Church Historians
All down through the ages God has
had someone to
record "His-story" as it unfolded. God used the prophets,
the Apostles,
Irenius, Justin, Martin Luther, John Wesley and many
others. The Scriptures record God's instructions to the
prophets to
write down their visions and the things He had revealed
to them. See:
Habakkuk 2:2; Revelations 1:19. Even to the twentieth
century God
has had someone on the scene to record
His works among men.
A true historian of course
records the events of history without bias. A perfect
example of this
is David Edwin Harrell's history of 'The Healing and
Charismatic
revivals In Modern America'. His work was published by
the Indiana
University Press under the title, "All
Things Are
Possible."
It was Harrell who stated...
"Most of the
participants of
the 'healing revival' which erupted in 1947, looked
upon William
Branham as its initiator. Out of his massive union
meetings in 1947
spread reports of hundreds of miracles and marvels.
Branham seemed an
unlikely leader. He had been a pastor in a small
independant Baptist church;
his preaching was halting and simple beyond belief.
But William Branham
became a prophet to a generation. A small, meek,
middle-aged man with
piercing eyes, he held audiences spellbound with tales of
constant
communication with God and Angels. Night after night,
before thousands
of awed believers, he discerned the diseases of the sick
and pronounced them
healed."
We are awaiting permission
from the
Indiana University Press to use a selection of
quotes from Professor
Harrell's book. As soon as permission is received we will
update this page. The
producers
of this Web Site highly recommend Professor's
Harrell's book,
"All Things Are Possible" to anyone interested in
obtaining, an 'unbiased'
report of the 'healing and charismatic revivials' of
modern America. He
has demonstrated the utmost respect for the
participants in
that revival. Check with your local Religious bookstore
for a copy.
Gordon Lindsay was prominent
in the 'healing revival'
which sweep America during the late 1940's and into the
'50's and '60's, He
was a participant and moved mainly in Pentecostal circles
but kept record of the
movements and
meetings of many Evangelists, including William Branham.
In fact in the
early 1950's he began publishing a monthly magazine
entitled "The
Voice Of Healing" to report on the Branham campaigns.
Later it's scope was
broadened to include reports from other ministeries. That
magazine,
now called "Christ For The Nations" is still
active.
Unlike Professor Harrell who
wrote only 'one' book covering the
Healing AND Charismatic Revivals, Brother Lindsay,
has written many
books covering only the 'Healing Revival', which,
from America went around
the world. He wrote biographies of some of the
leading preachers who
came to be identified with the Healing Revival. His story
of
William Branham is included in
this Web Site.
It was Gordon Lindsay who stated
that, "The story of the life of William Branham is
so out of the ordinary that were there not
available a host of infallible
proofs which
document and attest its authenticity, one might be well
excused from considering
it far-fetched and incredible. But the facts are
so generally known, and
of such a nature that they can be so easily verified by
ant sincere
investigator, that they must stand as God's witness
to His willingness and
purpose to reveal Himself again to men as He once did in
the days of
the prophets and the apostles. The story of this
prophet's life -
for he is a prophet - indeed witnesses to the fact
that
Bible days are here again."
Histroy itself bears witness to the
fact that "There
has been a Prophet among us and God, through that
Prophet, has left an
Endtime Bride a Message which will set Her in order for
the Rapture.
Amen!
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