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'''The Reader's Digest Article''' | '''The Reader's Digest Article''' | ||
#Donny | #Donny only began to improve slightly after the operation. | ||
#Donny was never able to walk or run. The best he was able to do was stretch out his arms in bed to reach for his parents. | #Donny was never able to walk or run. The best he was able to do was stretch out his arms in bed to reach for his parents. | ||
#Donny Morton died the same year | #Donny Morton died the same year and never fully recovered. | ||
'''If William Branham truly had "THUS SAITH THE LORD" as he claimed, why did it fail?'''. The gift of discernment, as reported by Reader's Digest article appeared to work correctly but William Branham's claim of healing was false. | '''If William Branham truly had "THUS SAITH THE LORD" as he claimed, why did it fail?'''. The gift of discernment, as reported by Reader's Digest article appeared to work correctly but William Branham's claim of healing was false. | ||
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We immediately emailed Denelda for clarification of her statement and the following is an excerpt from her email to us: | We immediately emailed Denelda for clarification of her statement and the following is an excerpt from her email to us: | ||
:'' | :''Donny Morton was my brother and was 2 years older than me. '''What William Branham said about my brother - that he was healed, that he wore the shoes that my dad bought him, or that he came running to my dad after he was prayed for - none of it was true.''''' | ||
:''I don't think my parents ever knew what William Branham said about my brother Donald because they would have been very upset and made sure the truth was known. I didn't find the story on the internet until after they passed away in 1984.'' | |||
This is further confirmation that William Branham's "Thus Saith The Lord" failed with respect to the healing of Donny Morton. | This is further confirmation that William Branham's "Thus Saith The Lord" failed with respect to the healing of Donny Morton. | ||
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One of the closing comments in the Readers Digest article states: ''"Skeptics will say, “You see? Miracles don’t happen in the 20th century,” But they are wrong."'' They viewed the miracle not in the failure of the boy to live but in the outpouring of love by those impacted by the plight of the young boy and his loving father. | One of the closing comments in the Readers Digest article states: ''"Skeptics will say, “You see? Miracles don’t happen in the 20th century,” But they are wrong."'' They viewed the miracle not in the failure of the boy to live but in the outpouring of love by those impacted by the plight of the young boy and his loving father. | ||
=The Readers Digest story= | =The Readers Digest story= | ||
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:''…And the Holy Spirit spoke THUS SAITH THE LORD. And the baby got well. (54-1204 - God Perfecting His Church, para. 45) | :''…And the Holy Spirit spoke THUS SAITH THE LORD. And the baby got well. (54-1204 - God Perfecting His Church, para. 45) | ||
:''And the baby come out of it. And so they had the baby around there; it got so he could run, meet his daddy and everything. (53-1112 – Demonology, para. 13)'' | |||
:''And the baby come out of it. And so they had the baby around there; it got so he could run, meet his daddy and everything. (53-1112 – Demonology, para. 13) | :''He went right straight from that meeting that night and bought Donny his first pair of shoes, and he wore them the next day. (60-0305 - Be Not Afraid, It Is I, para. 28)'' | ||
:''The Lord healed him, made him well. And Mayo’s had turned him down, and so had Johns Hopkins. The boy was made normal. (60-0803 – Abraham, para. 73)'' | |||
:''He went right straight from that meeting that night and bought Donny his first pair of shoes, and he wore them the next day. (60-0305 - Be Not Afraid, It Is I, para. 28) | |||
:''The Lord healed him, made him well. And Mayo’s had turned him down, and so had Johns Hopkins. The boy was made normal. (60-0803 – Abraham, para. 73) | |||
On November 10, 2021, in another case of bad research, Donny Reagan of Johnson City, Tennessee, talked about the healing of Donny Morton: | On November 10, 2021, in another case of bad research, Donny Reagan of Johnson City, Tennessee, talked about the healing of Donny Morton: | ||
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:''Donny Morton was my brother and was 2 years older than me. What William Branham said about my brother - that he was healed, that he wore the shoes that my dad bought him, or that he came running to my dad after he was prayed for - none of it was true. | :''Donny Morton was my brother and was 2 years older than me. What William Branham said about my brother - that he was healed, that he wore the shoes that my dad bought him, or that he came running to my dad after he was prayed for - none of it was true. | ||
:''I don't think my parents ever knew what William Branham said about my brother Donald because they would have been very upset and made sure the truth was known. I didn't find the story on the internet until after they passed away in 1984.'' | |||
:''I don't think my parents ever knew what William Branham said about my brother Donald because they would have been very upset and made sure the truth was known. I didn't find the story on the internet until after they passed away in 1984. | |||
So what are we supposed to do with another failure of “Thus Saith The Lord”? Please remember, this is not the only time William Branham stated something was Thus Saith The Lord which later failed to come to pass. | So what are we supposed to do with another failure of “Thus Saith The Lord”? Please remember, this is not the only time William Branham stated something was Thus Saith The Lord which later failed to come to pass. | ||