It was in March , 1945, a morning at 3 am, that our Lord Jesus Christ gave me a vision. He has done this many times and I most humbly praise Him for it. At the beginning of this vision , of course, walking north -east on a road when the Spirit made me change direction and I headed west . I was in front of a big mountain. It seemed to be the mountain of the Lord ! There was a church steeple towering high on top of it. I was then asked to go west toward the mountain . I went into the mountain through a door and inside I met a woman who was wearing a robe that once might have been as white as snow. Now the dress was very dirty . She asked me if I was his brother Billy Branham and I replied, Yes , then introduced herself as : Mrs. Methodist . I asked why the spots on that lovely white robe. She said : Ive been so busy ! Then I said, Its true, you Methodists have so many organizations and companies in your church that you have not had much time for the Lord. Then she said, I have been told that you were sent to me. Maybe I should wake my husband ! Then he disappeared . Looking to my left , I saw a mound of bread smooth. There were white birds who were near , but I ate a lot. Then the Lord said to me : Did you recognize them ? No. Then He said, What is your Tabernacle and they will not eat the bread of life more . I send you in that direction. Then I traveled to the west. 2 I was then led into a plain which was erected a stage. Apparently , he was under a large tent or auditorium . There, behind the stage curtains were drawn . The Lord then told me to pull back the curtains and when I did I saw a great mountain of the bread of life. He then said, You eat these , turning around back and saw people dressed in white who came from all sides, forming a large audience. The following evening , after the vision was over , I explained to my church just as the Lord had given me . Now all this may seem strange to you , dear reader, but you did not read in the Scriptures as He said that in the last days your young men shall see visions? Acts 2:17 . About three weeks after the period of the vision , I received a telegram from a minister in St. Louis , Mo . , Named Rev. Robert Daugherty . He asked me to come for a time because of his daughter , Betty , who was about to die. They had required medical intervention for her and the doctors had done everything they could to help her. But the child continued to deteriorate and he was now close to death. The following afternoon his father, Rev. Daugherty came to my house and told me that his son had called him by phone to Arnold , Ky . , And asked him to take me to St. Louis for once. That was done on Sunday afternoon. That evening after the service of the tabernacle of my church , I met the father of the Rev. Daugherty at Seventh Street Railroad Station in Louisville, Ky . at 11:30 at night , we took the train to St. Louis , Mo . We arrived in St. Louis at 10 am the next day. We had arranged to meet with the Rev. Daugherty and he was waiting for us . We were then taken to his home where there was a sick child . Here I witnessed one of the most harrowing scenes . 3 A little girl about the age of seven he lay there. He had curly blond hair and the heart of every parent would be filled with love . She was just skin and bones and behaved like an animal, clawing , scratching and screaming . They could at least soothe her. The mother and the father said that this went on for at least three months. They said that doctors could not diagnose the case, but , dear reader, it was the way God brought the message of healing to the dear people of St. Louis, as you will read later. I had known the family Daugherty before but this time I did not recognize the child as a result of his condition. We had prayed for the child but to no avail. The Rev. Daugherty said that there were many eminent ministers and Christians of the city to pray for her . Daugherty s brother , his father and I left for the church to continue our prayer. After praying again, I told Brother Daugherty that I had to go out to pray alone. ( Many times God should cause us to seclude yourself to talk to us. ) Was at this time that our Lord Jesus showed me what to do for the healing of the child. I went straight from Daugherty brother and his wife and told them to believe me because I had the Thus saith the Spirit. I will never forget how I looked and how they looked at each other . It seemed like they wanted to cry or scream. Then he turned and said to me, Brother Branham, if we did not believe that God hears your prayers and that God has given you the gift of Divine healing , we would not have sent for him because you came to this long journey . And I can say here that the family Daugherty is one of the most humble families who love God that I have ever met. 4 Then I asked Sister Daugherty to take a bowl of clean water and a small white cloth , which she did . Then I asked the brother Daugherty to kneel on my right and on my left his father , at the foot of the bed of the sick child . That was the way I had been shown. Then I asked her sister Daugherty to wet the cloth and wipe the face of the child, on the hands and feet. The brothers and I had to be in prayer. After this had been done , the vision for her was complete. So I asked our dear Lord to take care of the child, and He did . She immediately stopped crying and wiped his hand on his hair. Then I went home . About three months later, one afternoon while I was sitting on my front porch , a car stopped in front of my house and a sweet little girl by the hair a little curly , suddenly jumped out of the car. He made the trip to race and threw her arms around his neck . Yes, it was little Betty Daugherty ! Friends , thats the kind of things that mean more to me than the riches of this world. Daugherty s brother and I had a long conversation and he told me that people wanted to come to St. Louis for a revival of healing . I agreed to go and the following Sunday I announced to my meeting , I reported that they believed that it was so that the bread of life was to be eaten , according to the vision . Many wanted to come with me, but since gasoline was rationed , we used only one car. We went two sisters of the church, my wife and my nine year old son , Billy , Junior , and me. The sisters took the annotation of some of the things that occurred during the awakening. Are put in this book only for the glory of God and so that people can believe in His Son , Jesus Christ. By the Rev. Wm Billy Branham . 