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THE UOICE OF l NGoFF.ICIAL

HEALING CAMPAIGNS BY VOICE OF HEALING ASSOCIATE EDITORS

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, OCTOBER, 1949

GREAT

oRGAN

oF

HEALING

MANy

CAMpAIGNS

NUMBER 7

O. L. JAGGERS

Beginning Oct. 2Dallas, Texas

Oak Cliff Assembly

The City of Reading, Pennsylvania, hasreceived a Divine visitation of blessingand power that has never been equalled,so say many of the ministers of this com­munity and vicinity. Approximately 2700people answered a strictly salvation altarcall, and multiplied hundreds were healedof diseases and afflictions of every kind.Night after night the great tent seatingover two thousand was crowded, with be­tween five hundred and two thousandstanding about it during each service.

The meeting began rather inauspiciouslyand with no fanfare. Circumstances were

such that it had been impossible to gobefore hand and properly organize thecampaign. Only two or three churchesat the start were backing it. BrotherGeorge Folk, chairman of the local com­mittee, had succeeded in securing a largetent 210 feet long, and he with Rev. HenryStoppe of Jamaica had put forth mucheffort in getting the tent erected. Thecampaign, starting on a Sunday, beganwith a rather small attendance. Neverthe­less, with miracles occurring from thefirst night, the crowds began to come, andsoon more were there than could be ac­

commodated. Hundreds of people andsometimes thousands stood for hours aboutthe tent. Another thing that might bementioned was that this was one of thefirst, if not the first, of the great healingcampaigns on a large scale held in theEast. Yet it was not long before peoplebegan coming regularly from distancesof over a hundred miles. All denomina­tions came and were blessed, and manywere healed.

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GAYLE JACKSONNow in

Freeport, TexasIn Large Tent

Continues Thru Oct. 23

• Revival Reports of:Gayle Jackson Little DavidO. L. Jaggers Harvey McAllisterOsborn-Lindsay Dale Hanson

• Ministry of Mrs. Woodworth-Etter• The Power of Healing by Franklin Hall• The Appearance of Christ to Louise

Nankivell• The Moral Collapse of America, by

M. L. Davidson• Significant News of the Month

<J1tu Mo.ntla ~eaiwuu

o. L. Jaggers Now in Dallas East Stirred By Impact ofOsborn-Lindsay Healing

Campaign

Rev. O. L. Jaggers, who has resumed hisministry in Dallas, Texas. During thesummer he has held only short meetingsand has spent much of his time writingon his new book, "Everlasting Spiritualand Physical Health," which is soon tocome off the press. God has given him aspecial ministry of miracles in which cre­ative action often. takes place. Many thou­sands have been saved and have receivedthe Baptism of the Holy Ghost in thesecampaigns.

DALE HANSON

Now in Big TentMcAlester, Oklahoma

Third and Delaware Sts.

Now inAthens, Tennessee

Big Tent

OSBORN-LINDSAY

VOLUME 2

Special Notice ConcerningWorld- Wide Revival

Maga,zineEvangelist Dale Hanson now has two

great tents, seating 2,000 people each,which he proposes to keep going ingreat healing meetings. Because of thegreat responsibility in carrying on thiswork, it has been arranged by mutualconsent between him 'and the editors ofTIlE VOICE OF HEALING to repre­sent his work in the pages of this mag­azine. Consequently, Brother Hanson'smagazine, "WORLD-WIDE REVI­VAL," WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

Meridian, Miss., VisitedWith Greatest Revival

In Its HistoryGayle Jackson RevivalWitnesses Over 2,000

Come To ChristBy C. S. WALKER

Pastor, First Assembly of GodAs one of the co-operating pastors in

the great Salvation-Divine Healing revivalconducted by Rev. Gayle Jackson inMeridian, Mississippi, I would like to ex­press my opinion of its greatness by men­tioning only a few of my observations.

First, one of the accomplishments ofgreat significance is the unified fellowshipresulting of all the ministers of the FullGospel churches of the city; all of whOlIIldismissed their regular services in orderthiat they and their members might at­tend every service of this great revival.There is now a fellowship amon?; theseministers which was here-to-fore unknown.

I witnessed over two thousand make(Continued on Page 2)

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Scope of Sign - Gift Ministry Increa:

Gayle Jackson in Meridian(Continued from Page 1)

their way to the prayer tents under suchmighty conviction of sin, until many ofthem were gloriously saved even beforethey knelt to pI1ay, as the conviction wasaccomplished :by Faith, resulting ,frotmthe simple but pungent Gospel messagesof the evangelist.

There is no way to dete=ine the num­ber of miracles and healings that occur­red, but conservative estimate places thenumber in the thousands, who were de­

livered from diseases of almost every de­scription, including cancers, goiters, h.eartdisease @d sugar diabetes. Blind eyeswere opened, the deaf heard, the dumbspoke, crossed eyes were made straight,tJhe lame walked and many other miracleswere wrought.

One of the greatest evidences of thehunger for God which possessed the greatthrongs, who attended night after night,was that the heavy downpour of rainwhich fell almost every night did not stopthem. I witnessed scores wade t!hroughwater over their shoe tops (that had rununder the tent and stood in some placesas much as six inches deep) making theirway to the front of t!he tent to find Christas their Saviour.

I think all of the Full Gospel churchesof the city have already witnessed clearevidence of a mighty Spiritual awakening,tJhat we- hope will continue and grow inintensity until Jesus comes.

Harvey MacAllister in GreatMissionary Tour in

Latin-America

By HARVEY McALLISTER

During 1946, I was in Jamaica for tenweeks, during which period I witnessedupwards of 1.500 unsave'd persons kneel­ing at altars and in prayer rooms and tak­ing Christ as Saviour. In many of themeetings we found it necessary to formhealing lines four abreast.

While in the West Indies I had the in­ward conviction that the Lord would haveme to give a definite ministry to MexicoOn returning home, I found a letter onmy desk from the pastor of the largestchurch in Mexico City which invited meto come to that city for a ministry inwhich healing would be the outstandingfeature.

We had two wonderful weeks in Mex­ico City, with nightly congregations ofaround 1500 people. SeldOlJll a night meet­ing but at least fifty came for salvationand sometimes as many as a hundred andfifty. Each night there would be hundredsin the healing line.

After ministering in a number of othercities in Mexico, I took a pl:ane for Brit­ish Honduras to fill an engagement asspeaker at the Third Annual Conventionof the Assemblies of God in British Hon­duras. Night meetings were conducted ina large hall seating about 600, with oftenmany standing. Then for the first time,as far as is known. on British Hondurassoil, in the early 5 :30 A. M. meetings,people received the Baptism of the HolyGhost-14 of them.

The Voice of Healing MagazineNow Official Organ of Many ofThe Great Healing Campaigns

By THE EDITOR

Almost daily we receive requests fromworthy evangelists and workers for spacein THE VOICE OF HEALING. It is ourdesire to as fully and fairly represent thefield as is possible. In the providence ofGod some of these campaigns" because oftheir scope, draw thousands of people notonly from the locale of the meeting butfrom hundreds of miles in every direction.From these se,rvices others draw inspira.tion to go forth and labor in a ministryof deliverance in the·ir respective fields.Naturally THE VOICE OF HEALINGmust report more fully those meetingswhich are setting the pattern of this last·day revival. We are the more disposed topublicize ,those who do not have an inordi·nate ambition to magnify themselves, butwish to glorify Christ, and who are seek­ing to encourage other ministers in thisministry of deliverance. Again, we areespecially inte,rested in those who are notseeking to amass money for personal com­fort, but will consider themselves stew­ards before God to assist in the promulga­tion of this message of deliverance to theuntouched mission fields.

Although editor of THE VOICE OFHEALING, we are hopeful that we havenot used our position to unproportionatelypublicize meetings in which we have beenassociated. We are not interested alone inwhat God is doing for us, but rather inwhat God is doing over the entire field,without respect to church walls or de­nominational barriers. We are thankful,however, for the great meetings in whichwe have been associated. Some idea of thescope of the recent Osborn-Lindsay earn·paign at Reading may be understood fromthe fact that including over 1300 subscrip.tions received for THE VOICE OF HEAL.lNG, some 26,000 copies of the magazinemaY' be said to be used as a result of thisone campaign.

HEALING CAMPAIGN SCHEDULES

GAYLE JACKSONAtlanta, Ga Oct. 27-Nov. 27

301 Capitol Ave.

WILLIAM BRANHAM

To date we have not received a bulle­tin from Brother Branham. Those de­siring to contact him may write to

Box 325Jeffersonville, Indiana

JOHN F. HAUCKBritton, S. D. Oct. 17-Nov. 6

LOUISE NANKIVELLColumbus, Ga Oct. 9-30

Week-Nights at East HighlandAssembly

Sundays, Corner Auditorium

ORAL ROBERTSHouston, Texas Oct. 14-30

Meetings are held in large tentCathedral

HALL-NICKELMuskogee, Okla Sept. 28-0ct. 1

633 So. Cherokee

HARVEY McALLISTER

Hutchinson, Kan Oct. 13-30408 W. Eighth

Wichita F'alls, Texas Nov. 1-201718 Collins Street,

IRA FAHNESTOCK

Los Angeles Oct. 1-10Calvary Temple

Wichita, Kan Oct. 15-26Dodge City, Kan Nov. 1-15

October, 1949

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'reign Nations Being Sti1"red

"LITTLE DAVID" campaign in Royal Albert Hall, London. These meetings, with the assistance of Rev.Hoekstra and Raymond T. Richey, are being organized on a union basis, and whole cities are being stirred bythem.

