<TITLE>07. Par 21-22</TITLE>L-21 I come back home. Well, I went out to pray. Many people were there, and Brother Arganbright come up from down in there, and he said, "Brother Branham, here's the General Valdena and many of the Mexican government, and the first time in all the world's history, or the history of Mexico that ever a Protestant was invited in by the--by the government." And said, "You must come."
And so I said, "Let me pray first." I went back out to the woods and I prayed. And the next morning before daylight, the Lord came to me, give a vision. And said, "Go on back down to Mexico; I'll be with you."
So away I went to Mexico the next day. And when we went in down there... You can imagine how poor the people are; it was pitifully. And they wouldn't let us have no newspaper room. All the advertisements, they wouldn't let us put them out or nothing. And they wouldn't let us have no place to seat the people. They just give us a great big lot of a thing about two city blocks--kinda oblong, like that, and everybody had to stand. I could have three nights of meetings for them. And--and we averaged how much ground we had. And there was standing on the ground by the multitudes, they were standing six people every three square feet. Now, they stood up from morning until ten, eleven o'clock at night, just standing there. But they're used to standing, sacrifice.

L-22 A woman crawling down the street from some dead woman, Saint somebody... I hope I don't hurt your feeling, Catholic friend. But they go over, and she'll forgive their sins, or whatever they do, she'll do a penance, and poor woman crawling over rocks like that and bleeding and two little children walking behind her, and her poor old father wore out. Look like she could never make it, but just crawl mile after mile over rocks for penance for her sins. What's the Blood of Jesus Christ got to do about it then? See? So then it's very bad situation, of course. And that government down there, when they...
A group went to them and said, "Don't have that fellow come down here." Said, "He's a fanatic."
Said, "Well," said... Governor said, "He has a pretty good name." Said, "Well," said, "he's been preaching around the world they say."
He said, "Well, you see," he said, "he only stir up the people."
He said, "Well," he said, "that's all right. Maybe they need a stirring up." So this was the Governor. So He said... And General Valdena standing there, you know just... He said, "Well," he said, "I tell you," said, "he will disturb the holy church if he comes down."
Said, "Well, maybe it needs disturbing."
He said, "Well... But you understand," said, "sir, the only thing that goes out to see anyone like that is the ignorant, illiterate people."
He said, "Why are they ignorant and illiterate? You've had them for hundreds of years." That settled it. That was enough.


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