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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.
+=Summary of problems with the story of Donny Morton=
+William Branham's version of this story told on the tapes is very different from the published article.  This gives rise to a number of questions:
-'''The attached article''', taken from Reader Digest November 1952 (Condensed from Chatelaine, and written by Alma Edwards Smith), tells of the hope given by William Branham and the medical profession to the father of the boy, then the heartbreaking passing, of little Donny Morton. It reminds us that God's ways are not our ways, and in everything - good and bad - He has a plan for our lives.  This is also a reminder that Donny Morton, like all the other testimonies on this website, was a real person.
+'''William Branham's version'''
+#William Branham said,"The Lord healed him, made him well".
+#William Branham said that the boy was wearing shoes "the next day" after he prayed for him.
+#William Branham said "it got so he could run, meet his daddy and everything".
+#William Branham said that he said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD" the boy will be healed".
-=Problems with the story of Donny Morton=
+'''The Reader's Digest Article'''
+#Donny never 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 Morton died the same year, unable to fully recover.
-There are a number of questions that arise from William Branham's version of the incident:
+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.
-#Why did William Branham state - "The Lord healed him, made him well" - when the little lad started on the road to healing but ultimately died.
-#The boy died of a combination of meningitis and pneumonia.  Pneumonia often occurs when a person's immune system is weak.  What kind of theology states that God has healed a little boy of meningitis and then allows him to die a few months later from pneumonia as he starts to recover?
-#Why did William Branham say that the boy was wearing shoes "the next day" when it was clear that he didn't start to improve the slightest until after the doctor's operated on him?
-#Why did William Branham state "it got so he could run, meet his daddy and everything", when it appears that the best he could do was to stretch out his arms in bed to reach for his parents?
-#'''If William Branham spoke "THUS SAITH THE LORD" the boy will be healed, why did the boy die just a few months later?'''  Does this create a problem with Deuteronomy 18:22?
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 =Summary of Donny Morton's story=
-Donny Morton developed a rare brain disease while living on a farm in Saskatchewan.  The doctors told his parents that the brain tissue was deteriorating, and he only had six months to live.  Donny's father, Arthur, had heard of [[William Branham]] through two deaf friend who had been healed during his services, and boarded a bus for California with his ailing child.
+Donny Morton developed a rare brain disease while living on a farm in Saskatchewan.  The doctors told his parents that the brain tissue was deteriorating, and he only had six months to live.  Donny's father, Arthur, had heard of [[William Branham]] through two deaf friends who had been healed during his services, and boarded a bus for California with his ailing child.
 The author of the Reader's Digest Article records the following about Donny Morton's meeting with William Branham: