It has been my privilege at the time of this writing to have been in some nine of the Branham healing campaigns, having assisted in most of these. I am therefore in a position, in some degree, to analyze the results of these meetings. It is not an exaggeration to say that the manifestation of the power of God in signs and wonders exceeds anything that I, or others whom I have talked with, have previously witnessed. While some evangelists in past years have had great results in a ministry of healing, few, indeed, have attempted prayer for the sick the first night of their campaigns, and if so, with such visible results. Nor has the gift of detection of diseases and of evil spirits been previously manifested in any such a manner so far as I am aware. And what rare drama is it to see the eyes of a cross-eyed child instantly straightened, or to watch the expression on the face of a parent whose deaf and dumb child is lisping words for the first time.

Great as the blessing of God has been upon these meetings, it would be unfair to assume that all or nearly all are healed who go through the prayer line. Because some of the healings are so spectacular, it is somewhat difficult to impress upon the people that there is a needful preparation of faith on their part in receiving healing. Indeed, it is much the same as in the days of Christ, when He said, -Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.- The Lord did not heal people indiscriminately, but usually took time with each one to give them special instructions. With one, there was a gentle rebuke because of his unbelief. Another, he led out of town before He healed him of blindness. To another the Lord spoke of his sin, warning him that from then on he must live a holy life, if he were to retain his deliverance.

We shall be frank in saying that it is true that some who are healed apparently lose their healing. Some people depend almost entirely upon Brother Branham's faith, and when the first temptation comes of returning symptoms, they give way. Jesus warned that demons, when they are cast out, usually sooner or later make an attempt to reenter the body from whence they were ejected. If the individual was so foolish as to continue a careless, worldly life, not inviting the Spirit of God to take the place of the ejected evil spirit, it was quite possible that the demon, reinforced by several of its fellows, would succeed in the attempt. Nevertheless, observation indicates that the number who retain their healing compares favorably and probably exceeds the proportion of those who make professions of conversion during Gospel campaigns, and who ultimately continue faithful in the Christian way. It is also apparent that pastors who have a strong faith for divine healing and teach their people these truths, reap far greater results from the Branham meetings than those who exercise a weak, vacillating faith. On the other hand, it is also true that people with a very simple faith, such as the Mexicans, Spanish people, and Indians, when they have witnessed a miracle or two, have come forward and been healed in great numbers.

The spirit of humility is a most marked characteristic of the evangelist. Poverty in his childhood prevented him from having anything but the most meager education. There is no pretense on his part of possessing anything more than the most modest of human abilities. In the sweet humility of the man, mistakes of grammer, and scientific inaccuracies are readily overlooked. Here is a man that has been like Moses of old, "face to face with God"; a man who has drunk deeply of earth's sorrows and thus has learned to have a deep compassion for the sick and afflicted.

Ministers attending the Branham meetings, in some cases at first hostile, witnessing the simplicity, the humility and power of Brother Branham's ministry, often come to the realization during the service that they are receiving a spiritual quickening that they have never felt before. Testimonies have come to us that such have returned to their own congregations with inspiration and renewed consecration, to work for the Master as never before. A few....very few, because of their own lack of faith and spiritual discernment, perhaps caused by a conformity with the world, have let doubts creep in and have thus deprived themselves of blessing and have hindered their own congregations from receiving. The light which illumined the Israelites in their crossing of the Red Sea was darkness to the Egyptians who followed behind.

A few ministers, men who no doubt love the Lord, have been obsessed with such sectarian zeal that they can think only of the Branham campaigns as a means of serving their own group, and would insist on identifying Brother Branham's ministry with some particular doctrine. When Brother Branham has asked them to kindly refrain from so doing, they have felt that he was compromising the faith. Alas, that our spiritual discernment is so gross that we cannot discern between the great fundamental truths that unite us in the Body of Christ, and those in which the most godly of men differ. Notwithstanding, many ministers of the gospel are rejoicing that the ministry of Brother Branham is serving as a common denominator of those who, though members of different groups, yet are members of the same body. Let each church preach its own convictions, but let us not proselyte one another when the great multitudes are perishing without Christ on our doorstep. Who knows but that this great move is prophetic--not toward the merging of denominations, but toward the creation of a spirit of good will and fellowship as the world has a right to expect from those who are members of the body of Christ.

There is another problem confronted in the Branham meetings which, because of its nature, is not easy of solution. People come for hundreds and even thousands of miles to be prayed for in these services. Those in charge of the conduct of the meetings are solicited continually by calls from those who wish immediate attention. If only a small fraction of these calls were heeded, Brother Branham would not have a moment's respite. It is well that everyone who attends the Branham meetings should carefully consider the fact that no one can properly minister to the tens of thousands of people who are in need of healing. If in the sweet humility of his ministry, if in the miracles that take place, if in the testimonies of the great number who are healed, a new faith and inspiration should be instilled in the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, surely Brother Branham will have done his part. Finally, we must mention the fact that Brother Branham is not a man of unlimited strength. Praying and ministering to the thousands of people often wears him down to the point of absolute exhaustion. We trust then that all shall understand the reason that it becomes necessary to keep our brother in a quiet place where he can pray and wait on the Lord without interruption from the many who desire to converse with him.