<TITLE>11. Par 53-59</TITLE>L-53 At this time, I'd like to give just a little personal testimony to this wonderful group of people. I'm sure you would like to know just a little personal testimony of what our blessed Lord has been doing. Then we will close.
I will speak just a moment being that I was on this subject. When we got into South Africa where I had, by the grace of God, I believe the greatest altar call that God ever permitted me to make. There were several of us in the party and a real good Canadian brother, Brother Ern Baxter, which many of you know. And Brother Baxter was along, and we went into Johannesburg. He was there just before I got there.

L-54 And the Lord did perform such in that night, until the next morning the medical association of all South Africa invited me out for breakfast, and said, "Brother Branham, you've done more good for us now, than the missionaries that's come in here the last fifty years."
All the hospitals were open. The newspapers flashed one and two pages completely and the Lord blessed. One man setting in our audience this afternoon is a witness to this, a South African evangelist, Brother Thoms, setting to my right.

L-55 And it was in that meeting that Brother Thoms was inspired by the Holy Spirit, and he moved out into a field of evangelism to the colored man, as we know it, there as the native, and has done marvelous work, saving of thousands of souls. And he's over here now to visit with us on a little trip.
It had come to the place, where that one day Mr. Jackson another friend of mine was coming down. And they advertisement and put out in Africa, and there was a little cub lion there in the floor at the little restaurant where he was a--putting up for the day for some lunch.

L-56 And there, this little cubby playing, the man said, "What do you have?" He said, "Fill up my tank with petrol." And then he said, "I want some cookies and tea." As the African people are very English habits of their tea. Lot of that still in Canada. I drank so much tea till I thought you'd stick me with a pin, I'd bleed tea, just tea every few minutes.

L-57 And then when he was having a tea, said, "Are you on your road where?"
He said, "To Johannesburg."
Said, "Do you--you have business there?"
Said, "No, I'm going to see the meeting that Mr. Branham is coming from America. They're going to hold a great service and pray for the sick."
He said, "If I hadn't have already put your petrol in that tank, I would not even service your car, a man that would degrade the--the rights to go to such a fanatic as that." Two days later, he passed by, and the man run out and grabbed him in his arms. And he said, "Oh, please tell me, did you shake hands with the evangelist? Have you seen these great things take place?"

L-58 What is it? It's the power of the resurrected Jesus. It changed Africa overnight. And I'll never forget the closing meetings at Durban, where it's hard to estimate crowds. Some said, "A hundred and twenty-five thousand." Some said, "Two hundred thousand." You can never tell. And that doesn't matter.
But when many had been challenged, many interpreters where you'd have to speak, and then you could have a drink of water before they got through the interpreters. The Zulu, the Shungai, Xhosa, and Bazutai, many of those tribes that gathered in, fenced off, because they have tribal wars too...

L-59 Sidney Smith, the mayor of Durban, which is the, I suppose could be classed as the--the Miami of the United States, a great summer resort, beautiful place. Their architecture there is far beyond anything we have in the states.
And in there... While we were going out, Mr. Smith take me, he said, "Mr. Branham, there has never in the history of Africa, ever seen such gatherings and such interest."
And I said, "It's because of the Lord Jesus."


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