Raymond G. HoekstraAnd Little David inEngland and Europe

Fire has again fallen on London. Notthe fire bombs of enemy planes, but theFire from Heaven which God has prom­ised to believers.

Many hundreds have been converted,and other hundreds received the prayer offaith that heals the sick!

Newspapers throughout Britain andLondon published reports, with names andaddresses of persons who testified to mir·acles of healing.

On Sunday, August 14th, the Royal Al­bert Hall, in London, was filled, as seventhousand persons listened intently to thetestimony of Little David. Simply andearnestly he testified that when he wasnine years of age his spirit was takenup for five hours into heaven. "Jesus said,'David, if you will preach what I com­mand you to preach, thousands will beconverted, and many miraculously healed.The blind will see. The deaf will hear.The lame will walk.' That promise hasnever failed."

From London Rev. Hoekstra and Little

David went by plane to Amsterdam, Hol­land; Brussels, Belgium, and then on toParis. In Paris, God sent another revival.

The Palace de la Mutualite was filledto overflowing. In a single s'elfVice theyprayed for one thousand persons. Manymiracles of healing were witnessed. The

common people of Paris had great faith.Under the able leadership of Pastor

Fauvell, the work in France is forgingforward.

On September 17th, Little David andRev. Hoekstra will open a major revivalcampaign in the Mosque Auditorium,Richmond, Virginia. This will be theirfirst revival back in the United States.

Latest Word FromDale Hanson Party

We have just concluded a successful re­vival in our big te:nt at Ada, Oklahoma,where we continued four weeks under thesponsorship of Presbyter Floyd L. Poag,of the Assemblies of God. We appreciatedthe fine cooperation of the churches andpastors who closed thei'r services duringthe entire revival.

There were many people who testifiedof definite healings during the campaign,as well as several miracle healings. Oneman who had a cancer on his face foreight years, and suffered continually withpain and discomfort, was completelyhealed in several days. A woman witJh abroken ankle of many months standingwas instantly delivered. She hadn't beenable to even wiggle her toes, but she im­mediately received her healing, and walk­ed down the aisle without her crutches.People were even healed while outside thetent in their cars as God's power sweptthrough the audience.

There were numbers saved at the altar

and also filled with the Holy Ghost, andthe people of Ada and surrounding com­munities have been stirred to contend forthe faith which was once delivered untotJhe saints.

Many came from out of state who readthe reports in THE VOICE OF HEAL·ING magazine. It seems your magazinemust reach into every city and state, aseven in Canada -and Newfoundland thepeople told us of the benefits which theyare receiving from reading it.

This was our first revival in our big2,OOO-seat tent, which we obtained afterour revivals in Canada. I have an excellentrevival group with me in the big tent.However, BaJrbara, my wife, will soon jointhe party again. Barbara is still in the 51.

Michael's Hospital in Texarkana, Arkan­sas, where she has been for ten weeks,after breaking her back in several placesand nine ribs in the accident. We surelyappreciate the earnest prayers of .the thou­sands who have contended for herhealing.

Notice to Those Who Attend'Healing Campaigns From

A DistanceIn general, those coming from a dIstance

to the healing campaigns should come pre­pared to stay several days, or until theirturn to be prayed for. This time is notlost, for the opportunity to hear the Wordof God and to receive the great inspira­tion of the meetings, is vitally importantin the receiving of healing.

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(The story of Mrs. M. B. W oodwO'rth­Etter is inspiring and timely for our pres­ent hour. God took His handmaiden

through a time of testing and sorrow whileshe was prepared for the great work shewas to do. In few ministries has the powerof the Spirit been more obviously mani­fested. Soon after she was called topreach, the Lord led her into a mightyhealing ministry, and her meetings arestill remembered by those old enough torecall the first two decades of this century.Her book, "MARVELS AND MIR­ACLES," enjoyed a wide circulation, butso far as we know at the present time, itis no longer published, and is not obtain­able at any bookstore.)

IWAS BORN in New Lisbon, Ohio, July1, 1844. My mother and father joinedthe Disciple Church one year before myfather's death, whioh occurred in July,1855. The death of my father was thefirst great sorrow of my life. He had goneto harvest in usual health. I will neverforget when he was brought home, coldin death. Some neighbor children and Iwere out watching a terrible storm rag­ing, when we saw two strangers approach­ing the house. They came to bring thesad intelligence of what had happened.It was a terrible blow to our young heartsto see our father carried into the housecold and stiff in death. Father died of sun­stroke; he was sick only a few hours. anddied praying for the whole family.

Conversion

At the age of thirteen I attended a meet­ing of the Disciple Church. When I heardthe story of the Cross my heart was filledwith the love of Jesus, but I did not getconverted then. The next day, as they tookme down to the creek to baptize me, therewas a great crowd around. It scared mea little; so I asked the Lord to save mefully, trusting myself into His hands.While going through the water, a lightcame over me, and I was converted.

Soon after I was converted, I heard thevoice of Jesus calling me to go out intothe highways and hedges and gabher inlost sheep. I had never heard of womenworking in public except as missionaries;so I could see no opening. A few yearsafter this I married Mr. Woodworth.

Early Sorrows and TrialsA number of years passed when the

angel of death came again to our homeand took away our baby, Freddie, andat the same time I lay for weeks betweenlife and death. In all this I could see theHand of the loving Father calling me toleave all and follow Him. About this time.our little daughter, Georgie, was con:verted. She was about seven years old, andwas a great comfort to me. Many happytimes 'we enjoyed talking together of thebeautiful home over the river, where herbrother had gone. I did not bhink shewould leave me so soon to join their ranksand raise her voice with theirs in singingsalvation to our God. She was taken sickwith scrofula, and lingered about eight

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months. For weeks before she died, herface was all lighted up with the glory ofGod. She was willing to go and be withJesus, but it seemed hard for her to leaveme. She said, "Mama, I cannot die unlessyou promise to meet me in heaven." I said,"Georgie, by the Grace of God I will meetyou in heaven." She said, "Now I amready; I know you will come, mama; Ishall always be looking for you."

Three weeks befo,re her death, littleGertie was born. She was the picture ofGeorgie and seemed to have her sweet dis­position. I thought as she grew older shewould take her place; but the preciousbud was not permitted to bloom in this .world of sin. At the age of four months,the angels bore her away where theflowers never fade nor die, there to joinher sister and brothers. I could say withDavid, they cannot come back to me,but I will go to them.

Visions o,f HeavenFrom the time of these sad occurrences

whioh have just been narrated, my healthwas very poor, and many times I wasbroug-ht near the brink of the grave.Everyone who saw me thought I was go­ing to die. But the work of the Lordwas calling me, and when I seemed to behovering between life and death, I wouldhave glorious visions.

At one time, I was praying for the salva­tion of sinners, and the Saviour appearedon the Cross by me, and talked with me;I laid my hand on His mangled body, andlooked up in His smiling face. Anothertime, as I was meditating upon the loveof God in giving His only Son to die forsinners, and of the beautiful home He waspreparing for those that love Him, Iseemed to float away, and was set downin the Beautiful City. Oh, the glorioussight that met my view, can never be ex­pressed -by mortal tongue! Heaven islocated. It is a real city. Its inhabitantsare real and not imagi~ary. If motherscould see their children as I saw them,in all their shining glory, they would neverweep for them, but would leave all andfollow Jesus. They would let nothing keepthem from meeting their children inheaven. I can never think of children asbeing in the grave. Oh, no! The lovedfo·rm that we laid away in the cold graveis nothing but the casket that containedthe jewel whioh is now shining in theSaviour's Crown.

All these years God had been prepar­ing me-for I was not willing. I felt likea worm in His sight. It seemed impos­sible for me.to undertake the work of sal­vation of souls; but the time h/ld cometo promise or die. I promised God that ifHe would restore my health, and prepareme, and show me the work, I would try todo it; I began to get better immediately.

The Perishing of MultitudesWe moved to a Friends settlement. They

had glorious meetings. God seemed to sayto me, "I brought you here to go to work."Now the struggle commenced. I was timidand bound with chains in a man·fearing

October, 1949

SKETCHES FROM ••••

MARVELS allIn The Life- of Mrs.

Sister Woodworth-Etter

spmt. When I arose to testify I trembledlike a leaf, and I began to make excuses-"0, God, send someone else." Then theLord in a vision caused me to see the bot­tomless pit, open in all its horro-rs andwoe. There was weeping and wailing andgnashing of teeth. It was surrounded by agreat multitude of people who seemed un­conscious of their danger, and without amoment's warning they would tumble intothis awful place. I was above the peopleon a narrow plank-walk, which wound uptoward heaven; and I was exhorting andpleading with the people to come uponthat plank and escape that awful place.Several started. There was a beautifulbright light above me, and I was encour·aging them to follow the light and theywould go straight to heaven. The Lordwas showing in many ways that I mustgo and perform the work He had for meto do.

I still delayed, although several mini­sters whom I had never seen before, toldme at different times that God was call·ing me to the ministry, and that I would

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Told By Herself, Condensed from"Marvels and Miracles"

have to go. Then my little Willie tooksick, and in a few days he was in heaven.He died very happy, but this sad bereave­ment nearly took my life. When alone, Imissed my darling so much that I wept

. as though my heart would break. Lizzie,our oldest child, aged sixteen, was all wehad left of six sweet children.

