<TITLE>02. Par 4-7</TITLE>L-4 And so... But if there's any credit to be given to the Branham family, let it go to her. She's the one who deserves it. She stands between me and the public. Thirty-seven years old, almost completely white headed, and a real mother, a sweetheart, a wife.
I trust that all of you boys, when you get married, you get a wife like God gave me. And I am so happy for her and my children, Billy Paul, little Rebekah, Sarah, and little baby Joseph. We greet you all. And we thank you for your kindness.
A few moments ago they... I think they taken up a love offering for me. I didn't... They didn't have to do that, wasn't asked to, just a courtesy. I could've been a multi-millionaire. You know that. If I'd just taken what was given. One offering, one bank draft was over a million five hundred thousand dollars. I refused to look at it, when the agents brought it to me. So I don't want people's money. I want their confidence. I can win them to Christ.

L-5 I'd rather have... You got some lovely homes here. I been driving around your city, some fine places. But you know, I'd rather... Now, I--I appreciate that. Oh, you don't know how glad I am to see God prosper someone. I love it. But the Lord just give me a home. It's a parsonage. It belongs to the church that I used to pastor. I just live there.
But I--I tell you; I'd rather have favor with God than anything I know of. And I can't have favor with God and not favor with you all. You all are the one who works with me in Christ. If you didn't believe me this afternoon, there'd be nobody here. What good would my message do to the people, if there's nobody here to receive. What good would it do if it fell on hearts that were stony and didn't believe it? See? You're just as much into it as I am, or the rest. All together we're co-workers in Christ Jesus.

L-6 As I was speaking about my wife a few moments ago... Thought first I'd let it past by but it's just too good. She'll tell me about that on the road home this afternoon.
You know, I--I just... I like old fashion things. That's the reason I like the old fashion Gospel. I believe that when you handshake, it's just not a reach out. I like one of them real good old timey ones. See? Like we used to have. Love seems to be failing in our generation.
I was downtown sometime ago with my wife, and a lady said, "How you do, Sister Branham?"
I seen my wife turn. I looked around at her. I said, "Honey, that lady spoke to you."
She said, "I spoke to her."
I said, "I didn't hear it."
She said, "I smiled."
"Oh," I said, "Honey, that's not a... One of those silly opossum grins is not an hello." I said, "I--I like to hear somebody holler, 'hello.' I like to... for you to really speak and use the old fashion way."

L-7 I remember Brother Bosworth, Doctor F. F. Bosworth. If he ever comes this way, greet him. He's a lovely brother. And He's retired. He's not retired; he just quit. He thought his ministry was over. That's been about seven or eight years ago. And now he's one of my managers.
So we was just down in... We was having a campaign down in Florida. And there was some kind of a duchess or something was letting us have the grounds. So in the afternoon when I had started in, he said, "Brother Branham, the duchess is back here."


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