<TITLE>13. Par 39-42</TITLE>L-39 [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Listen, you hear that, you setting here? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.], so therefore...?... He said, "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him first." God has to do the drawing, then you're love gifts to Christ by God.
I wonder. When the great Elijah was on earth, people didn't recognize him till he was gone. Elisha took his place. They laughed at him, called him bald-headed because as a young man went bald-headed. They didn't know who he really was till he was translated and gone to heaven, or taken up.
They didn't know who John the Baptist was until they beheaded him. The disciples didn't even know him. The disciples said, "Why does the Scribes say that John... or that--that Elijah must come first?"
Jesus said, "He's already come and you didn't know it." You see how it went right through?
But God's justice--He called those who He knew. "All He has foreknew, He has called; those He's called, He's justified; those He's justified, He hath glorified (See?), what He foreknew. Listen closely, so you'll get faith to believe.
They didn't know Who Jesus was till He was dead, buried, and rose again. Let's take the Bible then.

L-40 You, my Catholic friends, my background's Catholic. We talked about Saint Patrick, the Catholic saint. He was about as much Catholic as I am tonight. But there's no other church... They called him, but... What happened when he had power to drive the snakes from Ireland, the legends, and so forth, we have a... Then after he was dead, the church recognized him and canonized him as saint, after he was gone.
Look at Saint Francis of Assisi, a walking preacher with a Bible under his arm. He was preaching and a bunch of birds chattered; and he said, "Sisters, hold your peace while I preach the Gospel." Despised and rejected the Catholic church, but after he was gone, they recognized him as a saint and then canonized him.
Look at Joan of Arc (you school children here), Joan of Arc, a spiritual woman, who saw visions and had spiritual Light. And what did the Catholic church say about her? "She's a witch." And they burned her to a stake. About two hundred years later they realized the woman was a saint. So they done repentance; they dug up them priests bodies and throwed them in the river. That's a big repentance. But they recognized her after she was gone.
Now, can you make two times two equal four? You're looking for something (I may never be in this pulpit again.), you're looking for something that's passing by you and you don't recognize it. After while when it's gone, then they'll pick this up and say, "Why did this happen? When did this revival go on? When did this take place?" It's too far then.

L-41 Heavenly Father, open our eyes tonight, that we might see Thy glory. Give us grace just now, Lord. We wait on Thee. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-42 Prayer cards K, let's...?... [Brother Branham asks someone--Ed.] "Where'd we call from this afternoon? Was it fifty? Yes. Fifty, I believe that's right. Fifty, we... What say? 1 to 20. All right. We took the first part of them this afternoon. Let's take the last part tonight. Let's start from K-85 then; 85, 90, 95, 100, that'll be enough. Who has K-85? Raise up your hand. The colored lady, way back here. Come here, lady, right here at the platform. 85, 86? The little lady, right here. All right, right here. 87. This is to line up. 87. Does anyone have? You, lady. 87, 88. Who has prayer card 88? Prayer card... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]


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