In all these trials God was preparingme and opening the way for the great bat­tle against the enemy of souls: and nowthe great desire of my heart was to workfor Jesus. The glory of the Lord cameupon me like a cloud, and I seemed to becarried away hundreds of miles and setdown in a field of wheat, where thesheaves were falling all around me. I wasfilled with zeal and power and felt as ifI could stand before the whole world andplead with dying sinners. Then Satanwould come and I would think of myweakness and say, "No, of course I can·not do it." Again I would be in darknessand despair.

Baptism of the Holy Ghost

Then I asked God to give me the powerHe gave the Galilaean fishermen-toanoint me for service. I came like a childask~ng for bread. I looked for it; God didnot disappoint me. The power of the HolyGhost came down as a bright cloud. It wasbrighter than rhe sun. I was covered andwrapped up in it. My body was as lightas the air. It seemed that heaven camedown. I was baptized with the Holy Ghost,and fire, and power, which has never leftme. It is through the Lord Jesus Christ,and by this power that I have stood beforehundreds of thousands of men and women,proclaiming the unsearchable riches ofChrist.

God Used Women

As I continued to read my Bible I sawthat in all ages of the world, the Lordraised up of His own choosing, men,women and children~Miriam, Deborah,Hannah, Anna, Phoebe, t:he Marys andthe sisters who were coworkers with Paulin the Gospel. The more I investigated, themore I found to condemn me. By theprophet Joel we learn rhat one specialfeature of the Gospel Dispensation shallbe "Your sons and your daughters shallprophesy, your old men shall dreamdreams, your young men shall see visions;and also upon the servants and upon thehandmaidens in those days will I pour outmy spirit." It seems by the Prophet Joelthat the last days were to be particularlyconspicuous for this kind of prophesying.

The First Meeting

The first meeting that I undertook to

hold was in a little town where we hadlived some years before, right among myhusband's people. It was a cross for meto talk to those people; but when I beganto talk upon the subject "Set thy house inorder, for thou shalt die and not live,"the man-fearing spirit left me, and vhewords came to me faster than I could givethem utterance. We continued the meet­ing for a few days and people were con­verted all through the neighborhood. Thepower came on me as it did when Ire·ceived the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Letme say for the encouragement of thosewho are starting in the work of the Lord,God has promised to be with us always,even to the end. It is "not by might ...but by My Spirit, saith the Lord." Godwill give us the victory every time, butwe must claim the victory by faith, beforethe walls fall. (Josh. 6:20.)

Gods' Po,wer Manifested in Blessingand Judgment

After many invitations, we went toHartford City about the first of January,1885, to the Methodist Church. The churchwas cold and formal and I knew it wouldtake a wonderful display of God's powerto convince the people: so I prayed forGod to display His power that the sin­ner might know that God lives. The Lordanswered our prayers in a remarkablemanner. People fell under the power ofGod. Many wept; some shouted and' diversoperations of tihe Spirit were seen. Men,women and children were struck down intheir homes, in their places of business,and lay as dead. They had wonderfulvisions, and arose converted, giving gloryto God. The fear of God fell upon the city.

One man was mocking a woman, ofwhose .body God had taken control. Shewas preaching with gestures. When in themocking attitude God struck him dumb.He became rigid and remained with hishands up, and his mouth drawn in a mock.ing way for five hours-a gazing-stock forall the house. The fear of God fell on all.They saw it was a fearful thing to mockGod or make fun of His work. The Cincin­nati Enquirer sent a reporter to write upthe meetings and report daily. Every daynewsboys could be heard crying out, "Allabout tihe Woodworth Revival."

Ministry of HealingThe Lord showed me while in Columbia

City, Indiana, in the spring of 1885, thatI had the gifts of healing and of layingon hands for the recovery of the sick. Atfirst I could not understand that it wasthe Spirit of God that was leading me. Forthree nights when I was almost dead forrest, I lay awake. I thought rhat if Ishould preach divine healing I wouldneglect the salvation of souls. The Lo:rdshowed me that He would take care ofthe work. When I made the promise Iwould pray for the sick if He would sendthem in, I had perfect rest of mind andsoul. From this time on God began to leadme to teach divine healing and pray forthe sick. In the years that have intervened

since, God has healed thousands of allmanner of diseases and thousands havebeen brought to Christ by seeing the sickhealed.

The Spirit of Prophecy-SanFrancisco Earthquake

While holding meetings in California,the Lord showed me that a great destruc·tion and an earthquake was coming. Soonafter, the papers were ablaze with picturesof the awful earthquake and holocaust inSan Francisco, and the surroundingcountry. ·1 had told them God always sendsmercy, and that they wouLdbe visited nextwith destruction and judgment. The earth­quake soon followed and the fear of Godcarne on those who remembered theprophecy. Both prophecies were fulfilledin a week, and I lived to walk over therums.

Vision of the Coming of ChristOn March 24, 1904, when I fell under

the operation of the power of God, whilepraying for the healing of the last one atthe altar, I saw the Saviour on the Cross,and sinners coming 110 Him. I saw stepsleading across the pearly gates of heaven.All who plunged into the fountain wereat once pl'aced upon the steps. Each onecarried a light that grew brighter as theywent higher. There was not a spot or adefilement on their robes. Each one hada ,body-guard of angels of God escortingthem on the upward journey. At the topof the steps were pearly gates, where theheavenly hosts waited to welcome the Pil­grims of earth.

I also saw the world in great darkness,and that the saints were few. "Many arecalled but few are chosen." Many wereunder conviction, but trusted to water bap­tism, to confirmation, to church member­ship; but unless they are carrying the lightof God they are worse than an opensinner.

I saw preparation in .heaven and earthfor the Soon Coming 0.£ Christ. Heavenseemed to be in a commotion. The Lordwas marshaling His hosts; getting thehorses and chariots ready. The armies ofheaven were moving, the gates were open.An angel came out of the gates blowinga great trumpet, the Saviour taking thelead, with all the glory of heaven, shout·ing to the saints in a loud V'Oice,thatawakened the dead.

The Lord showed me He was judgingHis saints, separating the wheat from thetares; the household of faith was gettingits portion of meat in this, God's due sea­son. The angel was sealing the last onesof the mem1bers of the Bride, with theseal of the living God. They were a littleflock and the last one would soon besealed, then the Lord would come in acloud of glory to take His bride to theMarriage Feast, or Supper.

God help all who read this vision totake this warning and repent, for theJudgment of God is at hand.

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Spirit then came upon me, and I beganto sing in the Spirit and dance and leapfor joy. I felt as though I were going tobe translated. The children came runningin, and they weren't frightened, but witJhtears streaming down their faces they be­gan to praise God. The Lord witnessed tomy little son, David, to help me get myold high extended, boot off. When it cameoff, the lump seemed to split and go outeach foot after which David cried out,"Mama, you're walking like a human be­ing!" This truly thrilled my soul as Godhad witnessed first to him. Then a voicespoke, "I'm healing your leg." I said,"Never let me doubt it, Lord." I ran tothe field dancing, to tell my husband andbrother-in-law, and the next day I had togo to the church in /house slippers as allmy shoes were extended ones. I could nolonger wear them.

A doctor's report, August 2, and anX-ray shows my hips straight across fromone another instead of at an angle. Myblood and health are such as I never hadin all my life before. I walk flat on myfeet with shoulders level, good postureand perfect spine. Before without my ex­tension, my knee would go out of place.I can do many things I could never dobefore. I can now touch the floor with

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Mrs. Harold Oman of Manhattan, Mont.,before her healing. Here she wears herextended last which was worn to balanceher body. She no longer wears it.

Test Case of Healing of Cripple WithLeg Three Inches Short

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Dear Brother Lindsay:It is with great joy and victory of heart

that I write you my testimony. I am 31years old, and was born a cripple. Forthe last 23 years I have had to wear atwo-inch extended heel, and a one-inch ex­tended sole, on my left foot because of tJheextreme difference in the lengl:h of mylegs. When tired or carrying a mediumload, my left side would droop some threeor four inches. At times I wondered howlong I could keep on my feet.

My childhood was filled with memoriesof suffering. Being born a cripple, myparents spared nothing to get me well.Doctors differed in l:he cause of the con­dition. Surgery was performed in an at­tempt to discover what was wrong. Ex­treme exercises were ordered, but I onlygrew wotse. The outcome was that the twobones pulverized by rubbing together. Asurgical operation removed the fragmentsand much of the bone because of the worncondlition. Further surgery helped me alittle, but left my leg in a very stiffenedcondition. Bes.ide all this, there was painand deep-seated trouble in my spine andbrain.

At this time I was afraid to go to adoctor further, and not even telling mymother, I called Evangelist John Hauck,who prayed for me. I had confidence andfaith tJhat God had heard his prayer.

On April 1, 1949, when I awakenedfTom sleep, I had a stiff neck, and a lit­tle to the right of the back of my neck,a lump the size of an egg, deep inside.On the afternoon of the second, both legsaC'hed and hurt, and also my entire spine,head and arms. I went to the bedroom ingreat suffering. I called my children in,thinking I was being paralyzed. My littleboy, six years of age, came in and prayedfor his mama and then ran out to play.

