and got her and brought her up on the platform to testify." He said, "Now, do you know this woman, where she was and know what she is now?" Said, "I don't want to hear you say one more thing about Brother Branham while I'm here." He said, "It wasn't nothing else but that done, it's been marvelous."
So he said, "A fellow met me the other day," said, "Brother Branham, I'm passing this on." (So, while there's no one here but just us home-folks, so, I'll just open up and talk to you.) So, he said, "I'm passing this on to you." He said, "His sermons are all drama," (You know, mostly in all... But he's wonderful at it, dramas). If you're ever around to hear him, go hear him. He's a wonderful brother, and he dramatizes. My mother heard him dramatize the return of the prodigal son.

L-12 Frankly, I think Brother Shuler studied to be a... He went to Bob Jones College or somewhere to study to be a... take Shakespeare or something like that. And they said, "We teach it here." But he got saved while he was there. So he was to be a movie star or something. So he puts all of his--his sermons in drama. And he said...
Someone said the other night, said, "Brother Jack," said, "why don't you just quit that dramatizing and just stand up and preach Christ and go on?"
Said, "I'd sure like to do it." Said, "Wouldn't you, Brother Branham?"
I said, "Sure would."
But said, "That's not our ministry, Brother Branham." He said, "This same man," said, "I just turned to him and said, "You like to fish?"
He said, "Yes."
Said, "What do you use for bait, T-bone steak?"
"Why," he said, "no."
Said, "What do you use for bait?"
He said, "Well, worms."
He said, "You don't like worms, do you?"
He said, "No, but the fish does."
He said, "That's what I thought."
He said, "People is expecting me to dramatize my services." And said, "People is expecting you to pray for them." Said, "We're doing the work of the Lord, the other man just...?..."
So I thought that was right nice. I thought that was a witty little answer. It's what the people want. That's right. It's what the--what the fish bite on. Now, as I've always said: you never show the fish the hook; you only show him the bait. He grabs the bait and gets the hook.


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