Brother Branham boldly looked down from the pulpit and asked: “Do you believe me, sir, to be God’s prophet?” The young man responded with a definite, “Yes!” Brother Branham then went on to tell him the very secrets of his heart. It was unmistakable by the enthusiasm in his voice: there was a fire beginning to grow inside the young minister that could not be quenched. He knew that there was something very special about the man who was speaking to him from the pulpit.
Later, Brother Branham ordained the young man, Joseph Coleman, as a minister of the Gospel and asked that God bless him and give him a fruitful ministry. The Lord did as Brother Branham requested. Over the years, Brother Coleman stood at his post of duty, pointing people around the world to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Message brought through His prophet, Brother Branham.
Brother Coleman has recently gone to be with the Lord Jesus. Our prayers are with the Coleman family, his church, and the many thousands around the world who have been touched by his ministry.
62-0422 THE RESTORATION OF THE BRIDE TREE
It's a colored man, setting right back here, looking at me. It's his... He, he's got someone that's sick. That's right. Asthmatic and sinus. That's right. You touched Him. You're not from here, sir. You come from the East, northeast, this way. You come from New York. That's right. You're Mr. Hunt. You believe now. Right. That's it.
That's your friend setting there by you, praying. You believe me, sir, to be God's prophet? [Brother Coleman says, "Yes..."--Ed.] You come here with him. Your name is Coleman. ["Yes. Hallelujah!"] And you are praying for a father. ["Yes."] It's by a throat's. That's THUS SAITH THE LORD. ["Hallelujah!"] Go, believe now. Believe.
63-0707m THE INDICTMENT
What is your name, brother? [The brother says, "Orlando Hunt."--Ed.] Brother Orlando Hunt, from New York City. Is that right? And Brother... [The other brother then says, "Joseph Coleman."] Joseph Coleman.
Now if you will just turn to the audience, my brethren.
The Brother Hunt and Brother Coleman, a call of God upon their hearts. And as we have just sang the song, "There is millions now in sin and shame, are dying." They have heard that sad and bitter cry. And we ask them: hasten, brothers, hasten to their rescue! See, quickly answer, "Master, here am I." That's the way they're answering, this morning.
And as we, as brethren of this church, and this group, sanction this, by laying our hands upon them and giving them the right hand of fellowship, as to be witnesses of Jesus Christ, with our support here, that we will back them up in everything that's honorable and right, in the Gospel. Our prayers will constantly be for these men, that God will use them to honor Him. And may their ministries be rich and great in New York. May their--their life be full of service for Him, bringing in precious sheaves to the Kingdom. May they live long, happy lives. May the Lord God undergird them with His everlasting Presence, and give to them health and strength, and keep them in His service until Jesus Christ shall call them to their Eternal Home in the Heaven of rest.
Let this congregation now... as we bow our heads, and we ministers go forward to lay our hands upon them.
Our Heavenly Father, we lay our hands upon Brother Hunt, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, as what we have known of him, Lord, has been righteous. And we thank Thee for this call in his life, of the ministry. Lord, speak through this brother, win souls, bring deliverance, Lord, to those that are in captive, both sickness and--and mentally, and physically and spiritually. Lord, give him a real ministry, that he might, at the end of his road, look back down through that long trail and see that he's been able, by the grace of God, to capture every enemy. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, we ask it. Amen.
Upon Brother Coleman we also lay our hands, as witnesses, Lord, to give sanction to his call, that we, this church, this group of people, believe in him as a servant of Christ. And we ask that You bless him and give him a great, mighty ministry, that he will win souls for You, Lord, and deliver the captive, and--and break the powers of Satan, around the lives of the people that he associates with. Give to him, Lord, a fruitful life, good health and strengthness. And, too, when he comes to the end of the road, God, grant that he can look down a long trail and see where, by the grace of Jesus Christ, he's been able to break every fetter of the enemy, to the honor of God.
Heavenly Father, may these men now so live and work in the harvest of God. May Your blessings rest upon them and be with them until the time that we all gather at the feet of our great Master. In Jesus Christ's Name we ask it. Amen.