I tried to get up in the Name of theLord. With great difficulty I picked upmy Bible, went into the kitchen, crumpledinto a chair, opened tihe Bible, readingwith great difficulty, "For me to live isChrist and to die is gain." The Holy

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to preach faith was one of the highlightsof the campaign. Few ministers have everpossessed the ability to give such a clear­cut presentation of this subject. This withthe demonstration of the healing of thedeaf, dumb, blind and others, as BrotherOsborn ministered each night, establishedfaith in God to such a degree that the mostamazing deliverances took place. SisterOsborn also assisted her husband veryably in the prayer line. On occasions whenshe prayed for the sick there were markeddeliverances, especially with those thatwere cross-eyed. It appears that the imme­diate deliverance of cross-eyed persons hasa most remarkable effect upon the audi­ence.

An essential part of the campaign werethe afternoon preparatory meetings, inwhich as many as a thousand personswould be sometimes present on week days.These were conducted by Gordon Lindsay,editor of The Voice of Healing. The teach­ings of repentance, faith and right living,as preparation for healing was a featureof these afternoon meetings. BrotherLindsay also prayed for certain of thesick in the afternoon, with outstandingmiracles occurring.

On the last Sunday service, EvangelistOsborn introduced a novel and remark­able feature of the campaign. God hadshown our brother a great truth of thisministry-that all God's ministers. shouldhave some share in it. Nine prayer lineswere formed and handled by the localcooperating ministers. To the astonish­ment and joy of these men, they foundthat as a result of the campaign, faith hadbeen inspired in their heart to believe forthe same things that they had been witness-

Creative Miracle-New EarDrum

My left ear drum was totally destroyed.I went to an ear specialist who informedme that there was no ear drum in my leftear. I came to the healing campaign andBrother Osborn prayed for me and I in­stantly heard Mrs. Osborn's small Elginwrist watch with that ear perfectly. I cantruly say that Jesus Christ is the sameyesterday, today, and forever.

C. WOOLNER,2317 W. Court Street,

Flint, Michigan

Deaf Mute From BirthR,obert Allard of 2717 Sloom Street,

Flint, Mich., who has been deaf and dumbsinc·e birth was healed as you prayed farhim last May, 1949. Grandmother calledhim on the telephone and much to hersurprise, she heard her formerly deaf­mute grandson recite the Lord's Prayerover the phone with remarkable articu­lation and voice control.

MRS. EISTHER ALLARDAnswer to telegram received September

9: "I am not with Robert at Flint, butwhen I .was there he seemed to understanda great deal and repeated the words tome."-Mrs. Esther Allard.

ing night after night. Miracle aftermiracle took place, and these men werefilled with great rej oicing as they preparedto carryon the great ministry of deliver­ance which had begun.

The campaign closed with a rousingtestimony service on Monday night. Whenthose who were healed were asked tostand, a line formed of those who wishedto testify clear to the rear of the tent.Mute witness to the great miracles that hadtaken place were the pile of crutches, .canes, ear phones, trusses, glasses andwhat-not which had been discarded andleft behind by those that were healed.

TotaUy Blind-Now ReadsI was totally blind for three years and

the doctors said there was nothing theycould do for me, but thank God! whenBrother Osborn laid his hands on me, Iwas healed. My eyes were opened in­stantly, and now I can even se·e to readagain. How I praise God for this modernday miracle of healing.

E. MORLAND,3326 E. 125th Street,

Cleveland, Ohio

Deaf Over Forty YearsI received instant healing af my right

ear in which I had been deaf for oyerforty years. The instant Brother Osbornprayed for me, I was aJbleto hear a smallwrist watch perfectly out of that ear. HowI do thank God for this.

A. KOZNA,18763 Ray Avenue,

Route 2,Wyandotte, Mich.

Ahnost Blind-Healed ThroughBlest Cloth

I heard you on the radio in Utica, NewYork. Doing as you said, placing my handson the radio while you prayed, I washealed. Then I wrote you for a blest clothfor my son who was almost blind. Youmailed it to us, and my son laid it on hiseyes and has been healed. He has recov­ered sight so well that he dl'ove his owncar eighty miles home two weeks ago toshow me how he has been healed. We dopraise God for this.

F. PALM,Ohio, New York

Large Cancer on NeckI had cancer on both sides of my neck.

It was as large as my fist, but since youprayed for me, it has gone and I amhealed. How I praise God for this greatmiracle today..

D. J. MATTHEW,Ossineke, Michigan

it was estimated that there•. Osborn.

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My Life Story and Call To The Healing MinistryREv. T. L. OSBORN

PART IIWith the vision still fresh before me, and

the burden of the passing of many of thegreat men of faith heavy upon my heart, Isought carefully the Lord to know His per­fect plan for my life.

In the month of September, 1947, we ac­cepted again the pastorate of the Monta­ville Tabernacle in Portland, Oregon, andsettled down for what we expected to be along period of ministry in the lovely North­western "City of Roses," but God had thistoo, planned only as a short step in Hisplan for our lives.

The Branham MeetingRev. William Branham came to Portland

and conducted a healing campaign in thelarge Civic Auditorium. I heard about thegreat miracles of healing and of the won­derful ministry God had given to dearBrother Branham. I went, and sat in thebalcony. I can never express the emotionsof my heart in response to the operation ofthe Gifts of Healing ministered to BrotherBranham by the angel he tells about.

For three or four years I had been great­ly stirred about the traditional methods Ihad been using in regard to the sick anddemon-possessed. I continually said thatwe were on the "wrong track" in our man­ner of dealing with the suffering people.I always had believed that it could andshould be done the Bible way. We wouldcall the whole church to pray for one per­son, hoping that some one might be able topray the prayer of faith on the sick's be­half. I knew this was not the Bible way.As I watched Brother Branham minister tothe sick, I was especially captivated by thedeliverance of a little deaf-mute girl overwhom he prayed thus: "Thou deaf and

dumb spirit, I adjure thee in Jesus' name,leave the child," and when he snapped hisfingers, the girl heard and spoke perfectly.When I witnessed this, there seemed to bea thousand voices speaking to me at once,all in one accord saying over and over,"You can do that." "That's the Bible way-Peter and Paul did it that way, and SOCAN YOU." "START NOW-You can dothat-that's what God wants you to do!"

I went home in a new world. I had wit­nessed the BIBLE IN ACTION. It wasthe thing I had always longed for. At lastI had seen God do what He promised todo. My entire life was changed that verynight.

Days of Prayer and Fasting

Many days of fasting and prayer follow­ed that night. My wife and I went beforeGod determined to be channels throughwhich God might work His mighty works ofdeliverance today. We immediately sentnear and far, telling the people to bringtheir sick, diseased, crippled, blind, deafand dumb. We began to preach deliver­ance for all, to pray for the sick, andneedless to say, God began immediately towork miracles, because we had dared totake Him at His Word. We began to ACTON THE WORD. If God said it, then ithad to be. If God promised to do it, thenHe MUST BACK IT UP.

A few weeks of happy results followed,but still my heart was not satisfied. I noti­fied the church that I would see no one norspeak to anyone personally or by phoneuntil I let them know. Mrs. Osborn as­sumed the pastoral responsibilities and Iwent into an upstairs room alone, to re­main until God spoke to me. I remainedthere only two days and nights and at the

middle of the third day the spirit spoke tome very clearly and distinctly, and at lastGod answered my question concerning thedeath of so many heroes of faith, and theawful need that still existed throughout theworld for this great ministry of deliverance.

The Holy Spirit SpeaksThe Spirit spoke thus: "My son, as I was

with Price, Wigglesworth and others, sowill I be with thee. They are dead butnow it is time for YOU to arise, to go anddo likewise. YOU cast out devils; YOUheal the sick; YOU raise the dead; YOUcleanse the lepers. Behold I give unto YOUpower over all the power of the enemy. Benot afraid. Be strong. Be of good cour­age. I AM WITH THEE AS I WAS WITHTHEM. No evil power shall be able tostand before ruBE all the days of THYlife as you get the people to believe myWord. I used those men in their day, butthis is YOUR day. Now I desire to useTHEE."

The challenge of this commission givendirectly from the Lord caused me totremble exceedingly, but I knew God meantevery word He had spoken.

More days and weeks of fasting andpl'ayer followed this tremendous commis­sion, and more healing and miracles werethe result. The will of God was determinedvery definitely in the matter of resigningthe church, and taking this "Gospel of theKingdom" to the ends of the earth for awitness among all nations and peoples.Thus we began, and that was the earlyspring of 1948.

Since that time we have had the unspeak­able pleasure of seeing thousands of peoplehealed of all manner of incurable diseases

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Page 10 THE VOICE OF HEALING October, 1949

Dear Br,other Jackson:I reached your mee,ting last Friday

night. When prayed for, I am glad to saythat my eyes opened alittle that night. Thenon Tuesday morning Isaw my little grandsonwhen we first got up. Isaw the rest of the fam­ily later. When I saw mylittle grandson I wentall to pieces. My he,artwas running over withjoy. I had not seen any­thing for five years.Doctors had 'given memedical treatment but

, they said nothing couldJ. W. Boggs bring back my eyesight.

I am so happy over receiving my eyesightsince I met you. I saw the lightning Sat­urday night. My eyesight is growingstronger every day.

J. W. BOGGS,Route 7,. Box 34,

Melridian, Missi<ssippi.

MRS. MARY SWANNER,Route 4,

Meridian, Mississippi.* * *

SON'S CONFIRMATION OF ABOVETESTIMONY

I am happy to report the wonderfulhealing of my mother's body. She had acancer on her heag. She was operated on,but it wasn't any better. The place wasred and 8,ore. She was so weak she couldhardly walk across the floor. I carried herto the tent. You prayed for her and thenext morning this cancer was healed com­pletely. She is prefectly well. I give Godall the praise.

