<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>55-0222, Jehovah-Jireh, Shriner Temple, Phoenix, AZ, 86 min
L-1 Good evening, friends. Very happy to be here tonight in the service of the Lord. And happy to see all you people out.
We was just a little late getting in, tonight. So I was praying, and they were knocking on the door, but I couldn't hear them. I was kind a lost away in prayer. That's a good way to be, isn't it? Talking to our lovely master.
Now, we... This is the third night of the services, and we trust that everyone has been blessed by the Holy Spirit since the meetings has been going on. Phoenix ought to be in good condition for a city-sweeping revival in every church. Brother Roberts has just left, God's servant, and he always has a good revival, and the Lord has been with us, so far, in this revival, so... My, every church ought to be helped now. And I believe they're having a revival or two, around the city now.

L-2 The First Assemblies of God, I believe it is, is having a--a revival, and morning meetings also, by some evangelist. And I don't remember just what the brother's name is now, but I heard about him. Brother Hagin? [Someone says, "Hagin."--Ed.] Hagin? Brother Hagin is holding a revival at the (Is that the First Assembly?) First Assemblies of God. And I've met their pastor, a fine man. And he had the meeting already stationed. The reason (or staged, rather), because he said he was... The reason they couldn't come in to this meeting, and... It never hurts when it's a tourist town, like this. My, there's plenty of people going to church. And he has a morning service too, over there, about nine or ten o'clock.
And you strangers in the city, drop in. Hear the brother. I've never met him, but he's my brother anyhow, whether I've met him or not. And then, I think there's other revivals, that I don't know nothing of. We'd be glad to announce them from the platform, if they'd turn them in.

L-3 And we're trying our best to get our part of seeing the Bride make herself ready for the coming of the Lord. That's our alternative. And the Lord be praised for it. And now...
Everybody feeling real good, tonight, just all prayed up, and ready? Oh, that's just fine.
And now, there's some handkerchiefs here, that I want to pray over, before we start. The handkerchiefs... Yes, sir, brother. These handkerchiefs represent sick people.

L-4 I remember one time in Africa, I believe it was, we had, I believe it was around twenty-one sack fulls was to be prayed for, thousands of handkerchiefs. Someone said, "Brother Branham is a very fine fellow, but," said, "he's very superstitious. He--he prays over handkerchiefs." But it was... It's not superstition; it's trying to do something that our brothers before us did, and help the people.
We're taught in the Bible, that they'd taken off the body on Saint Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons. I believe Paul had Scripture for everything he did, don't you think so? Because he--he certainly wouldn't be unscriptural with it. And he...
I believe he got that from where Elijah said to his servant, Gehazi, I believe it was. When the Shunammite woman's baby had died, he said, "Take this staff, and go lay it on the child." Elijah knew that everything that he touched was blessed, if he could just get the woman to believe the same thing. But her faith wasn't in the staff; it was in the prophet, so... But I think that's where Paul got it.


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