<TITLE>17. Par 60-62</TITLE>L-60 He said, "Now, I freely forgive you for all that you've done." And then He turned, and I seen the woman. Said, "But you wanted to strike her off the face of the earth."
Oh, I felt about that big. I said, "Forgive me, Lord."
When the vision left me, I walked out to the little table where she was at, and I said, "How do you do?"
And she looked up; she was half-drunk. She hiccupped a couple of times, said, "Oh, hello."
And--and I said, "May I set down?"
She said, "Thank you, I have company."
I said, "I didn't mean it in that way. I'd just like to say a word to you."
And she said, "Say on."
And I set down; I said, "How long you been leading this life?" She looked over at me, and poor old thing, and I--I thought, "My, no matter how--what's she's went through..." And I told her what had happened. I said, "You pardon me."
She said, "Are you that minister down here, Mr. Branham, that's in...?"
I said, "I am."
She reached over and got a hold of my hand, trembling, commenced to crying; she said, "Sir," she said, "my husband was a preacher." She said, "After his death... I have two girls; they're Sunday school teachers, both of them. And she told me the story, what happened, the way she was leading. She said, "I'm passed hope."
I said, "No, you're not. No, you're not."
She said, "I--I want to straighten up." But she said, "I have no place to start."
I said, "What, right now. God's showing me behind the door, that vision there, me wanting to strike you off. And He said, 'He forgive me, and I want to condemn you.' Lady, forgive me."
There she took a hold of my hand. I led her right out there, them little old shorts on, right in the middle of the--that floor like that, and knelt down, and we had a real prayer meeting there. When I got through, people were crying, walking around there.

L-61 I tell you, brethren, sometimes we have to speak against sin; it's not to hurt the person; it's to bring them to recognize, bring them to a spot to recognize. Like our Lord, we don't mean to hurt or be bad; God knows that. That wouldn't--that--never that being my soul, but it's to try to get people to recognize what's going on, what's happening. See? And I do this so that we'll forsake all unbelief, and the things of the world, and come back, and be a real sweet, humble Christian and live for Him.

L-62 Now, heavenly Father, I pray that You'll send the Dove tonight, and lead us all into that, quietly and sweetly up into that real place. Elijah laid in a cave, and in the cave the wind went by, the lightning flashed, the thunders roared, the earth quaked, but a still small voice attracted the prophet.
God, grant tonight, we... Everything has went by. May that still small voice attract the people tonight to a real sanctified life, a life that'll stand by their God, that'll stand by their church, that'll stand by their pastor, that'll stand by the cause of Christ, that'll hold up a banner, that'll live, act, dress, go, and associate, and live in the environment, that'll be so salty, that'll cause others to thirst to be like them.
Grant it, Lord. May our church never get so polluted till it looks like the rest of the world, where you can't tell sinner from saint. God, grant that it'll be real. Make it real, Father, I pray, as I ask for You to help us, tonight, and declare that You're here to back these things up. In the Name of Jesus, Thy Son.


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