<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>58-0618, Handwriting On The Wall, Textile Hall, Greenville, SC, 75 min
L-1 Thank you, sir. May be seated. Brother Joseph just loves me. This has been a great day for me. And I met many of the fine people here in this great city.
And [Someone adjusts the microphone--Ed.] thank you. No, that's all right. And I was in a restaurant eating today, and some lady come up, and she said, "This is the... my opportunity to get to shake your hand, Brother Branham." And she introduced me to her husband, and she said, "I sure enjoyed that message last night." I know there's lead me, grace, or love me, or something here, from all that.

L-2 And the lady invited me to her house for dinner. I hope she's here tonight, sister; I--I sure appreciate that very much. And to see that--that you have love in the hearts to invite me to your home. That's very nice.
I want to say that all the messages is on tape. My good friend here and associate, Mr. Gene Goad and Mr. Leo Mercier, they are the tape boys of the meetings, who has them here, and they're at the concession stand, or the book stand, rather, with the pictures of the Angel of the Lord. Sometime when you're not holding healing services, we don't very much announce those (You see?), but they are there for those who want them, the books and the pictures, and so forth.
Now, it's my privilege tonight to be here again and to speak to you from His Word, His precious holy Word. And I have thought since last evening, trying to say how far back the church was getting, I thought I would try to explain tonight in my way of doing it, how close the coming of the Lord is. And my purpose in these messages is to awaken the church, that we must be ready whenever He comes. That's the main thing. And it--no matter where or what time He comes, let's be ready, is the main thing.

L-3 You know there were virgins that went out to meet Him. And five were still virgins, but were foolish virgins that didn't keep oil in their lamps. And though they were virgins, just the same as the others, they were not permitted to the wedding supper. So far be it, from any people here tonight, to be included, so they'd be excluded, from the presence of the Lord, included in that group of the virgins with no oil in their lamps.
And I was... Billy keeps telling me that many people are asking him about prayer cards, to be praying for the sick. Why, I suppose in each meeting they're praying for the sick. And just as being late tonight, there was ministers that had a--some sick laying out here in the back to be prayed for when I come in.

L-4 Now, I was just thinking it to be just night speaking was all I was to do; I didn't know I was to pray for the sick also. However, if the people request me to pray for the sick, well, I--I'll be glad to do it. See, it just... I don't know. I was just thinking of this being a convention and speaking as just the evening speaker. However you might consult your board, or directors, or whatever it is, we'll--we'll pray for the sick if it's--if you wish that to be done.
Now, tonight I wish to read from the Book of Daniel tonight. But before we do so, let us bow our heads just a moment for a word of prayer.

L-5 O great and eternal God, Who brought again the Lord Jesus from the dead, the great Shepherd of the flock, and has raised Him up from the dead and He is alive tonight, living with us and in us, energizing our life, that we might walk upright, soberly, and just in this present day and generation, being written epistles read of all men. And we pray, God, that You'll send His Presence so greatly among us tonight, that if there happens to be sinners in our midst, that they will be ashamed of theirself, of putting off His grace and mercy that's been so generously given unto them, that they might come tonight and accept Him as their own personal Saviour.


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