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This photo accompanied her testimony of healing.

The photo that accompanied Florence Nightingale's prayer request

Followers of William Branham will often tell the story of the miraculous healing of Florence Nightingale.

Testimony by Rev. Gwilam Francis

Brother Branham and myself visited Miss Florence Nightingale Shirlaw at her mother’s home at 11, Clarendon Road, London W II…We were only four persons in the room that Sunday afternoon, Miss Shirlaw, her mother, Brother Branham and myself, and you [Gordon Lindsay] will probably recall that we were probably there for over an hour. When the atmosphere seemed to be charged with the presence and power of God, Brother Branham took Miss Shirlaw’s hand, and offered a very short prayer, after which he requested her to eat. That is all that happened in that room…Miss Shirlaw’s recovery took a few weeks, I was in constant touch with her during this period.” (Originally published The Voice of Healing, Magazine, 1954)

Testimony by William Branham

October 27, 1952, Sermon: Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever

How many seen the picture of Florence Nightingale? It was yonder in London, England, when she only weighed about thirty-seven pounds. She couldn't even move her hand or nothing: cancer on the duodenum of the stomach. And while standing there praying for her, a little dove flew in, set down on the window, and begin to go back and forth, cooing. When I raised up, the--the ministers begin to say, "Did you see the dove?" I said... I started to say, "I see the dove," and the Spirit of the Lord spoke and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, she'll live and not die." And she weighs a hundred and fifty-five pounds, in perfect health. See. See. Now, the God that saved Florence Nightingale, the great-granddaughter of the late Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross, can save your life tonight; can save your life tonight

November 6, 1953, Sermon: Do you Now Believe?

When I went in to London, the day that we arrived on the International Airport in London, on our road to the Scandinavian country and to pray for the king... I heard them page me. And Mr. Baxter, Mr. Lindsay, many of these men that you people know, was with me. And they went in, and it was the Anglican minister. They brought Miss Florence Nightingale from South Africa, how she knowed, less it was through the crown, I couldn't know yet. But she knew we was going to land there that day. And she come in about fifteen minutes before we did, and I couldn't even get the woman... They couldn't get the woman out of the plane, they thought she was dead then. And I said, "Well, there's thousands of people between here and the plane. I couldn't get to it. I'm going down to Buckingham Palace, then to Westminster Abbey, and then I'll--I'll be at the Piccadilly Hotel, you come get me, we'll go have prayer for her."

Fact Correction

William Branham stated that Florence Nightingale was the granddaughter of the famed nurse, Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross.
- Florence Nightingale (the famous nurse) never married and never had children.
- The Red Cross was founded by Henry Dunant.

William Branham took credit for the healing, yet there were other people and ministers present that prayed for her, as well as the medical attention she was receiving.

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 Followers of William Branham will often tell the story of the miraculous healing of Florence Nightingale.
-=What happened=
+=Testimony by Rev. Gwilam Francis=
+:''Brother Branham and myself visited Miss Florence Nightingale Shirlaw at her mother’s home at 11, Clarendon Road, London W II…We were only four persons in the room that Sunday afternoon, Miss Shirlaw, her mother, Brother Branham and myself, and you [Gordon Lindsay] will probably recall that we were probably there for over an hour. When the atmosphere seemed to be charged with the presence and power of God, Brother Branham took Miss Shirlaw’s hand, and offered a very short prayer, after which he requested her to eat. That is all that happened in that room…Miss Shirlaw’s recovery took a few weeks, I was in constant touch with her during this period.”''  (Originally published The Voice of Healing, Magazine, 1954)
-'''In January, 1950''', F.F. Bosworth showed William Branham a picture of a dying woman which had been sent by Florence Nightingale of Durban, South Africa.  She was a mere skeleton because she suffered from cancer at the entrance of the stomach and weighed only about fifty pounds. She wrote for him to come to South Africa to pray for her, sending along her picture and plane ticket.
-Eight weeks later the Branham party landed in England on their way to Finland.  It was at this time that William Branham said that he prayed for the [[King George VI|King of England]].  Just after they landed, they were told that she had also just arrived in London and were requested to come to the hotel where she was as those with her thought she was dying.
-The Branham party went to the hotel.  There, they knelt together with a minister of the Church of England and her nurses, in prayer for her.
-Eight months after William Branham prayed her, he received another picture from her. At this time she was a perfect picture of health and weighed 155 pounds..."<ref>[[A Prophet Visits South Africa, by Julius Stadsklev|William Branham, A Prophet Visits South Africa]]" by [[Julius Stadsklev|Julius Stadsklev]]</ref>
-=William Branham tells of Florence Nightingale's healing=
-''Think of Florence Nightingale, her grandmother, the founder of the Red Cross, was about sixty pounds of weight, laid dying yonder with a cancer on the duodenal of the stomach, laying there dying. A little dove flew into the bush there and the Spirit of God come and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, she shall live." And she weighs a hundred and fifty-five pounds in perfect health.''<ref>TESTIMONY CHICAGO.IL 53-0902</ref>
+=Testimony by William Branham=
+'''October 27, 1952, Sermon: Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever'''
+:''How many seen the picture of Florence Nightingale? It was yonder in London, England, when she only weighed about thirty-seven pounds. She couldn't even move her hand or nothing: cancer on the duodenum of the stomach. And while standing there praying for her, a little dove flew in, set down on the window, and begin to go back and forth, cooing. When I raised up, the--the ministers begin to say, "Did you see the dove?"  I said... I started to say, "I see the dove," and the Spirit of the Lord spoke and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, she'll live and not die." And she weighs a hundred and fifty-five pounds, in perfect health. See. See. Now, the God that saved Florence Nightingale, the great-granddaughter of the late Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross, can save your life tonight; can save your life tonight
+'''November 6, 1953, Sermon: Do you Now Believe?'''
+:''When I went in to London, the day that we arrived on the International Airport in London, on our road to the Scandinavian country and to pray for the king... I heard them page me. And Mr. Baxter, Mr. Lindsay, many of these men that you people know, was with me. And they went in, and it was the Anglican minister. They brought Miss Florence Nightingale from South Africa, how she knowed, less it was through the crown, I couldn't know yet. But she knew we was going to land there that day. And she come in about fifteen minutes before we did, and I couldn't even get the woman... They couldn't get the woman out of the plane, they thought she was dead then. And I said, "Well, there's thousands of people between here and the plane. I couldn't get to it. I'm going down to Buckingham Palace, then to Westminster Abbey, and then I'll--I'll be at the Piccadilly Hotel, you come get me, we'll go have prayer for her."''
 =Fact Correction=