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'''The attached article''', is taken from the November 1952 edition of Reader's Digest (Condensed from an article originally published in Chatelaine, and written by Alma Edwards Smith).  This story tells of the hope given by William Branham and doctors to Donny Morton and his father, then of Donny's heartbreaking passing. 
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This article compares and contrasts William Branham stories about Donny Morton with the November 1952 edition of Reader's Digest (Condensed from an article originally published in Chatelaine, and written by Alma Edwards Smith).  This story tells of the hope given by William Branham and doctors to Donny Morton and his father, then of Donny's heartbreaking passing. It also tells of how William Branham's "Thus Saith The Lord" failed. 


=Summary of problems with the story of Donny Morton=
=Summary of problems with the story of Donny Morton=
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#Donny Morton died the same year, unable to fully recover.  
#Donny Morton died the same year, unable to fully recover.  


This is one instance where "THUS SAITH THE LORD" failed, even though the Reader's Digest article reports that William Branham's gift of discernment worked correctly.   
'''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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=Summary of Donny Morton's story=
=Summary of Donny Morton's story=
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William Branham recalls the following about his meeting with Arthur Morton, who had no prayer card:
William Branham recalls the following about his meeting with Arthur Morton, who had no prayer card:
:''He asked, "Will my baby live?"
:''I Said, 'You come by... started to come part of the way by a sled. And then you went down to the place...to get on a plane, you and your wife, you found out you didn't have even enough money for both of you to come on a bus. And now, Traveler's Aid's a helping you.'"
:''I responded, "That I can't say...[but] Within the next three days you're going to meet a black-headed woman on the street, and that woman's going to ask you what's the matter with that baby. And then she's going to tell you of some little country doctor out here that can perform that operation, and you won't want to believe it, because that Mayo's turned it down and said it was impossible to be done. But that's the only chance your baby has, through the power of God, the mercy of God and that operation."
:''And the man like to have fainted. '''And the Holy Spirit spoke THUS SAITH THE LORD. And the baby got well.'''


Arthur Morton did find the doctor who could perform the operation.  Donny Morton then survived a series of four brain operations, and was declared by the doctors to be on the sure road to recovery.  By mid-September Donny Morton was sitting up, and was able to stretch out his arms towards his parents - something he had not been able to do for months.  Sadly, Donny contacted pneumonia in October, and passed away on November 2 in his sleep from a combination of pneumonia and meningitis.     
Arthur Morton did find a doctor who could perform the operation.  Donny Morton then survived a series of four brain operations, and was declared by the doctors to be on the sure road to recovery.  By mid-September Donny Morton was sitting up, and was able to stretch out his arms towards his parents - something he had not been able to do for months.  Sadly, Donny contacted pneumonia in October, and passed away on November 2 in his sleep from a combination of pneumonia and meningitis.     


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.
 
=William Branham's Version of the Story=


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:''And I brought the little baby up, said, never asked a question but looked right into the little baby's face and said, "You bring this baby from Canada. And you come here by a bus, a Greyhound Bus. Traveler's Aid has helped you." And he'd been there about five minutes. Said, "Traveler's Aid has helped you to get here. And the baby has been to Mayo Brothers and Johns Hopkins. It's got a rare brain disease, and there's no way for them to operate. The baby must die."
:''And I brought the little baby up, said, never asked a question but looked right into the little baby's face and said, "You bring this baby from Canada. And you come here by a bus, a Greyhound Bus. Traveler's Aid has helped you." And he'd been there about five minutes. Said, "Traveler's Aid has helped you to get here. And the baby has been to Mayo Brothers and Johns Hopkins. It's got a rare brain disease, and there's no way for them to operate. The baby must die."
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:''And you seen it in Reader's Digest, not long ago, Donny Morton, The Miracle of Donny Morton. That little child right there in California, at the Assemblies of God, down there at that school, Southwestern Bible School, that child was so twisted and afflicted till even John Hopkins and Mayo Brothers said, "There's not an earthly chance for him." '''But the Lord is THUS SAITH THE LORD. That was different, see.'''
:''And you seen it in Reader's Digest, not long ago, Donny Morton, The Miracle of Donny Morton. That little child right there in California, at the Assemblies of God, down there at that school, Southwestern Bible School, that child was so twisted and afflicted till even John Hopkins and Mayo Brothers said, "There's not an earthly chance for him." '''But the Lord is THUS SAITH THE LORD. That was different, see.'''


 
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