<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>59-0406, New Ministry (William Branham), Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, CA, 65 min
L-1 That's fine. That's all... Thank You. [Congregation sings "Happy Birthday" to Brother Branham, and a brother presents a gift to Brother Branham--Ed.]
Thank you.
[Brother Branham is presented a picture entitled, "The New Head of Christ."--Ed.]
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much and the Lord bless you. Thank you kindly.
He is my Lord and my Saviour. And may, if I live to see another birthday, or as many birthdays as I have in the--the oncoming years of my life, I want to place every minute of my time in service of Him. Amen. I'll be...?... You be seated. Thank you kindly.

L-2 Thanks for the little birthday, "Happy Birthday To You." I am so happy to receive this picture. And today, my good friend, Captain--Chaplain Stadsklev and his family was at my room and presented me with some nice things. And my son, little son, Joseph, got me the necktie, and my little girls, the tie clasp. And my wife made a proposition with me; she said I should buy me a hairpiece if I'd wear it. So I--I thought maybe that would... I said to her, "You buy it and see if I wear it or not." So it's been a great day.
Of course, every one knows that I'm just a past twenty five, now. I was born in 1909, so anyone can figure, knows that I'm past twenty five.

L-3 Well now, it's all been wonderful, especially these thirty years that I've served my Lord. If there's any regrets that I have of the past, and the years that's past, is because I didn't spend the other twenty serving Him. I'm so happy to be a Christian these years. And I'm trusting God to help me as I journey on down the lanes of life, that God will lead me by His Spirit, and let me do something to show my appreciations of the cause that I was born on the earth for.
This morning before I gotten up. I was talking to the wife, and I said, "Honey, don't seem possible I could be that old." And I said, "It just looks like the years has slipped by so quick." But I said, "I was borned in this world for some purpose. And I believe that's to serve the Lord." And that's my heart's desire.
What I would ask of you, would be a prayer for me before you lay down tonight, that God would keep me humble in my heart, and would help me and bless me, so that I could be a blessing to you people. I found out that the greatest blessing in life is giving something out, not receiving in, but giving out. What you do for others, what means so much. I was...

L-4 Tonight is a... starting to pray for the sick. Brother duPlessis has just gave us a wonderful message, just been behind the platform, behind the stage there, listening. And I sure appreciate that message, "The Exaltation of Jesus Christ."
And tonight, I want to start the new phase of my ministry here, of praying for the sick. Many of you, perhaps here, has been in my meetings since the beginning, and you know what was said at the beginning, how that I would take and lay hands on the people, and I would know what their trouble was.
And then He told me if I would be humble and sincere, that it would come to pass, that you would know the very secret of their heart. And that came to pass.

L-5 It's been over the world. The Angel of the Lord's had picture after picture taken of It. We've had the pictures taken, examined by the--by the best fingerprint, and so forth in the world, as we know of, for see if there'd be a touch-up, or something wrong, or a double exposed picture. It's always proven to be there. It started years ago. And that doesn't mean that my ministry, because it's a little peculiar, a little odd to what the average would be... I'm still your brother in the service of Christ, all of you. And I am happy because He lets me serve Him. Maybe because I have no education to amount to anything, that's the reason He gave me these gifts that I could work for Him.


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