MR. GRADY SWANNER,Meridian, Mississip,pi.

Cancer Cases HealedDear Brother Jackson:

I was healed of cancer on the face, alsohead trouble and nervousness. I am prais­ing God for it, and pray God will continueto bless you in your, work.

MRS. GEORGE DICKENS,Moss Point, Mississippi.* * *

Dear Brother Jackson:You prayed for the healing of cancer

on my eye. I thank the Lord for healingme and for sending you this way.

MRS. R. B. WHEELER,Hillsboro, Mississippi.* * *

Dear Brother Jackson:I Want to give a word of praise for heal­

ing. I had a cancer on my head which hada1bscessed in one place. The doctors said itwas about to aibscess on the brain. Theyoperated to take it off, but it still was run­ning and would not heal. I went to the tentFriday night and you prayed for me.Thank God I was healed. When I got upSaturday morning I was completelyhealed. And I saw out of an eye that hadbeen blind for twenty-one years. PraiseGod!

Miss Clark

Maxine Rogers

IN GAYLE JACKSON'S ~EETINGS

Blind Man Sees

Becomes

HTHE ORDINARY"

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Skin Disease CuredI am writing you my

testimony of the heal­ing of my face. I hadacne of the face, adreadful skin disease. Ihad been under the doc­tor's care for about twoyears, and have spentaround two hundred dol­lars, yet it had done meno good. My face isclear now, thanks to youand God.TERRY WILLIAMS,

410 A Street,Meridian, Mississippi.

Little DeafGirl Hears

Terry Williams

months since being prayed for and amgetting stronger all the time. To God beall the glory.

MARY AGNES WATFORD,____ F_r_a_nklin,Alabama. '

Deliverance For Blindness andCross Eyes

Dear Brother Jackson:I have just reached home. My little girl

with the crossed-eyes you prayed for isnow healed-her eyes have bee 0 m estraight. You also prayed for my right eye,which W31S blind. I couldn't tell any dif­ference that night, but oh, next morninghow sweet the sunlight seemed. You willnever knoW what your coming to Dothanha:s meant to me and my children, thisside of eternity.

MRS. A. T. CONDREY,Route 5, Box C"

____ D_o_th_a_n_,Alalbama.

Little Girl Healed ofBronchial Asthma

My baby is now threeyears old and has hadBronchial Asthma allher life. I carried her tothe doctors in Mobileand Beaumont, and theysaid there was no curef,or this disease. WhileBrother Jackson was inPascagoula I carried herthrough the prayer line.She has not been both·ered with this diseasesince.MRS. LENA ROGERS,Moss Point, Mississ1ippi.

Dear Brother Jackson:I am so glad to testify

that the Lord has healedmy little girl that wasdeaf and dumb. She wasprayed for Sun day,August 21. We praisethe Lord. The littlegirl's name is LouiseClark.MRS. W. A. CLARK,

Needham, Alabama.

Rev. Gayle Jackson

Lady Minister Healed ofParalysis Now Preaching

Dear Brother Jackson:At the age of sixteen, God called me to

preach the Gospel. I yielded to Him andhaV1e been doing mybest, working mo,stly inhome missionary work,whkh has been veryhard on the body. Sev­eral years ago my healthbegan to decline, and Isteadily went down. Iwas taken with awfulstomach trouble andsuffered terrible, beingable to eat but very lit­tle. I was prayed formany times, but becausea miracle was not per­

Mary A. Watford formed I just consideredI did not get my healing. Then I heardthe great messages Brother Jackson gaveand how I must take my healing by faith.Thank God I got the healing of mystomach trouble, and it has held good eventhrough the summer months.

But on the 12th day of March, this yearas I arose from my bed I had a stroke andfell to the floor, completely paralyzed onmy right side. I couldn't move hand orfoot. I couldn't even turn in bed. I suf­fered dreadfully. Doctors who examinedme said it Was a stroke of paralysis causedfrom overwork and run down condition.There W3lS nothing, they said, could bedone except to give me a tonic to buildup my strength. They said that I wouldnever be able to preach again. But thankGod we still have a Christ that can healthe paralytic.

I was carried to the Gayle Jackson meet­ing at Moobile, A:Jabama. I suffered ter­riibly from the trip of 130 miles. I was sosick it didn't seem that I could sit throughthe message. Then Brother Jackson prayedfor me, and, oh, how I felt the healingvirtue go through me. By the second morn­ing I was able to move my foot and fingersa little. The fourth day I was able to getup and walk from my bedroom, with justone to steady me a little. Day by day Igained strength. In just a few weeks I wasback in my church with perfect use of my­self and preaching this blessed messageof Divine deliverance. I showed the doc­tor what the Lord had done, and all hecould say was, "You are sure doing fine."Thank God I have been preaching four

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THE POWER OF HEALINGCondensed from" Atomic Power With God"

By FRANKLIN HALL

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After reading the constant number ofletters and appeals from the sick jor help,we have felt a definite need for a bookon prayer and fasting, which wonld be anespecial help to those who do not liveclose enough to the large cities to attendthe healing campaigns. We believe thatthere is a great truth in prayer and fast­ing, since Jesus, when speaking of thedevil in the lunatic child whom the dis­ciples could not heal, declared, "this kindcometh not out but by prayer and jasting."We do realize that fasting to be seen ofmen, or for self-aggrandizement is futileand profitless. But fasting with prayer hasa place, as the Scriptures plainly teach.We know of no writer whom God has sosignally used to bring out Scriptural truthon fasting, as Evangelist Franklin Hall.Weare therefore offering his book,A TOM I CPO W E R WIT H GODTHROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING, asour book-of-the-month. We trust that thisbook wiU be an especial help to thosewhose prayers, for one reason or another,have not been answered. The book is one

dollar. With each order for this book THEVOICE OF HEALING will give free,while they last, one copy of the editor'sbooklet, HOW TO RECEIVE YOURHEALING.

THE practice of fasting is as old ashumanity, but the doctrine of DivineHealing, and the doctrine of the HolySpirit, this has been sadly neglected. Manyother forgotten Bible truths have beentemporarily lost, only to be revived againin the "latter days" of this dispensation.The truth of fasting is being revealed tous as to how to secure greater things ofGod, such as the Gifts of the Spirit, aswell as major signs and miracles in theselast days. Fasting is the most potent powerof the universe placed at the disposal ofall believers.

The atomic bomb utilizes the great nat­ural power man has discovered; we pro­pose to show to the Christian an evengreater power for his spiritual progressthat can definitely be obtained through"fasting and prayer."

Fasting in the Home

To see our loved ones saved, souls con­verted and a sweeping revival come in ourmidst, to have God work miracles and healour diseases and pour out the Holy Spirit,we should start a fast and prrayer in ourhome. Even if you are the only memberof the family converted, you can get ahold on God in such a way by fasting andpraying that Jesus, seeing your fervor andzeal developing the faith for your lovedones, will most certainly hear your prayerand convert them.

Writer's First Experience in Revival

In 1932 the Holy Spirit led the authorinto his first revival meeting. He onlyknew three families in the Oklahoma oiltown, "Nowata." One of these faJIIliliesbe­lieved and practiced fasting and prayer.Together we prayed and fasted before themeeting that we knew God was going togive us there. The foundation was prop­erly laid for a revival, and a revival wecertainly did have. There was no build·ing big enough to take care of the crowd,so we secured three acres of ground and

Rev. Franklin Hall, who producedthese stirring scriptural facts on the truthof fasting. His book may be obtainedfrom oUr address.

had an open air meeting. People packedthe place out from the first service. Peoplegathered f<romall over Northeastern Okla­homa and Southeastern Kansas for themeetings. Scores of people were healed ofall kinds of afflictions. Within threemonths from the time we stalted the meet­ing, we built a church and got it paid forso the people could have a place to wor­ship in spirit and truth. All these resultswere traced directly to prayer and fasting.

Three Reasons Why Prayers AreNot Answered

(1) "Ye have not, because ye asknot." Jas. 4:2.

Some folks pray and think they arepraying when their prayer is so weak thatit doesn't reach the ceiling of the roomthat they are in. This limits God andmakes it impossible for Him to grant Hishigher blessings. We have to mean busi­ness with Christ and pray the prayer ofintensity.

(2) "Ye ask, and receive not, becauseye ask amiss, that ye may consume it uponyour lusts." Jas. 4:3.

After praying earnestly and sincerelyabout an object, the Lord will certainly

reveal to you whether or not it is Hiswill. (This does not refer to healing, whichhas alrready been revealed as God's willfor his people. Exod. 15:26.) Once youknow it is His will, go after it with yourwhole body and soul and spirit, and seekHim with your whole heart and "He willbe found." This leads us to the thirdreason.

(3) "This kind can come forth bynothing but by prayer and fasting." Mk.9:29.

If prayer is not answered, then go intoprayer and fasting. Your prayer will thenbe intensified so greatly that you willreally be asking. We can state that it isdefinitely the will of God that deliveranceshould come to the'sick. Sickness and suf­fering are the works of the devil, and Jesuscame to undo them. He wants to heal younow.

Fasting in the Ministry of Christ

Fasting was 'a part of the life of Christ,and a very essential part that has beenignored. The truth of fasting was an im·portant truth and should never have beenoverlooked. This may explain why wehave not had a more complete outpouringof the latter rain.

