<TITLE>18. Par 60-62</TITLE>L-60 And I got out there, and got down amongst the colored people. And I happened to come down the street, walking like that, and I seen leaning across a little old whitewashed fence, a typical old Aunt Jemima with a man's shirt pinned around her head; she was leaning across the fence, them big black cheeks looking up that way. When she seen me coming, the tears was in her eyes. She said, "Good morning, parson." That was in the South; they call a preacher parson. Said, "Good morning, parson."
I said, "Good morning, auntie." I said, "How did you know I was parson?"
She started grinning, she said, "Parson, did you ever hear in the Bible about that woman, the Shunammite woman that couldn't have no children. And she told the Lord if He'd give her a baby that she'd raise it for Him?"
Said, "Yes."
Said, "I's was that kind of woman." And she said, "The Lord give me a baby," and she said, "I raised him with all my heart to serve the Lord." She said, "I washed to make a living." She said, "I's a Christian; I's been filled with God's Spirit for years." And she said, "And you know, my boy, when he got up about eighteen years old, he took the wrong road." And said, "He got with a company, and he didn't tell me nothing about it, and he took a horrible disease, and he's in here dying." Said, "He's been unconscious, parson, for two days." And said, "I--I just couldn't stand to see my baby die," she said, "without knowing the Lord." And she said, "I know he's took a wrong road; he's got to pay for his sin. But I wanted to hear him say he was saved." And said, "He's just awful." And said, "I prayed all night long." Said, "Lord, please don't let my baby die without being saved; please don't, dear Lord, I've worked so hard for You and worked for him."
And said, "I fell asleep and I dreamed that I seen a man with a light suit on and a light hat, coming down the street." And said, "You's was the man." And she said, "I've been standing here since three o'clock waiting for you." God's moving. Said, "I've been waiting here since three o'clock."

L-61 And I patted her on her back, and her back was still wet with dew. I said, "Auntie, my name is Branham." I said, "I pray for the sick, did you ever hear of me?"
Said, "No, sir, parson, I never did hear of you, but I's sorry." She said, "Won't you step in?"
And I walked in, there's a little old plow point hanging back there for a gate thing to hold a gate back. And I walked into that little colored haunt there that morning, a little house, whitewashed. And brother, I've been in three king's palaces; I've been in some of the nicest homes in the world; I was raised in a little old shack without a floor in it. When I walked into that little home that morning, I tell you, you know you was in the Presence of God. I looked in there; there was no pin-ups on the walls; it was a great big sign on the wall: God bless our home. I'd rather have it than all your fandango pin-ups and things of Hollywood.

L-62 I looked at that, I thought, "What do you know." Then in the little old iron poster bed, was a great big boy, about a hundred and eighty pounds, going, "whuum, whuum, whuum." I said, "What's the matter with him?"
She said, Parson, he's dying."
I took a hold of his feet; it was real sticky on his feet, perspiration, felt like he was dying. And she said, "The doctor says he'd never come to. He got in the wrong company. It was venereal disease, syphilitic, and it went four-plus, and it went into his heart, and eat his heart out. So, said he... The doctor man said, "He's going to die." And said, "He keeps saying he's lost." And I stayed there a little bit; he said, "Whooo, it's so dark out here."
Said, "He thinks he's in a boat, and he's lost out on the sea." And she started crying, saying, "Parson, I can't see him die like that; that's my baby." And she reached over, and kissed him on the forehead, and said, "God bless mama's baby."


<A HREF="P19">Next Page</A>