<TITLE>02. Par 13-23</TITLE>L-13   Heavenly Father, as this young father and mother comes with this little, precious lump of human flesh that's been given to their union, placed into their hands for a keeping for the Lord God. They reverently bring this little Mark David here for dedication to the Almighty, Who has give this precious little boy, fine health and a fine boy, into their care, to be raised for the glory of God.

L-14 Lord, bless the father and mother. May the barrel never be empty, at the house, or the cruse never run dry. May the father be well and able, Lord, to work and to make food for the little fellow; may the mother be well and able to prepare it; and their hearts prepared, Lord, to teach the little fellow, to raise him in the admonition of God. Grant it, Lord.

L-15   Now from their arms, to mine, comes this lovely child, little Mark David. And I present him, with the elder of the church here, to You, in the Name of Jesus Christ, for a life of service. Grant it, Lord. Get glory out of his life. May he live a long life, even to this Coming of the Lord Jesus, if that be pleasing to You. And, if so, may he come to pack the Message of the Lord God, in the age that is to come. Grant it. Keep him healthy, happy, and may his heart always be set on doing the things which is right, before God. In the Name of Jesus Christ, we offer the child to You, in dedication. Amen.

L-16 God bless you. God bless you, Sister Collins, and this fine boy, and you Brother Collins. God be with you.
Bring Them In, all of us together.
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring them in from the fields of sin;
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring the little ones to Jesus.

L-17 I like that. See, bring them to Christ before the devil even has a chance. They're already presented to Him then for a life of service.

L-18   Does anybody know whether the Dauch family, any of them, got down today, or not, Sister Dauch? Brother Brown, are you here, Brother Brown? Yes, I'm glad. And the... Brother Dauch is still with us? Wonderful! [Brother Tom Brown comments about Brother William Dauch's condition--Ed.] Brother Dauch almost left us. See, we can't say too much or ask too much, he's already twenty-one years past the time that God told him to live. That's a ordinary lifetime, past the time that God told him he could live.

L-19   But we had a call the other morning, that he was--he was dying, and we rushed up there. And the Lord God was really good to him, has spared him. Just, I think he--he's ready and just waiting the Coming of the Lord. But, you know, we all hold on to one another. We just... The old fellow is like a--like a dad to me here.

L-20 I remember him sitting right down here in the old tabernacle, the old part, when he... that Light flashed across, on that water baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ, right out of there he come. And about eighty-seven or eighty-eight years old, on a stick, come right up here and said, "I want to go right in there and be baptized." Somebody went and got him some clothes. He couldn't wait till the next time; he had to come right then, right then. So I--I like that.

L-21 He said, the other day, I was talking to him; he said, "Do you think I'm all right now, Brother Branham?"

L-22 I said, "Did you ever go to a doctor for a physical checkup?"
He said, "Yes, sir."

L-23 I said, "The doctor will put stereoscopes in his ears, and put them on your heart, see if your heart is beating right; and an electrical cardiogram, and then blood pressure, urine test, and so forth, instruments, to find out where your physical being. Now, the way he does that, he looks back on a--a book here, where specialists on these different subjects writes down, 'If this takes place, this is what's wrong.'"


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