<TITLE>11. Par 39-43</TITLE>L-39 She said, "I joined church; I did everything I knowed how to do." And she said, "Then finally I served a time at the Good Shepherd's Home in the Catholic institution. And I joined the Catholic church, thought that would help me: didn't do it. When I come out, done the same thing." Said, "I was a streetwalker, prostitute."
Said, "I drunk: alcoholic." And said, "Then when I quit that," said, "they picked me up again. I served two years in woman's penitentiary." And said, "When I come out of there, I joined another church," and said, "didn't do a bit of good." And she said, "And I heard about your meetings. I thought I'd come down and see if you could help me."
And I looked at her: a beautiful woman. I thought, "What? Wouldn't that be a queen for some little tired evangelist, coming in from the field, wore out, a sweet little wife, put her arms around him, say, 'Darling, I know you're tired.'"

L-40 You don't know what that does to you. You do? When times are going... There's no one can take the touch of a real sweet wife. Right. If God could've give a man something better, He'd have done it.
I thought, "What a sweet little thing she could be." I said, "I want to ask you something. Didn't you never in your life, ever feel like that you'd like to have a hubby, and have little babies, and be like..."
She said, "Sure, Mr. Branham." She said, "That'd be the desire of my heart."
Well, a woman can't think that and be too far off the line, you know.
And she said, "But who would have me?" She said, "I--I--I'm... You just... I--I wouldn't even speak before a minister the dirty low down things that I've done." And yet a young woman maybe twenty...
And I said, "Well, can we pray?"
And she said, "Yes."
I got down; I said, "I want you to pray. And you ask God to forgive you of these things."
And she said, "I've done that so many times. It don't work."
I said, "Well, try it again."

L-41 She got down, she prayed. She got back up. She said, "Now, Brother Branham," she said, "I'm turning a new page tonight."
I said, "Yep. And turn it back again tomorrow." See? I said, "That won't work."
And she said... I said, "I want to ask you something. You don't want to do those things do you, honey?"
And she said, "No, I don't."
And I said, "This may seem old fashion as it could be," but I said, "you might join every church, every Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, and all, you'll have--be the same thing." I said, "It's a devil."

L-42 Those big bright eyes looked up to me, and she said, "Mr. Branham, I've always believed that." Said, "Something drove me to do things that I don't want to do."
I said, "That's a demon, a devil power."
And she said, "I've always believed it."
So I said, "You pray again."
She got down and prayed. She looked over at me again. I prayed for her and laid hands on her. And so she stayed there a little while. And she looked back; she said, "Do you think it's over?"
I said, "Just keep on praying."
Well, she prayed awhile longer. I was taking plenty of time with her, just till I got the case over.
After while she struck fire. When she did, she raised up, and them eyes had changed. She said, "Something's happened."
I said, "Now, it's over. You don't have to join nothing now, sister." She's married and got children: no more drinking.

L-43 Rosella, are you here? Rosella Griffith, the alcoholic, she was something on that order. How many knows Rosella? Many of you, sure... Rosella. There you are.
From that time, a certain thing, then from that time it changed. That's with the immoral woman... The drunk could say, "I was raised as a prohibitionist. My people didn't believe in drinking. But one time I was with some boys, and they called me a sissy if I didn't take a drink. And I took my first drink. And from that time. That's the time it started."
"One night in a--in a roadhouse, one night parked on the side of the road, when my girlfriend give me a drink. From that time it started."


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