11,143
edits
Florence Nightingale: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:FlorenceNightingale.gif|thumb|left|175px|The photo that accompanied Florence | {{Top of Page}} | ||
Followers of William Branham will often tell the story of the miraculous healing of Florence Nightingale. | [[Image:FlorenceNightingale.gif|thumb|left|175px|The photo that accompanied Florence Shirlaw's prayer request]] | ||
Followers of William Branham will often tell the story of the miraculous healing of Florence Nightingale. However, there are significant discrepancies with respect to William Branham's account of the healing and that of an independent eyewitness. | |||
=Testimony | =Testimony of Rev. Gwilam Francis= | ||
From the Voice of Healing Magazine: | From the November 1954 Voice of Healing Magazine: | ||
:''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.”''<ref>The Voice of Healing Magazine, November 1954, Vol. 7, No. 8, pg 6</ref> | :''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.”''<ref>The Voice of Healing Magazine, November 1954, Vol. 7, No. 8, pg 6</ref> | ||
[[File:Florence_healed.jpg|thumb|right|130px|This photo accompanied her testimony of healing.]] | [[File:Florence_healed.jpg|thumb|right|130px|This photo accompanied her testimony of healing.]] | ||
Reverend Francis had his testimony of the events in England published in the Voice of Healing Magazine because '''many of the facts published in [[Julius Stadsklev]]'s book, "A Prophet Visits South Africa" about the event were wrong'''. This is a clear indication that Julius Stadsklev simply took the information for his book directly from William Branham without checking any of the facts. | Reverend Francis had his testimony of the events in England published in the Voice of Healing Magazine because '''many of the facts published in [[Julius Stadsklev]]'s book, "A Prophet Visits South Africa" about the event were wrong'''. This is a clear indication that Julius Stadsklev simply took the information for his book directly from William Branham without checking any of the facts with the other people that were there. | ||
Reverend Francis also concluded that Miss Shirlaw's healing was real. | Reverend Francis also concluded that Miss Shirlaw's healing was real. | ||
Some of the facts that | Some of the facts that differed significantly from William Branham's version of the events include: | ||
* | *William Branham did not say "THUS SAITH THE LORD". He simply prayed for Miss Shirlaw. | ||
* | *There was no dove in the window. | ||
*There were four people in the room: William Branham, Gordon Lindsay, Rev. Francis, and Miss Shirlaw (no nurses). | *There were four people in the room: William Branham, Gordon Lindsay, Rev. Francis, and Miss Shirlaw (no nurses). | ||
*Miss Shirlaw was at her home, and not on the | *Miss Shirlaw was at her mother's home in London, and not on an airplane when William Branham was paged. Apparently Rev. Francis found out that William Branham would be at the London airport and Rev. Francis had William Branham paged. William Branham made arrangements with Rev. Francis to meet with Miss Shirlaw on the subsequent Sunday at her mother's home in London. | ||
*Reverend Francis arranged the meeting, not the Crown. | *Reverend Francis arranged the meeting, not the Crown. | ||
It should also be noted that these corrected facts directly contradict William Branham's testimony as noted in the quotes below. | It should also be noted that these corrected facts directly contradict William Branham's testimony as noted in the quotes below. | ||
Other corrections to statements made by William Branham: | Other corrections that need to be made to the statements made by William Branham include the following: | ||
*Florence Nightingale (the famous nurse) never married and never had children'''. | *Florence Nightingale (the famous nurse) never married and never had children'''. | ||
*The Red Cross was founded by Henry Dunant. | *The Red Cross was founded by Henry Dunant. | ||
| Line 30: | Line 31: | ||
It has also been noted that the Picadilly Hotel, where William Branham was staying, is a very expensive and prestigious hotel. | It has also been noted that the Picadilly Hotel, where William Branham was staying, is a very expensive and prestigious hotel. | ||
= | =The story as told by William Branham on the dates noted below= | ||
===October 27, 1952, Sermon: Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever=== | ====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. | :''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. | ||
| Line 37: | Line 38: | ||
:''Now, look friends, think of King George of England, when he was healed with multiple sclerosis, when we had prayer for him. 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. | :''Now, look friends, think of King George of England, when he was healed with multiple sclerosis, when we had prayer for him. 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. | ||
===November 6, 1953, Sermon: Do you Now Believe?=== | ====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."'' | :''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."'' | ||
===March 4, 1960, Sermon: Thirsting for Life==== | ====March 4, 1960, Sermon: Thirsting for Life===== | ||
:''Mrs. Nightingale, now, she was a relative of the late Florence Nightingale. This woman's name is Florence Nightingale, and she's a nurse. But she wasn't, of course, Florence Nightingale, the regular--original founder of the Red Cross. But she's from England, and she was a--a nurse, and she was a distant relative of Mrs. Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross. I'd first heard from her; I was in Africa. This picture that you see in here of her, as a skeleton... That we had to... Brother Gordon Lindsay, when we fixed that picture, we had to put something across it there, 'cause they just had a little rag tied around the woman, and it was very, very bad. So we put a piece of--of something over it, and took a photostatic copy of the picture, that we might put it in the book. That's her, when I... And she was starved, yet over a month after that picture was taken, and here she is six months later, nursing again. | :''Mrs. Nightingale, now, she was a relative of the late Florence Nightingale. This woman's name is Florence Nightingale, and she's a nurse. But she wasn't, of course, Florence Nightingale, the regular--original founder of the Red Cross. But she's from England, and she was a--a nurse, and she was a distant relative of Mrs. Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross. I'd first heard from her; I was in Africa. This picture that you see in here of her, as a skeleton... That we had to... Brother Gordon Lindsay, when we fixed that picture, we had to put something across it there, 'cause they just had a little rag tied around the woman, and it was very, very bad. So we put a piece of--of something over it, and took a photostatic copy of the picture, that we might put it in the book. That's her, when I... And she was starved, yet over a month after that picture was taken, and here she is six months later, nursing again. | ||