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So William Branham was in clear violation of U.S. copyright law when he published the Church Age book in 1965.
So William Branham was in clear violation of U.S. copyright law when he published the Church Age book in 1965.
==Larkin was mentioned by Branham==
William Branham only mentioned Clarence Larkin 3 times in the recorded sermons.  He is never mentioned in the Church Age Book.
:''I've been reading '''Dr. Larkin's book''', Dr. Smith's book, Dr. Scofield's notes, different commentaries from men everywhere, and yet I '''cannot put theirs together to make it come out right'''.<ref>GABRIEL'S.INSTRUCTIONS.TO.DANIEL JEFF.IN 61-0730M</ref>
:''And so, no doubt that down through the age there has been hundreds times hundreds of people, scholars, abled men, trying to explain what these seventy of weeks were. And I've read many of their commentaries on it. And I'm very grateful to Mr. Smith of the Adventist church for his views. '''I'm very grateful to Dr. Larkin of his views.''' I'm grateful to all these great scholars for their views on this. And in reading them, it enlightens me much that '''I can find places that looks right. But''' to get the views that I--I thought that I would like to explain, I searched through the encyclopedia of time to find out what time meant.<ref>THE.SEVENTIETH.WEEK.OF.DANIEL_  JEFF.IN 61-0806</ref>
:'' I had my own idea, as every minister does, of reading maybe what other man had said; and believing as much as I possible, with them, on the things that they had drawed up, their conclusion. I had read the book of Mr. Smith, Uriah Smith, which is the Adventist teacher, and I had read his--his thoughts on it. And '''I had read Mr. Larkin.''' I had read, oh, so many different ones, of their commentaries on This. But, somehow or other'n, I thought I had a--a little view of it, myself, that might be of places different. But trying one time, just speaking three subjects, the first... or the four subjects of the four horse riders. I preached on it four nights, one on one horse, and the other.  B'''ut then just before it happened, I was given a vision'''...<ref>THE.FEAST.OF.THE.TRUMPETS  JEFF.IN  64-0719M</ref>
So while William Branham mentions Larkin, he never mentions him in the context of the sermons that he preached that were based on Larkin's materials.  Larkin is never mentioned in the church age series or the seven seals series.  Larkin is also not mentioned in the Church Age book.
That is what plagiarism is all about.  Taking someone's work and not giving them due credit.  He said he didn't really agree with Larkin when he actually stole a lot of his ideas.  That is just wrong morally, ethically and biblically.


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