Branham Stories
The Prophet And The Hornets
I remember, here not long ago, mowing my yard, out front; I was mowing, a little mower, and any of you that's been down at my place, I got quite a front yard. And I had put on my old, we call them overalls, I think you all, up here in the North, call them dungarees, or something; I'd get out there and mow the yard, and I'd have these on. A carload of people drive up to be prayed for, and I'd slip around the back, go in, put on my other clothes, and go in, pray for the sick; come back after they'd leave, and put on, maybe make about two rounds, and here come another load, and I'd run in again. And the front yard was grown up before I could get in the back yard. It was growing up ahead of me.
So one day, is in the back yard, I was mowing. They had a little fence runs down, and I put the children up, a little martin box, there. And a big bunch of hornets had inhabited that box. So, I had forgot about it. And I took off, being in the back yard, where no one could see me, just strip down to my waistline, here, with just my overall. And my, oh, it's awfully hot and I was just shoving the lawnmower, you know, a little old putt-putt-putt, and I was hitting, and I hit the fence, and before I knew it, I was covered over with hornets. You know what hornets are, those great big fellows. And they just swarmed all over me.
And something happened, I thought, "That's strange, I..." Now, this sounds like a kiddie story, but it isn't told for that, and Almighty God, who will judge us at the judgment, knows it. I said, "Little fellows, I'm sorry I disturbed you." I said, "I haven't got time to play with you this afternoon. So you hurry back, in the Name of our Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ, and run back in your box. I won't hit it no more. I'll get away from there."
Just kept on mowing, and the God of Heaven, Who knows this to be the truth, them fellows circled around me, and took a beeline, and went right straight back in that box, and settled down. That's exactly right"