The great revelation of why Christfasted was shown when he healed the luna­tic boy. Why couldn't the disciples healthe boy? It seemed as if they had becomea reproach to Christ because they couldnot 'heal this individual. They apparentlywere ashamed of themselves so they cameto Jesus secretly, to ask of Him the reasonthat they were not able to cast out thedemon. Then the secret of Jesus' fast wasrevealed as well as showing them what"super-atomic power" one can have. Anyone can have that power.

"Have faith as a grain of mustard seed-and nothing shall be impossible--Jbyprayer and fasting." Matt. 17 :20,21.

In other words, no one was in the midstbut One that had fasted forty days andforty nights. No one c(}uld give help tothis major prayer problem except One.However, Jesus clearly shows us that any­one who would have a prayer and fastingexperience, could do it. There is a bigdifference between prayer alone, andprayer combined with fasting.

Fasting for the Glory of God

When we fast and prav. we shouldnever lose sight of the fact that our fastmust be for the glory of God, that Jesusshall continually have all praise, honorand glory. A continual praise shouldalways be in our hearts to obtain the full­est spiritual results; in other words, makeit a time of fasting and praise for t1heglory of God.

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((The Appearance of Christ To Me"Why I Preach In Sackcloth

By EVANGELIST LOUISE NANKIVELL

October, 1949

ITWAS at the close of the GeneralCouncil in Minneapolis, September,194,1,that I went into a complete physicalcollapse-unable to sit up, to hold up myhead, to eat any food whatever, or to sleep.Although I had collapsed once before,about six weeks prior to this, my condi­tion had now become so serious that IWlaS taken to a hospital with what the hos­pital reported as "in labored breathing"-apparently dying. My body was literallygone to pieces. My blood was "gone." Thebody chemistry had failed. The internalorgans were in a condition spoken of byphysicians as being "burned out." It wasnot just one organ, it was all of them.

Body Prematurely OldMy husband's brother in St. Paul sent

an outside doctor in to the hospital to lookme over. Mter an examination, he madesome brief explanations about my stateto nurses at my bedside. Then he turnedto me, and in a gruff, harsh voice, ad­monished, "You're too young, too youngto be in this condition. You have no busi­ness being this way."

Strangely enough, I was in the samecondition as an aunt of mine, a dear,precious saint of God, in Chicago, myhome city. But she was old, up in hereighties, and her body was worn out; herorgans would never function again. Thedoctors h.ad been carrying her along fora while by artificial aids they were giv­ing her. When she passed away, the samethings which had been done for her werebeing done for me.

Given Up to DieI realized that I was dvin!!. and that

statement, "You're too young to be inthis condition," rose up before me, andcreated a bitter spirit toward the Lordwithin my heart.

No, I wasn't afraid to die. I can hon­estly say that. But I thought of the yearsof service I could still have for the Master,and I didn't want to go.

Nothing was prescribed by the doctor,

and no attempt was made by the hospitalto give me food or drink. In fact, nothingwas done for me, except that shots weregiven in the arm to keep me quiet atnight, and a nurse watched me constantly.

I sank very low and my suffering wasunbearable. Oh, how could a mortal en­dure such torture, such torment in bodyand survive! Would I ever live throughanother night? It would never do to gointo the presence of the Lord with a bit­ter soul. And so, expecting momentarilythat my spirit would take its flig;ht, Iyielded myself into the hands of the Lord,and the Lord made me willing to die.

My husband had been sent for, andstayed with me after I rallied until it wassafe to take me down to Chicago, as Iwas too ill to get home alone.

Evangelist Nankivell wears this sack­cloth garment when preaching in accord­ance with a vow made to God during aserious illness.

Much prayer was offered for my heal­ing, but no change came in my physicalcondition. From the first, I had daily beengiven as large a quantity of sleeping drugsas could be safely administered, but aftera year and a half had elapsed, I was stilltoo ill to sleep most of the time, even withdrugs, and was still being "carried along"on artificial aids that were being given.In fact, at this time, in desperate attemptsof faith for healing, when these aids werelaid aside, I was unable to sit up, to eat

any food whatever, or to even drink milk.There was a burning within my body,

and as the doctors were silent on the causeof my trouble, we thought I had a cancer.

Feeling that I might just as well be fac­ing the facts, I asked the physician pointblank one day, "Do I have a cancer?""No," came the prompt reply. "If you did,you would have been in a box threemonths." I questioned further as to whyI did not get better. It was then he toldme I was in the same condition as anotherpatient he was treating, who was suffer­ing from pernicious anemia and could notlast much longer. Pernicious anemia withcomplications! An incurable condition! Afatal disease!

Resolution to Seek God

I began to do some serious thinking. Ifthe time of my earthly sojourn was lim­ited, a good way to go would be praying.So despite unbearable suffering, I offeredmyself to my blessed Lord in hours of con­stant prayer for days and weeks. But theheavens were as brass. There seemed tobe no ray of light.

Approximately one year and ninemonths had gone by since I had becomeseriously ill and I was in the same dread­ful condition.

The Vow to Preach in Sackcloth

In desperation, one day I humbled my­self repeatedly before the Lord, and madea secret vow to preach in sackcloth, if Hewould bring me out of my living death.

"Lord, I've preached your Gospel fOTyears. You've been faithful in healingmany sick in the meetings. I know I'munworthy, but surely, after seeing manyhealed by Your Hand in my own ministry,it wouldn't be that I cannot be healed,that I shall have to go to an untimelygrave. Oh, Lord, if you will bring me outof my hopeless condition in a short timeby some supernatural act of Divine in­tervention, so that all can see that YOUhave done this, I'll go out and preachyour Gospel dressed in sackcloth."

Two or three weeks went by and a Sat­urday night came. After retiring, I talkedwith the Saviour. "Lord, all I am, all Ihave, my life, my health is in Your hands;I rest it all with You."

Vision of the Lord Jesus

That same night, or rather in the hoursof Palm Sunday morning, our Lord Jesusappeared to me in a "vision of the night."I thought I was praying. The next thing,

-I thought I had gone into a trance. This"going into a trance" was as definite atransition as -though I had gone througha door, stepped from one room into an­other. I seemed to be saying to myself,

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"Why, I've gone into a trance and I'venever been in a trance before," when sud­denly the Lord Jesus Christ appeared. Hestood in front of me as plainly as anyperson I have ever seen.

Oh, how beautiful He looked. Morebeautiful than any words of mine can ade.quately describe! His raiment was whiteand flowing. He did not have a halo overHis head as I have so often seen in pic­tures, but from around His form, thereemanated a strip of radiant light. The lightfollowed in a continuous glow around theprofile of His body-head, shoulders,arms, sides-appearing to be diffusedfrom within. There was a stately splendorabout His person, and such a placid calm.I could not see His form all the way down,as He was standing behind a table.

Suddenly Jesus vanished as quickly asHe had appeared, and my disappo"intmentwas oveflWhelming.

Jesus the Great Physician BringsDeliverance

Within three days, the change in mybody was so great, I was like another per­son. I went to the physician and relatedmy story of what had happened. He saidthat it could be accounted for through theappearance of Christ. He told me therehad been cases known to medical sciencewhere through an "apparition," as hetermed it, the whole course of the humanbody had been changed. He would attrib­ute my healing to an "apparition" andwrite it down in the records.

And now I was faced with a vow whichI never expected to keep, as I never ex­pected to get well.

I told my husband, also the pastor ofour Assembly and his wife, and all agreedthe only thing to do was fulfill it, as itwas made in all good faith.

Why the Vow?

But why should a person make such avow?

Before I had become ill, while minister­ing in white, I had seen the ever deepen­ing shadows of spiritual darkness fallingupon this sinful and adulterous genera­tion.

I had read in the mble how prophets,kings, common people, men, even womenand children in olden days had put onsackcloth when the people had departedfrom t!he Lord. At one time a whole cityput on sackcloth-at another, a whole na­tion. (Why the day will even yet comewhen in awful darkness and tribulationthe Lord will permit two witnesses (Rev.11) to prophesy clothed in sackcloth.)

So one night in a revival meeting, Ispoke on the subject "Sackcloth andAshes." Suiting the action to the word,I wore a sackcloth dress for the occasion.

Now I was incurably ill. If the Lordwould raise me up, how gladly would Iminister in sackcloth, not as an illustratedsermon, but as an act of humiliation andheartfelt gratitude. I would call Americato put sackcloth and ashes upon her heart.

Thus has come about this present min-

THE VOICE OF HEALING

Osborn Life Story(Continued from Page 9)

and physical disabilities, and have beenable to lead thousands of sinners to acceptJesus Christ as Saviour.

The Jamaica RevivalWe have been able to conduct Healing

Campaigns already in over a dozen of ourstates and on the Island of Jamaica. In asingle campaign which we conducted, asmany as one hundred and twenty-five deaf·mutes, ninety totally blind and hundreds ofother equally miraculous deliverances haveresulted. Happy and joyful conversionshave numbered as many as nine thousandin one revival.

This brief sketch of my life and of thenumbers of miracles wrought through thesimple "prayer of faith" and mighty Nameof JESUS CHRIST is enclosed for only thefollowing reasons, viz., to "make knownHIS DEEDS among the people" (Psalm105: 1), to prove that "Jesus Christ is thesame yesterday, and today and forever"(Hebrews 13:8), and to do our part inwitnessing to HIS FAITHFULNESS, be­cause He has said, "Ye are MY witnesses,saith the Lord" (Isaiah 43: 10). Amen.

