<TITLE>22. Par 74-77</TITLE>L-74 How many knows F. F. Bosworth, let's see your hand? Nearly all of you. That godly saintly old man, he estimated twenty-five thousand outstanding healings with one prayer. And a year later, the Durban paper wrote it up. He said they'd brought, I forget how many loads of firearms, and watches, and things, from the Shangai tribe, that had been brought back since the--the meeting. The people absolutely... the hea... Their salvation stayed with them.
Now, I'm in a mixed audience. I'm talking just a moment for a purpose so I can get this crowd to get through here. I'm going to tell you something. Now, listen real close. Now, Methodist friends, Baptist friends, Presbyterian friends, and Pentecostal friends, you're all my friends. You're God's children. I want to tell you something. Setting at Africa, in Africa, there come those women up there, just as nude as the day they were born: young women, just a little clout hanging in front of them. And they had tags on them; they was Christians. What if they had a tract passed to them?

L-75 And right while they were standing there, and when that man was healed, standing there, and I said, "Now, how many would accept Him?" Fifteen different interpreters it had to go through, then thirty thousand raised and accept Christ at one time. They thought it was maybe a--just for physical healing.
Brother Baxter, I believe, your own Canadian boy, a wonderful man of God, he--he said, "Brother Branham, I believe they meant physical healing." Said, "Take it through again." And we said, "Not physical healing, but accepting Christ as Saviour." And when it was said through the again, they even broke their little idols on the ground and everything. And thirty thousand received Christ at one time. You know what?

L-76 Now, listen. It's a mixed audience and you listen to a doctor. I'm your brother. Those naked women, five minutes before that didn't know they were naked. And as soon as the Holy Spirit struck that bunch, them women folded their arms and walked off the ground. Now, you mean to tell me in your modern churches, you let your women strip theirselves off out here half naked before men, and tell me that is Christianity? It's worse than heathens. Certainly is.
A heathen can realize and accept Christ; they'll cover up their nakedness, and you're trying to expose yourself to be modern. I don't mean to be rude, but, brother, one of these days I've got to stand before the Presence of God and give an account for everything I say. And I'm not going to hold anything back; I'm going to say it. Instead of becoming civilized, we're becoming idiots. That's right. Civilization is broke.

L-77 How could people... You mean to tell me, you women can walk out here at them little bitty straps around you and call yourself living in a modern civilized world? When heathens is dressed that way and get right with Christ, try to cover themselves up till they get some clothes on them. Looks like you're going back to heathens instead of coming to civilization. Now, you know that's the truth.
And just another little thing. I don't see it in this building, but lot of you women that wears this here paint, and you know, and black stuff over your eyes and everything. You know where that come from? That trait is heathen. That's exactly where it come from. They've had them great big bones in their ears for earrings, and take mud and paint their faces and all over like that. It's a heathen trait. Then we permit it in our churches. "Sure, it's all right."


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