<TITLE>19. Par 73-75</TITLE>L-73 I hate to see that stuff. Sometime ago, I was down in Florida and there was a--a... We was having a meeting out there on some kind of grounds that's owned by a duchess. And they said... One of the managers come up and said, "The duchess wants to see you."
"Well," I said, "who's she?"
And said, "Why, she--she's a great woman here. She's a duchess."
I said, "Well, that... She's just a woman, isn't she?"
Said, "Yes."
Then I said, "Well now, if you're going to give me time to talk to her, what about some of these poor sick people out here that needs it worse?" See? And I said, "What about some of their time?" See?
"Oh," said, "but she--she'll... I'll just have her at the back of the platform."

L-74 And I walked off. She was standing there with a pair of specs in her hand on a stick, holding out like that. Now, anybody with sense knows you couldn't see on--on a glass just holding out like that. Great big woman with enough jewelry on her wrist to send a missionary around the world five times... Yes, sir. Hanging on...
And she said, "Are you Doctor Branham?"
I said, "No, ma'am; no." I said, "I'm Brother Branham."
"Oh," she said, "I am charmed." And she held that big hand up like this.
Now, I got that... I reached up and got her by the big fat hand and pulled it down there. I said, "I'm glad to know you." I said, "Hang it down here so I'll know you next time I see you." See?
That's right. I like a good old fashion pump handle handshake. I--I--I like people to be just what they are. We putting on a lot of this "American dog" as we call it. We are Christians. Let's live like Christians and be men and women, soldiers of the cross. All this here nonsense, it'll be... Huh, I like that good old handshake, when you feel it.

L-75 Paul Rader said one time, he'd left his wife just setting at the table, and they got in a little dispute about somewhere he wanted to take her. (Great Paul Rader, you know, and a good friend of mine.) He said... He--he got kinda of angry, so he--he went to the door, and his wife would always wait there and kiss him good-bye. And he'd go on out to the steps, and go out to the end of the walk, and wave back at her like that, and go on to work.
Said they'd had a little spat at the table about something. And she stood at the door, said he went [Brother Branham makes kissing noise--Ed.] "Bye."
She said, "Bye."
Went on out and went out to...?... and turned around at the gate, waved back, and said she was standing at the door crying. He said, "Bye."
And she said, "Bye."
Went on down the street and said it begin to work on his heart (The Holy Spirit got a hold of him, you know.), got to work on his heart. And he said, "Oh, what if she'd die while I was gone? What if she'd drop dead? What if I'd die? What if I'd get hit on the street here in Fort Wayne 'fore I ever get back? What could I do?" Like that, talking about it like that. Oh, my. Said... He said, "Oh, I got so convicted, I didn't know what to do." He said, "I run back real quick, jerked open the gate, and run, and shoved the door open, and said... Looked around and I said, 'Helen, where are you? Where are you?'"
Said, "I heard a [Brother Branham sniffs--Ed.]" Said, She was standing behind the door." Said, "I looked at her like that." Said, "I never said a word." Said, "I just reached over and grabbed her in my arms, and kissed her. And I said, '[Brother Branham makes a kissing noise--Ed.]Bye.' She said, 'Bye.'"
So he run on out the gate and turned around, looked back. And said, "She was standing in the door, and I said, 'Bye.' and she said, 'Bye.'" Said, "She waved like she did the first time, but the second time she had a feeling in it." So that's just how...


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