Test Case of Healing of CrippleWith Leg Three Inches Short

(,Continued from Page 7)my hands without bending my knees, runup and do'Wnthe stairs.

I am so unworthy, but it thrills me toknow that Christ saved me and pours outHis benefits upon those that love Him.Had I never known His saving Grace,neither would I have known His power toheal. To Christ I give all the glory of thistestimony.

From Brother HauckJust a brief note about this woman I

prayed for. I saw her on August 7, glori.ously delivered. This Mrs. Oman mayhave the account of her healing in LIFEMAGAZINE as her doctor is correspond·ing with them about it.

JOHN HAUCK,Creswell, Oregon.

istry. And the Lord hath spoken unto me,"Go and tell how great things I have donefor thee. No case is beyond My hdp. Ican do as much and more for others as Ihave done for you. 'Whatsoever thou shaltbind on earth shall be bound in heaven:and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earthshall be loosed in heaven.' In My Name,bind the powers of darkness and disease,and the diseases will no longer be ableto operate in the bodies of the -people." Icould see diseases of every kind like somany soldiers standing up against a wall,bound so that they could not move.

The Lord is loosing the peoplefrom all manner of sicknesses and infirmi­ties, confirming His Word by doingmighty signs and wonders. All praise bealone to His matchless Name!

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LETTERS ...To The Editors

Continue To Report OutstandingMinistries

Dear Brother Lindsay:I am writing from Minneapolis where

I am conducting a Divine Healing cam­paign. God's power was manifested thevery first night. One man that was deafre'ceived his hearing and another that waslame was delivered and walked up anddown the aisle, and .then both he and Ibegan leaping and praising God.

Yours in Christ,ARTHUR JACOBSON,

903 N. Waller

Dear Brother Lindsay:During the past year I have been in the

healing ministry and God has been bless­ing in a marked way, for which we giveHim praise and glory. God gave me thegifts of healing while I was pastoring awork in Idaho. I had been fasting andwaiting upon God and the gift came onemorning about 10 :30 A. M. while in aprayer meeting. It has been outstandingever since. The past year we have seenthe impossible. In not only a few services,but most everyone.

I would like to carry some of the issuesof THE VOICE OF HEALING in mymeetings. As a rule, we have large crowdsand God is saving the lost as well as heal­ing the body. May God bless you and allthe precious men of God, and especiallythe sign-gift ministry whi1chis stirring thecountry.

I remain your Brother in Ghrist,F. W. PATTERSON,

8006 S.E. Washington,Portland 16, Oregon

August 18, 1949

Dear Brother Lindsay:Rev. U. S. Jaeger of Seattle, Washing­

ton, is being used of God. He is a nativeof Norway and was a sailor foOrmanyyears. He work'ed in the slums of Seattlewith remarkable results. About a year agohe was ushered out into a greater mini­stry. People have 'been healed of almostevery disease. Many have been converted.Seven blind received sight in one night.There have been miracles of bone struc­ture; even the supplying of new socketshave been experienced. At the present weare in the Temple Theatre in Lewiston,Idaho. God is giving us a good meetinghere.

We are rejoicing in this great move ofGod. Surely it is a visitation from on highand a call to unity and perfection. Here,as in other places, we are having the co­operation of the pastors and churches, in­cluding every hungry heart. Last monthI joined the Jaeger party, and felt mywork was to be quite different from noWon. We join with you and all God-fearingmen in the labors of the Church of JesusChdst our Lord.

Sincerely,A. D. GILLIAM,

Le,wiston, IdahoPASTOR'S CONFIRMATION: God has

surely blessed us by the ministry ofBrother U. S. Jaeger. Crowds are on theincreas·e with souls being saved. The out­standing feature of the meeting is the highpercentage of those being prayed for whoare saved and healed. Very f,ew leavewithout immediate help from the GreatPhysician. (By Pastor C. K. Barnes,Lewiston, Idaho.)

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THIS MONTH'S PROPHETIC ARTICLE

THE VOICE OF HEALING October, 1949

(Many evangelists, pastors and teach·ers ,have wished for a book which, inhandy form, would give statistics bearingon the signs preceding the Coming of theLord. The well-known evangelist, MartinLuther Davidson, now has prepared sucha book. He gives a large number of im­portant statistics relating to ten greatsigns which point to the Second -Comingof Christ in the near future. This bookmay be obtained from THE VOICE OFHEALING for seventy five cents.)

The

MORAL COLLAPSEof America

From "Statistics, Signs of the Times"

By EVANGELIST MARTIN LUTHER DAVIDSON

FROM CHAPTER ON "LAWLESSNESS"The Lawlessness of Divo-rce

DIVORCE is a revolt against God's lawof marriage. The Bible .says "Boundby the law ... so long as he liveth."Romans 7 :2. For 40 years the United Stateshas been granting more than twice as manydivorces as all the rest of Christendomcombined. What a commentary on "Chris­tian America"! This appalling increase indivorce is one of the warning signs of ourweakening national life. A comparison ofstatistics will reveal the alarming inc.reasein diV'orcein America.

1915 revealed 1 divorce for every10 marriages

1930 revealed 1 divorce for every6 marriages

1945 revealed 1 divorce for every4 marriages

1946 revealed 1 divorce for every3 marriages

Ii the present rate of increase in divorcecontinues, by 1960 there will be one di­vorce for every two marriages. In 1945there were 502,000 divorces to 1,618,331marriages.

Abortion

Over 1,000,000 babies are doomed todie eaoh year in America because of orim­inal abortion. During the year of 1947one in three pregnancies ended in abor­tion. Some 750,000 were self-induced, orperfo:med illegally. For every fourwomen that become potential mothers, onewill 1e a murderess by destroying her un­bornrhrough abortion. As a result of suchnefarious practice, 15,000 women die eachyear needlessly, thousands of others be­come sterile and manv more are otJherwisepermanently injured.' Since Pearl Harborover 300,000 teen-age girls have been sub­jected to abortion.

The Cigarette CrazeA beast of the wild knows by instinct

not to eat or chew a noxious plant. Butman, wiho holds dominion' over the beastof the field exercises far less intelligence,violating even the biological laws of thebody by eating, chewing, smoking ordrinking the juices of poisonous weeds.Such abusive practice is a wilful disre~ardof the Bible command to preserve the bodyclean and holy for God. Paul says inRomans 12:1, "I beseech you ... tJhatyepresent your bodies ... holy, acceptableunto God."

The far-reaohing use of tobacco inAmerica is an illustration of man's law­lessness. While millions starve in otherlands, Americans spend more on tobaccoevery year than they do on bread-sO'IIle$2,700,000,000. Americans are now smok­ing one billion cigarettes a day. The cig­arette rmaufacturers are now starting amulti-million dollar advertising campaignto increase the use of cigarettes amongwomen. It has been discovered that onlyabout tw.oout of every five women sm·okeas against three out of every four men.

Promiscuous Immorality

Dr. R. N. Terman's survey reported inAI,ril, 1947, issue of "Reader's Scope" re­veals that in 1932 the proportion of non­virgins at marriage had reacihed 49 percent. Before World War II the rate hadreached 65 per cent, and it is predictedthat virginity at marriage, if the presentpercentage of increase continues, wiH bedose to the vanishing point for girlsmarrying after 1960! The statistics of Dr.A. C. Kinsey have been heralded by thenewspapers and magazines as startling,shocking and appalling. Bible studentswho have read the words of Jesus in Matt.24:37-39 find little to be surprised aboutin Dr. Kinsey's report. His facts only con­firm the infallibility of prophecy.

In view of this, it isn't surprising thatover 100,000 children were born out ofwedlock in the United States in 1947. Thismeans that one out of every twelvebabies, on the average, is born out ofwedlock.

The inevitable law of sin is disease anddeath. Man's physical condition is closelyrelated to his moral condition. Loose, im­moral living has cursed the nation withdisease worse than death. Governmentstatistics on social disease are appalling.Over 12,000,000 in this country are af­flicted with social disease. Approximately1,500,000 new cases are developing eachyear. One out of every ten persons in theU. S. now has or will have syphilis, ac­cording to a medical authority. Man is de­caying in his own sin. Syphilis causes:

12 per cent of all insanitv.flOper cent of all still births.20 per cent of all blindness.50 per cent of all heart death.50 per cent of all divorces.40 per cent of all cripples.

M. L. DAVIDSONProminent Evanll'elist

LiquorWhile man's law has legalized the drink­

ing of intoxicating beverages, God's moralorder forbids it. His statutes read, "Be Dotamong the winebibbers." Proverbs 23 :20.

"Know ye not that the unrighteous ...fornicators, nor idolaters, nnr adulterers,nor thieves, nor drunkards ... shall in­herit the kingdom of God." I Cor. 6:9,10.God's law is the basis of all moral law.Man's law takes on tthe dignity of law inthe degree that it prescribes to God'smoral and social order. Drunkenness vio­lates in every sense the dignity of themoral order. Drunkenness is lawlessnessindeed.

To keep liquor constantly before the eyeof the American public, Senator Capperof Kansas has stated that the "annual ex­penditures for liquor a!fvertisements runaround a hundred million dollars at a con­servative estitnate. What has all this meanton the American scene? There is now onelicensed retail liquor store, saloon, or beerparlor in the United States for about every100 families." (Next Page).

