<TITLE>08. Par 26-29</TITLE>L-26 Now, I took two nights of real stern, heavy preaching. And I--I wouldn't apologize for what I said, because it's the truth, friends. I--I--I'm zealous of the church. And tonight, to hear this group of men... I've set with men more in groups, but I never set with a nicer bunch of real believing brothers. That...
Put his arm around me coming in a few minutes ago, and said, "We appreciate that message last night."
I said, "It was very hard."
He said, "But it inspires us to move on too." I--I--I got confidence in men like that; yes, sir. Yes. When we take... If--if I was just saying it to be smart, then that would be wrong. I--I should go at the altar and get right with God. But when it's the truth, friends, then we ought to measure up to what God says. See, that's right. God knows.

L-27 One night this week, I want to tell you something that happened to me about a month ago. And you'll understand then about something that happened. It... Whether it was a vision or not, I don't know. I told the brethren at the breakfast, and I wanted to speak to the chairmen and some of the committee if it's all right to speak it here on the platform some night--something that happened (like a vision) to me.
And I--I love people; I just love people. And I--I want to live forever with them. I want to live in eternity with them. And I--I would rather kindy stir you up just a little bit now, then to hear you stand there on that day like a girl that died in the... our city recently, and...

L-28 There was a girl that come to the Tabernacle up there. She was a little old fashion girl. And--and so, this girl made fun of her--called her old fashion and everything. And--and she asked her to go to a dance with her, and the girl from the Tabernacle said, "We don't go to dances."
She said, "That narrow-minded pastor of yours, Mr. Branham," she said, "if he wasn't such a crank and a religious fanatic, you'd have more liberty."
She said, "I do not do this because of Mr. Branham's convictions; I do this on my own convictions of Jesus Christ." M-m. God bless that girl. This lady that said that to her was a Sunday school teacher.
Mr. Perkins works for a Miss--for the undertaker there in the city. About six months after this remark was made, this girl taken sick and died; they didn't know what it was. It was venereal disease. Mr. Perkins, when he was pumping the embalming fluid into the girl's body, he kept smelling something; it was leaking like. And he opened it up, and she had holes eat in her like that from a venereal disease. That's right. And a lot of room to make fun and say somebody's a fanatic.

L-29 When she died... (If it's all right, I'll tell you the testimony.) When the girl died, she brought all of her Sunday school class in; they was to watch her go home to heaven, of course. But she was very worldly--very, very worldly. And then when she got ready to die, she thought it was all right.
You know, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man. But the end thereof is the ways of death." Well, this girl, when she got ready to die...
Her pastor smoked cigarettes in a holder--long holder--wore one of these turned around collars. That's perfectly all right, if he wants to do that. But... If he'd just preach the Gospel. Jesus...
I don't think Jesus marked Himself any different from any other man; He dressed like ordinary men, and went among men. He was a Man among men. And so, He was our example when it comes to dressing or anything else. I don't think we have to dress... I think our lives tell it better than our dressing does of what we are.


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