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:''What number of card did you…? [Blank spot on tape—Ed.] My ministry’s not like some of the brothers who goes and lays his hands on the sick, and everybody prays for each individual. I… My ministry just… Perhaps after I return from Africa and overseas this time, I may never have no more… It’s leaning that way very strong towards me, in America, to leave off healing services; just congregational prayer (See?), and have evangelistic services: like come set up a big tent. '''I just got one in order the other day, seats fifteen thousand people''': chairs and everything. Like to set it out here in Louisville and stay for three months. See? And just stay till God says it’s enough, it’s over. See?<ref>William Branham, 54-0403 - The Hand Of The Lord Came Upon Him, para. 53</ref> | :''What number of card did you…? [Blank spot on tape—Ed.] My ministry’s not like some of the brothers who goes and lays his hands on the sick, and everybody prays for each individual. I… My ministry just… Perhaps after I return from Africa and overseas this time, I may never have no more… It’s leaning that way very strong towards me, in America, to leave off healing services; just congregational prayer (See?), and have evangelistic services: like come set up a big tent. '''I just got one in order the other day, seats fifteen thousand people''': chairs and everything. Like to set it out here in Louisville and stay for three months. See? And just stay till God says it’s enough, it’s over. See?<ref>William Branham, 54-0403 - The Hand Of The Lord Came Upon Him, para. 53</ref> | ||
The first telling of the tent vision: | |||
:''...the Angel of the Lord taken me out then, and He taken me to a real bright stream of water. It was the most beautiful blue water, and great fish were swimming around in it. He said, “I will make you a fisher.” And He said, “Now cast your lure into the water. When you do, pull it slow, first time. Next time, just give a little jerk, not too hard. And the next time, set your hook for the catch.” | |||
:''And I started; throwed my line in the water. I pulled it. Everybody begin rejoicing, saying, “That’s wonderful. That’s wonderful.” I got all excited, and jerked it hard on the next one, was out. I pulled the fish, and all, out of the water. But, when it was, it was a little bitty fish, and it just about the size of the lure. And I got my line all tangled up, and I was straightening out my line. | |||
:''And the Man which was talking behind me; walked around in front of me, dressed in Palestinian clothes, and a turban on His head. He had a white robe. He said, “Brother Branham, that’s it.” | |||
:''I said, “I know I didn’t do right.” I said, “I jerked it when I oughtn’t to.” | |||
:''He said, “Don’t get your line tangled up in these kind of times.” 46 And I said, “Well, I’m running it straight as I can. I’ll be very careful.” | |||
:''And He said, “Now, the First time I spoke with you, you put your hands on the people and told them what was wrong with them. And the Second Pull, why, when you did, you would know the secrets of your hearts, and I made you a seer before the people. But you was always trying to explain it. You oughtn’t to have done that.” Said, “You’ve made a public show out of it.” I said, “I’m very sorry.” | |||
:''Then He taken me from there, and I seen a great huge tent. I never seen such a—a tent! And it was packed and lined everywhere, with people. And I walked out to the…looked like I was standing above the people, looking down; where I just made an altar call, and hundreds and hundreds of people were weeping and rejoicing after they had accepted the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. And I looked. | |||
:''And then I heard a man get up and say, “Call the prayer line.” And people begin to line up over on this side, the left, from where I was looking down towards the platform. And they lined all the way up-and-down the street, for a prayer line. | |||
:''I noticed to my left, which would have been to my right if I was on the platform, a little wooden building. And I seen that Light that they have the picture of, you know. It’s always in the meeting. I seen that Light leave me and go to that building, and go in that building. And a Voice said to me, “I’ll meet you in there. That’ll be the Third Pull.” I said, “Why?” | |||
:''He said, “Well, it won’t be a public show like the other.” And I came to. And I… | |||
:''Now, at the beginning of this new year, back to my tabernacle where I started from, see, back to the beginning where I started. I—I am very grateful to God for these things. | |||
:''And many of you know that just before leaving on the other crusade, about eight or ten years, I think around ten years since, well, nine years it has been. It was…These things were told exactly how the auditorium services, you remember; exactly how that Brother Lawton would live exactly three years and then be taken away; that Brother Ward would build a tabernacle down in this position, this direction here; and all just exactly. You know it, you old-timers. It happened just that way, and so will this, for it’s THUS SAITH THE LORD. And you’ll know.<ref>William Branham, 56-0101 - Why Are People So Tossed About?, para. 42-53</ref> | |||
The tent is still on order: | |||
:''Then I go down to La Crescenta, California, to set some things in order, which, '''my tent is already made and ready to go out on the field now.''' And so, well, I’ll probably start on the West Coast of California, going down through California and Arizona, this coming winter, the Lord willing; with exceptions of the time open between the meetings for a service to go into Africa again. David duPlessis and many of the men here from Africa, that want to set up the African Campaign, was with me in this meeting. Going to meet up there, we’re to get with Brother Arganbright and have prayer, to see where the next meeting will be.<ref>William Branham, 56-0617 - Revelation, Book Of Symbols, para. 144</ref> | :''Then I go down to La Crescenta, California, to set some things in order, which, '''my tent is already made and ready to go out on the field now.''' And so, well, I’ll probably start on the West Coast of California, going down through California and Arizona, this coming winter, the Lord willing; with exceptions of the time open between the meetings for a service to go into Africa again. David duPlessis and many of the men here from Africa, that want to set up the African Campaign, was with me in this meeting. Going to meet up there, we’re to get with Brother Arganbright and have prayer, to see where the next meeting will be.<ref>William Branham, 56-0617 - Revelation, Book Of Symbols, para. 144</ref> | ||
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:''And someday, if God willing, I’m trying to get out of it right now, and asking the heavenly Father… '''And by a vision He told me about a tent that Brother Moore and them is going to California now to see to set in order the first time.''' They will put a little place there where we can pray for the people, and I can get away from the people just a minute so that I won’t feel that pull when I’m praying. That’s what makes me weak. That’s what takes me from the platform early. Don’t lay it onto my kid; it’s not my kid. He stays with me like, sticks closer than anything I’ve ever had in my life. He knows just exactly what to move. If it wasn’t for him, I’d be in the insane institution, ’cause they let me stay.<ref>William Branham, 56-0801 - The Arrow Of God's Deliverance Shot From A Bows, para. 12</ref> | :''And someday, if God willing, I’m trying to get out of it right now, and asking the heavenly Father… '''And by a vision He told me about a tent that Brother Moore and them is going to California now to see to set in order the first time.''' They will put a little place there where we can pray for the people, and I can get away from the people just a minute so that I won’t feel that pull when I’m praying. That’s what makes me weak. That’s what takes me from the platform early. Don’t lay it onto my kid; it’s not my kid. He stays with me like, sticks closer than anything I’ve ever had in my life. He knows just exactly what to move. If it wasn’t for him, I’d be in the insane institution, ’cause they let me stay.<ref>William Branham, 56-0801 - The Arrow Of God's Deliverance Shot From A Bows, para. 12</ref> | ||
The tent was still being ordered three years later: | The tent was still being ordered three years later: | ||