<TITLE>17. Par 58-62</TITLE>L-58 Now, if the doctor... You can't go in the cave, emergency's on, then that's God that's speaking to you tonight, saying, "I'm your strength and the very present help now in the time of trouble."
I knelt down and prayed. I got up. I thought, "Well, now, I've prayed. I've asked You, God; that's all I can do. You promised me if I asked, I shall receive. You've promised it, and it's for a worthy cause, not for me, but for someone else. And I--and I..."

L-59 Just like you say tonight, "Lord, maybe I haven't lived as close as I should, but if You'll heal me tonight I'll live for You the rest of my days. If I can't do no more than pass tracts, if I can't do no more than testify, I'll do everything I can if You'll only make me well."
He's our refuge and strength and a very present help when trouble is on. So I got up. That's all I could do. I said, "Now, Lord, I'm starting this way. I believe I went... come this way. This is the best of my knowledge: my knowledge. I come this way. And I'm going straight through this way, believing that the Voice that was speaking in my ear, which is gone now, saying, "The Lord is our strength and refuge, very present help in the time of trouble." I believe that it was You, God."

L-60 "And looking through these pines as the winds are tearing and whistling them through there, I believe beyond that somewhere there's an Angel of God followed me through this forest." And there was. He was with me, yet He never manifested Hisself. That's years ago, about fifteen years ago.
And I was going along through there walking like this. And I felt somebody go [Brother Branham illustrates.--Ed.] on my shoulder. I turned to look who it was, and just then the fog cleared away. I followed through that bushes, I seen I was going straight into Canada, the way I was going, my knowledge. And here was Hurricane Mountain right up here, it was on my other side. See, I was passing right by it.
I pointed myself directly like this. I raised up my hands, and I said, "O great God, You're so close to me till You laid Your hand on my shoulder. You're my strength and help, a very present help in the time of trouble."

L-61 I set my face. I said, "It's getting dark. I must keep my course. I mustn't vary no matter what gets in my way. If I ever miss that..."
Now, that summer I'd helped the ranger put up a telephone wire to go to the tower back down to where the lean-to was made. And from there we hunted. I thought, "If I can ever get to that telephone wire, I can find my way down then. But I'm set towards Hurricane Mountain. I can't twist around here 'cause there's too many hills and ravines. In this fog I'd never find it. I've got to go straight to that tower."

L-62 So I started walking with my hands up praising God. It got dark. I couldn't see any longer, and the winds blowing, and twisting. And I was going up over hills and down through rough places. No matter which way He leads, keep towards Calvary. Keep looking. It may get rough. You may slip and fall, but keep going towards Calvary. Just keep moving.
And I got up. And I thought, "It ought to be about the height of dark now." I put up my hands like this. I knowed the wire was just about this high. I thought, "Oh, if I could only feel that wire. If I can feel that wire, is my only hope right now. I can't..." My arms would get so tired I couldn't hardly walk. I'd put this one up and rest this one walking through those bushes and around these trees and that snow in you're neck and everything. I was moving like this.


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