<TITLE>04. Par 15-18</TITLE>L-15 Brother Evans setting there had got his feet wet. He just rolled up his trouser legs, and was barefooted. He said, "Just a minute." The tulles and things was up, out like that. Said, "I'll get him."
I said, "Never mind. I'll drag him in. If he gets off, we got plenty."
So started to pull in like that. He said, "I'll get him." As he stepped out, a little ground rattler got him, just as he stepped out, right through the top of the foot, right above the anklebone.
I never heard such a--a look on a face, or heard such a holler. Got out of there, and holding his hands like that, and gritting his teeth, looked. And there was just a little, about that far apart where the snake's fangs had hit right into his leg.
Now, you're the sickest person in the world in just a few minutes. And you'd better get to aid or somewhere, 'cause you'll die. And that--that venom is really poison on a ground rattler.
Well, he's a great big man; I was too little to pack him about two miles to the car, through those swamps. And we was watching alligators everywhere, and I'm not too brave around them anyhow, so.
And I thought, "What can I do?"
And just then something seemed to speak to me, and I seen the Scripture of the Lord, said, "And they shall tread on the heads of scorpions, and on the heads of serpents, and nothing shall harm them." Then I thought of his brother, but his brother isn't a believer. He isn't a Christian. But this man is a Christian. So he was just gripping and holding his leg...

L-16 I laid hands upon him. I said, "Heavenly Father, we're in a state of emergency, and I'm--I'm unable to pack my brother. And besides, he'd be so sick, time I got him out of here, I don't know whether we'd get him to aid in time or not. But it's written in Your Word that nothing shall harm them, and this is a believer."
And I noticed he'd quit suffering or making noise. And when I quit praying he was setting, looking at me laughing. He said, "All the pain's gone."
"Well," I said, "shall we go on?" We went on fishing, fished all that day. That night, about eleven o'clock... We'd got so many big bass till when we got out to civilization again, why, they were out there taking pictures, and looking at them way up in the night, about eleven o'clock.

L-17 And his brother, the one that was bit by a snake, was running a--a bait shop. And he came over, and we told the story, showed the place. And his brother said, "It's all right to be religious, but not foolish." Said, "You get to a hospital as quick as you can and get first aid."
Brother Evans said, "If God Almighty has protected me since eleven o'clock this morning till eleven o'clock tonight, that settles it." Never even had another pain. Would you just stand up, Brother Evans, so the people can see who we talking about? This is the brother right here from down...
And oh, He is God wherever you are. He's the never failing Presence of Jesus Christ. "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." And He's a challenge to put your faith any time you want to in His Word, and He'll bring it to pass.

L-18 Now, I'm... It's a privilege to be here tonight with our good Brother Groomer, and I've... He's been after me for a long time to come up here, and I just think it's wonderful to be here tonight, and with these other fine brothers, get to meet Brother Ballard over here, and many of you. And we're all expecting to be at the Business Men's breakfast, and down at the--at the... What is the name of that... Ramanda. Did I say that right? Ramada. Is that Spanish?
I remember one time I learned one word in Spanish: oye. I don't say that right no more. I better quit that. I mean, "Do you hear me?" or something like that: oye, or oye... [A sister pronounces for Brother Branham the word, "oye"--Ed.] Oye, that's it. Oye, that's it. And then that "Gloria a Dios," glory to God. That's it, "Gloria a Dios, Gloria a Dios." I remember that from long ago. So I'm still hollering "Gloria a Dios."


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