William Branham on Suicide: Difference between revisions

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:'''''In London, England… And I stood there by his grave, and I laid my hand over on the tombstone''', and I thought, "God rest your gallant soul." I thought, "Mr. Cowper, why were you considered a neurotic?" You know, after he wrote that song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's vein," he came out of that inspiration and got—went down to the—to a cab—tried to find the river to commit suicide, to drown himself in the river. William Cowper; that's his history right there by his grave.<ref>William Branham,  51-0506A - Believest Thou This?, para. 10</ref>
:'''''In London, England… And I stood there by his grave, and I laid my hand over on the tombstone''', and I thought, "God rest your gallant soul." I thought, "Mr. Cowper, why were you considered a neurotic?" You know, after he wrote that song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's vein," he came out of that inspiration and got—went down to the—to a cab—tried to find the river to commit suicide, to drown himself in the river. William Cowper; that's his history right there by his grave.<ref>William Branham,  51-0506A - Believest Thou This?, para. 10</ref>
    
    
But Cowper was not buried in London.  He is actually buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, St Nicholas's Church, East Dereham.   
But Cowper was not buried in London.  He is actually buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, St Nicholas's Church, East Dereham, which is over a 100 miles northeast of London.   


Why would William Branham make up such a convincing story about something that was completely untrue?
Why would William Branham make up such a convincing story about something that was completely untrue?