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==KKK==
==KKK==


It appears that William Branham considered the KKK to be Freemasons.
It appears that William Branham had a soft spot for the KKK.  His first pastor, [[Roy Davis]], was a well known member of the KKK.  William Branham also seems to have confused the KKK with Freemasonry, and there is some speculation that the KKK evolved out of the Masons.


But she, through her church society and the '''Ku Klux Klan, paid the hospital bill for me, Mason's'''. I can never forget them. See? No matter what they do, or what, I still... there is something, and that stays with me, see, what they did for me. And they paid the bill to Doctor Reeder. He is still living, lives here in Port Fulton, could tell you the story.<ref>SOULS.THAT.ARE.IN.PRISON.NOW_  JEFF.IN  V-2 N-22  SUNDAY_  63-1110M</ref>
:''But she, through her church society and the '''Ku Klux Klan, paid the hospital bill for me, Mason's'''. I can never forget them. See? No matter what they do, or what, I still... there is something, and that stays with me, see, what they did for me. And they paid the bill to Doctor Reeder. He is still living, lives here in Port Fulton, could tell you the story.<ref>SOULS.THAT.ARE.IN.PRISON.NOW_  JEFF.IN  V-2 N-22  SUNDAY_  63-1110M</ref>


'Cause I--I believe that the Masons are all right, but the Mason Lodge will never take the place of the Church, or the Blood of Jesus Christ. All my people are Masons, and they're all right as a lodge. But it won't take the place of the Church.
:''...'Cause I--I believe that the Masons are all right, but the Mason Lodge will never take the place of the Church, or the Blood of Jesus Christ. All my people are Masons, and they're all right as a lodge. But it won't take the place of the Church.
And the trouble of it is, you've got the church, till it's no more than a Masonic lodge, or any other lodge. The church is a house of God where Christ lives and manifests Himself amongst the people. That's right.<ref>BE.NOT.AFRAID.IT.IS.I_  BLOOMINGTON.IL  FRIDAY_  61-0414</ref>
And the trouble of it is, you've got the church, till it's no more than a Masonic lodge, or any other lodge. The church is a house of God where Christ lives and manifests Himself amongst the people. That's right.<ref>BE.NOT.AFRAID.IT.IS.I_  BLOOMINGTON.IL  FRIDAY_  61-0414</ref>