<TITLE>13. Par 43-47</TITLE>L-43 Our heavenly Father, the speaking of the Word... It's hard on the tree sometime to saw it out and shape it and prune it, but it must be did this way to bear fruit. So we pray, dear heavenly Father, that every person, these dozens that raised their hands to accept You, that You'll put their name right now in the Lamb's Book of Life. Engrave it out there in the middle of the air, in that hand that was nailed to Calvary. Grant it, Lord, and may not one of them be lost. May every one of them safely arrive. May they come fully, wholeheartedly, and receive the Holy Spirit in their hearts and be made anew by the renewing of their mind. Grant it, Father. May the Holy Ghost do this. For we ask it in Jesus Christ Name. Amen.

L-44 That's so beautiful I want to sing it once with you, you all together, "Softly and Tenderly." Let's just sing it now together.
 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
 Calling for you and for me,
 See on the portals He's waiting and watching,
 Watching for you and for me.
 Come home, come home, (There's a highway; obey come up the highway.)
 ... weary, come home;
 Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus us calling,
 Calling, O sinner, come home! (Do you love Him?)
 Come home, come home, (Oh, how you'll want to hear that at the hour of your death.)
 Ye who are weary, come home;
 Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
 Calling, O sinner, come home!

L-45 You know, that's the kind of Spirit I love, that soft, tender Spirit of the Lord Jesus. Don't you just love that? It just seems like it just scours out your heart when it comes in. Softly, tenderly, Jesus is calling. I love those old time songs, the old hymns of the church. I like it a better than a lot of this here dancing around and things we have today. I'm just an old fashion preacher, I--I just love the old fashion way. "Nearer, My God, To Thee," "Rock Of Ages Cleft For Me," all those famous old songs, I believe they were inspired as the penman wrote them under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Don't you believe that?
I've watched those old Christians when they were going, watch their face light up and say, "I can see Him, Brother Branham."
Raise them up on my arm like this, "Can you still see, brother?"
"Yes, He's wonderful," go out to meet Him. I--I love that.
How many remembers Paul Rader? Sure, you do. Remember what he said when he was dying, don't you? I remember--remember the last words of D. L. Moody, Abraham Lincoln, many of those men. The end tells the story.

L-46 Now, Christian friend, our time is fleeting, really late now. I--I'm realize, I'm going to be responsible at the day of the judgment for my ministry. God gave me this ministry to win souls. Divine healing is just not for the healing of the body; it's to catch souls. See? The body may be healed; it'll get sick again. That's right. And it's got to die. But that soul, once born and connected in the Kingdom of God, has Eternal, Everlasting Life. When aeons will roll on, aeons of time, it'll still be the same.

L-47 Now, what if this was all we had? That would be enough, wouldn't it? That's right. Now, I want every one that raised their hand to Christ tonight, as soon as the healing service is over, I want you to gather around the altar. I believe, that right now, you'd go to heaven if you die. I believe it. But to strengthen yourself... Listen to what Jesus said, "He that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Everlasting Life, and shall not come into condemnation; but's done passed from death to Life." That's what He said. That's not just emotion or a mental work up; that's when you really believe it.


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