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Significant News of The Month

October, 1949

FLASH!Truman Announces Russia Has

The Atomic Bomb!President Truman, as this issue goes to

press, states that Russia now has theatomic bomb, thus startling America'sleading scientists. Readers will note thatin recent issues THE VOrCE OF HEAL­ING has mentioned that Russia alreadyhas the atomic bomb. Now the newsis confirmed. Because the explosionof the A-bomb is so terrific, it cannot behidden. No doubt, floating clouds of radio­active rays have revealed it. Time 'isshorter than most people think!

Ambassador Hurley RevealsU. S. Responsible For

Fall of ChinaPatrick Hurley, former ambassador to

China, makes s'ome startling statementsconcerning U. S. responsibility for the fallof China. Chiang Kai-shek, thoughhe has made mistakes, nevertheless hasbeen the bulwark against Communism. Hisbrilliant wife has been a Christian formany years, and had won Chiang to Chris­tianity. Here was the man to aid againstthe Red tide that was sweeping downthrough North China. But through a tragicerror the great leader was "sold down theriver at Yalta," so says Mr. Hurley.

America's policy has always been tokeep China free, and to stand against anyforeign power taking territory from her.But at the Yalta Conference, when Roose­velt wlasa sick man, Stalin, with Orientalcunning, managed to dominate the con­ference and got the President to .;lgree togive Russia rights in China. By this secretagreement, Russia got the preeminent rightto the port of Dairen, the naval base atPort Arthur, a right to the Chinese Man­churian railways. In all this, Chinese lead­ership was not considered. Hurley goes onto say that "the Yalta secret agreement isa blueprint for Communist conquest ofChina." Alas, so it has turned out to be.CommuniSllllhas swept down from theNorth and enveloped China. China is lost.

The state of Massachusetts decided tomake a survey and find out if the taxesreceived from liquor paid the expense ofit. They learned that in one year the totaltangible cost of alcoholism to their statewas $61,000,000.00, including crime costs,mental cases, and relief to dependents dueto inebriety. Against this there was an off­set of $12,139,266.00 received by the com·monwealth from liquor taxes. Legalizingliquor cost this one state $47,860,000.00in one year alooe.

THE VOICE OF HEALING

Americans Warned-GetOut of China

As a result of these developments, Sec­retary of State Dean Acheson, on July 27,urged all Americans to get out of thecountry. He admits that under existingconditions the United States governmentis unable to provide protection. There isgrave danger, he says, that any momentthe Communists may treat as hostages4,000 Americans that have failed to leavethe country. Already, incidents have oc­curred of this nature and Americans havebeen held oaptive without food o,r water.Lawless Communism cares nothing aboutinternational law. Even Ambassador J.Leighton Stuart has met with innumerablered tape obstacles in trying to leave Nan­king. Thus the great missionary enter­prise representing tens of millions of dol­lars is in peril. Cannot Christian Americasee the handwriting on the wall? It is timeto turn from long-range missionary en­deavor involving the tI'aining of medicalmissionaries, and to pray that men willget the ministry of deliverance to reachthe ten thousands for Christ, ere the doorof opportunity is forever shut.

European Union'The August 15 issue of TIME describes

the new development now going on inEurope, which may be of the greatestprophetic significance. First, it mentionsthe city of Strasbourg, in which delegatesfrom ten nations have gathered for thepurpose of considering an Europeanunion. This article tJakesnote of the factthat Strasbourg was an important city inthe old Holy Roman Empire and thenmentions that the Holy Roman Empirewas "the first and only European union."The article goes on to say that "this weekStrasbourg beoame the center of a great,if still uncertain move, to revive the dreamof European union." Next it mentions thatTEN NiATIONS (Belgium, Denmark,France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, TheNetherlands, No,rway, Sweden, UnitedKingdom) have assembled delegates forthis first session of the Council of Europe.We believe that this move is of great sig­nifioance and should be watched closely.

Drinking habits are not limited to adult­hood. Surveys show that 62 per cent ofAmerican youths between 16 and 24 aredrinkers. There are 1,350,000 girls whoare selling whiskey and beer in tavernsand bars. This means that the barmaidsoutnumber our coeds.

Surely lawlessness is one of the mostshocking, breath-taking and appallingsigns of this age. It is a God-given signof the consummating age.

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Questions and AnswersQUESTION:In your article in Questions

and Answers column some time ago, youshowed that Paul's Thorn in the Fleshwas not sickness. However, many preach­ers contend that Paul was almost hlind.Scofield of the Scofield Bible says, "Ithas been conjectured that Paul's 'thornin the flesh' was chronic ophthalmia (aserious eye affliction) inducing bodilyweakness, and a repulsive appearance."Can you give any further proof that Paul'sthom in the flesh was not an affliction ofthe eyes?

ANSWER:What more proof is neededthan what has been given? Even Scofieldsaid concerning the above supposition,"This cannot be positively known, and thereserve of the Scripture is a sure mark ofinspiration as its revelations. Paul's. par­ticular thorn is not described that his con­solations may avail for all to whom anythorn is given." (Scofield Bible.)

But if any further proof were neededthat Paul was not blind or near blind.it is the fact that the Lord healed him!The Lord directed Ammias to the placewhere Paul was praying, that he shouldlay his hands upon Paul that he might re­ceive his sight. (Acts 9:17.) This was con­firmed in a vision (Vs. 12). And lfueScripture records that he did receive hissight. (Vs. 18.) Surely this plain state­ment of the Scripture, should end for­ever further false surmises about Paul'sblindness.

Nor was Paul a chronic sick person.Sick people couldn't perform the laborsthat Paul accomplished. He himself claim­ed that he had "labored more abundantlv"than all the other apostles. (I COT.15:10.)Certainly this is not the testimony of asick person. Just before speaking of his"thorn" in II Cor. 12:7, Paul lists his per­secutions and reproaches and tribulationsin 11:23-27, but not once does he mentionsickness. The "thorn in the flesh" was thepersecutions of wicked men as Numbers33:55, Judges 2: 3 and other places,surely show the meaning of such to be.

A Danger SpotA new danger spot has arisen in Europe

-Yugoslavia. Tito, the Communist dicta­tor of this country, who aided the spreadof Communism through the Balkans, hashad a falling out with Stalin, and indeednow defies him. Suppose Russia invadesYugoslavia. Would the Western Alliesfight agiainst this expansion westward?The assassination of the Austrian Arch­duke in Serbia (now Yugoslavia) was thespark that started World War I. Will thisarea be lJheimmediate cause of the begin­ning of another great conflagration?

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Marvels and Miracles(Continued from Page 5)

Her Vision of the Unity of theChurch

It was marvelous in our meetings howthe Lord brought the different missionstogether. I never permit doctrinal pointsor any "isms" or antagonistic points to beaired or brought up in the meetings; noth.ing but Christ and Him crucified, and theResurrection. They soon understand andget their eyes off one another, and forgettheir ideas and differences and begin tolove one another and S0011 feel the needof getting deeper in God.

Many received gifts and special calls.One night the conviction was so deep thatscores of believers came out from theaudience requesting the laying on of handsand prayer. There were too many to beprayed for individually. So the Lordshowed me if they would aU come andstand before the pulpit, He would blessthem; I told hungry souls to gatheraround and give themselves to God foreverything and anything; we would standand sprinkle the Blood of the EverlastingCovenant on them, and then God wouldpour out His Spirit and give them bless­ings and gifts. I asked several of the mostGod-filled ministers to stand with me infaith and prayer! Oh, it was wonderfulhow the cloud o·f glo.ry and power camedown! Many staggered and fell; thepower swept all over the house. This wassomething new; no one had ever seenanything like it. Many were saved andhealed.

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Notice Foreign Lands and.La tin America

The Osborn-Lindsay party andpossibly Rev. Wilbur Ogilvie arecontemplating going this winter toJamaica, Cuba, West Indies, Mex­ico and other Latin-American coun­tries in a great missionary tour tobring the message of deliverance.We are receiving many calls bothfrom the countries mentioned andmany other foreign lands. Others in·terested may write GORDON LIND­SAY, BOX 4097, SHREVEPORT,LOUISIANA. Please state buildingfacilities available and local regula­tions that might be involved in pro­claiming this ministry of deliver­ance.

Permanent Address of Evangelists WhoseSchedules Have Been Listed in The Voiceof Healing. All Correspondence to Them

Should Be Sent to These Addresses.

William Branham, Box 325, Jefferson, Ind.F .. F. Bosworth, Box 678, Miami Beach, 39,

Fla.Charles O. Benham, P. O. Box 2, Washing­

ton, D. C.William Freeman, 234 W. 8th, Tracy, Calif.Hall-Nickel, 405 S. Wheeling Ave., Tulsa,

Okla.Gayle Jackson, 802S. Kings Highway, Sikes-

ton, Mo.O. L. Jaggers, Rt. 1, Bernie, Mo.Dale Hanson, Box 795, Tacoma, Wash.Lorne Fox, Box 34, Naselle., Wash.Harvey McAllister, 3111 20th St. N., C-323,

Arlington, Va..Gordon Lindsay, Box 4097,Shreveport, La.Louise Nankivell, 900N. Karlov Ave., Chica-

go, 51, Ill.Wilbur Ogilvie, Chowchilla, Calif.T. L. Osborn, Box 4231,Tulsa, Okla.Thomas H. Welch, 6035S. S. Center, Port-

land, 6, Oregon.