<TITLE>18. Par 100-111</TITLE>L-100   And Fletcher, how I remembered him. He's a good kid. But this might be a lesson to the young children. I remember a few years ago, a handsome young man, of James Fletcher Broy, and he got with the wrong crowd, and he took his first drink. I remember him calling me behind the curtains in my house. And his daddy has gone on to Glory, years ago, was out there picking a guitar, "On the hill far away stood an old rugged cross."

L-101 And Fletcher called me back and said, "Brother Bill, pray for me. Listen to that piece my daddy is playing, and I've been drinking today."

L-102 I said "Fletcher," about eighteen-year-old boy, I said, "don't go that route." But he never listened. He went on. He become a complete alcoholic. And his wife left him, his children, and he's just at this hour... And God knows I love him.

L-103 I went to pray for him, just a bum. I went to pray for him, here not long ago, he got hurt while I was here for the Seven Seals. I said, "Fletch, I got a couple suits up there I'd--I'd like to give you."
He said, "Don't do it, Brother Bill."
And I--I knowed he had no clothes. And I said, "Why don't you take the clothes?"
He said, "Huh-uh." And he looked up at me, "See, you know what I'd do with them. Pawn them and get drunk."
And I said, "I'll give you a little money, Fletch."

L-104 He said, "No, don't do it, Brother Bill. I--I--I don't want you to do it." He's a real guy, at heart, but he's become an alcoholic and a bum. And his--his wife has took the wrong road. And, oh, just everything has happened to the poor fellow.

L-105   And when I woke up, before I woke up, Fletch said to me, he said in the dream, he said, "Billy, I'll--I'll hunt you a place, Brother Bill. You fed my children when they were hungry." And said, "You was a daddy to them. Now I'll find you a place here to keep warm." And we went walking by the bum's places and finally come to a place, he said, "I'll sit down here."
And I said, "I'll walk up here and see if I can find a place."

L-106 And I walked up, and looked out into the dark, cold night. And I thought, "Think of it. One time, God Almighty let me lead His Church. One time, He let me preach His Gospel and see souls saved. Men and women come from around the world, to speak with me for a few minutes. And here I am now, a bum, and nobody wants me. And I'm cold. What must I do?" Then I woke up.

L-107   I told my wife, I said, "Maybe it means that Fletch is in need." So we hurried up, to see if we could find him. And his brother found him. He was staying out here with Weidners. Out there where they have... trade horses and things; sleep in a corner of a barn or something. I went on. I thought, "Well, just have to let it go."

L-108 So I come back down now from Canada, with Fred and them, the other day. And in my mind, I had it made up, "If these people didn't want to hear my Message, all right, they didn't have to." I had preached now for about thirty-five years. And the last fifteen to eighteen years I've done nothing but just to the Lord. I've tried to live so close to Him and not say a word till He told me first, everything.

L-109   People say, "Now if Brother Branham tells you he's coming, remember, look out for a meeting, because he's coming in the Name of the Lord. He won't do nothing till the Lord tell..." That's right. I waited till He told me. I didn't move till He told me. And then He got so, for the last few months, He didn't tell me nothing about places to go.

L-110 Then I come down from Canada, and Fred told... Or Brother Roy told me his dream, as he and I and Brother Banks rode along together, just before we separated.

L-111 And then the next day we got down to Brother Fred's. And his boy, Lynn, wasn't at home, so he couldn't come on with us. Him and his wife had to wait. He picked up his wife there at Rosewood... or Melrose, Saskatchewan.


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