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:'''''In London, England… And I stood there by his grave, and I laid my hand over on the tombstone''', and I thought, "God rest your gallant soul." I thought, "Mr. Cowper, why were you considered a neurotic?" You know, after he wrote that song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's vein," he came out of that inspiration and got—went down to the—to a cab—tried to find the river to commit suicide, to drown himself in the river. William Cowper; that's his history right there by his grave.<ref>William Branham, 51-0506A - Believest Thou This?, para. 10</ref> | :'''''In London, England… And I stood there by his grave, and I laid my hand over on the tombstone''', and I thought, "God rest your gallant soul." I thought, "Mr. Cowper, why were you considered a neurotic?" You know, after he wrote that song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's vein," he came out of that inspiration and got—went down to the—to a cab—tried to find the river to commit suicide, to drown himself in the river. William Cowper; that's his history right there by his grave.<ref>William Branham, 51-0506A - Believest Thou This?, para. 10</ref> | ||
But Cowper was not buried in London. He is actually buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, St Nicholas's Church, East Dereham. | But Cowper was not buried in London. He is actually buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, St Nicholas's Church, East Dereham, which is over a 100 miles northeast of London. | ||
Why would William Branham make up such a convincing story about something that was completely untrue? | Why would William Branham make up such a convincing story about something that was completely untrue? | ||