<TITLE>05. Par 12-14</TITLE>L-12 And so I remember one instance there, I... Just excuse me for taking the time. But "Faith cometh by hearing." We overcome by the Word of the--of our testimony. And this was a very outstanding case. There was an old Indian, they'd a board like this and it had four sticks across this board, didn't have a stretcher to put the old fellow on, so they let him lay his arms up here, just as gray as he could be, and his knees across the other part of the board. And there was two great big fellows packing him, just as wet as they could be. And I said to one of the fellows; he was next in line coming up; I said, "You speak English?"
"A little."
I said, "Aren't you afraid you take pneumonia?"
"Nope." Said, "Jesus Christ has take care of me; I brought my dad. Hmmm."
I said, "You believe Jesus Christ will heal your dad?"
"Yep. That's why I brought him."
Said, "All right." Passed him by, I said, "Pass him by." I just laid hands upon the old fellow, that plaited hair laying there and shaking like this, you know. I laid my hands upon him; I said, "God, be merciful to him; heal him for Christ's sake." "Take him on." I said, "Let the next come." They come across like that. Few minutes I heard a great rally out there amongst them Indians; you just couldn't see from end of the lights for Indians. Looked out there, the old man had the board on his own shoulder going along waving at everybody.

L-13 See? We try to make it too complicated. We reach plumb over the top of it trying to find it. See? We try to make it some mysterious thing when it's just simple. The more simple you are, better off you'll be. Just don't jump at it, try to press yourself; just receive it; it's just that easy. You go--you jump over it trying. That's what our theologians do: jump over the top of it trying to find what's setting right next to you. See? So simple. The Bible said even a fool shouldn't err like. That's right. It's so simple, the Gospel.

L-14 Oh, I tell you I--when we cross the other side I just wonder what it'll be when we get over there. Here... A airplane can stop, somebody aboard say, "Brother Branham, I was suffering with so and so when..." Over here at train station, down... I was way up at Northern British Columbia, had been back on a hunting trip after a meeting. And I had beard that long, and hadn't took a bath for four weeks, I--I--I smelt like the horse, and I was just... We had twenty-one head of horses back in there, and so we just had to stay with them horses all the time, and I come out and I was pulling up on the paniers, an old flop down hat from them rains and snows, and whiskers about that long, turning gray, and--and just--just dirty as could be. And we stopped at a little place called East Pines, way back up in the Northern British Columbia on the Hallocane Highway.
And I seen some Indians coming by, them white moccasins on and walking like that, and I seen a little red face woman kept looking at me. I don't know whether she was Eskimo or Indian. She kept looking at me like this. And I just looked around. I don't see how she ever seen my face, the beard out all like that. I pulled up the paniers, and I felt somebody tap me on the shoulder. I turned around; she said, "Pardon me, aren't you Brother Branham?"
I said, "Yes, ma'am." I said, "How did you ever know me?"
She said, "I see your picture."
I said, "Where?"
She said, "The dog sled passes through once a year, and it brought your book called, 'The Prophet Visits Africa.'"


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