5 If this book were to happen in the hands of a skeptic or a modern critic , please read St. Matthew 12: 31-32 , before reading further. This is an account of the fulfillment of a vision given to the Reverend William Branham by our Lord Jesus Christ. Jeffersonville left in a car, in the beautiful morning of June 14, 1945 , and drove to New Albany for his sister Gertrude Gibbs , then we set off for St. Louis , Mo . During the trip we sang songs of the gospel and we stopped several times along the way. In Illinois , the beautiful wheat fields under the action of wind we were inspired to stop and rejoice in the beauty of God We arrived in St. Louis at around 4 in the afternoon where we had arranged to meet with the Rev. Daugherty at the end of MacArthur large bridge stretching across the Mississippi River . The Rev. Daugherty had left his car parked on the road, with the awakening of the leaflets attached to come. His brother Bill stopped his car right behind his own image , and brother Daugherty motioned us with her hand on the other side of the road. Daugherty A brothers house we were greeted by his family. Little Betty ( his daughter) , had previously been healed by the power of God, through the prayer of the brother Bill when he was beyond the aid of the man or medicine. That afternoon we held prayer services and presenziammo in the big tent. His brother Bill explained to the congregation the gift of divine healing , God-given seemed very interested and attentive. He prayed for eighteen people and healed from various diseases , which proved to many, the healing power of God , alleviated suffering , and restored health to those who had faith in Him 6 Our case was relevant to an elderly lady in her seventies , which was conducted on the front of the tent at the altar . She had a bandage around his head and his nose was an irregular point , that rose up to the size of a small egg. She was very busy as he watched , and occasionally a smile crossed her face as her brother Bill brought the word to you and the rest of the congregation . Another case was that of an old man about the same age who had been lame for years. He had to lean on a cane for support. He was anointed in the name of Jesus Christ stood up and clapped their hands and walking unaided on the promises of God Brother Bill hung up the stick of the elderly on the bars of the cross above the stage. The next was an old lady who was with the band around the head. She was anointed and prayed. Another man who was blind received sight , and the deaf heard . Many other people were healed that night. The services were closed by his brother Bill, who thanked God for His wonderful help. Booked rooms at the hotel where we all knelt in prayer , thanking God for His loving kindness . Friday, June 15 Brother Daugherty was in the hotel, and he and his brother Bill came out to make an appeal to the sick ward of the psychiatric hospital city of St. Louis. Here a mentally ill woman was returned to a normal condition , and obtained his release. They then went to Granite City , Illinois , where they found a woman who weighed a hundred pounds , he had cancer . God touched her body after she had been anointed and prayed for. She was then asked to get dressed and go home. Were called to a house where a woman was healed from arthritis and many others were touched by the power of God 7 In the next house I visited there was a case of asthma. The following was the house of a lady who was paralyzed on the right side since last August . He was able to sit in a chair, his brother Bill prayed for her and anointed her , and ordered her : Get up in the name of Jesus Christ ! She did so, and immediately raised his right arm above his head and left him still, walking down the room , clapping his hands. The voice came back and said the name of his brother Daugherty . On the return trip back home in the rain , they passed near the tent and there was the old man who had been healed the night before. In her hands was a large sign that read : JESUS NEVER FAILS . He admitted that he had been told to leave but he thought that his experience with Jesus was worthy of ammonimentoverso others. We had to pray and went to attend the meeting of the tent we found crowded. Many were standing in the rain and in the other cars parked nearby. As we approached the band played The Old Rugged Cross . Brother Daugherty asked for volunteers to fast for Sunday services and at least fifteen volunteered spontaneously. His brother Bill treated the divine healing and rang : Only Believe , about forty people came to be prayed for them. A lady with bad eyesight he read from the Bible , a man lame for years was unable to walk , and other things took place that now I can not remember. The book became for us its something important and worthy of our efforts to preserve these facts so that others might be led to believe and be healed through faith in Jesus Christ. The service was concluded by a prayer in which he thanked the Lord for His kindness toward us and for healing the afflicted . Returned to the hotel and we had prayer.
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